Hmmm, I think I see what you're getting at. (In that use shadows to define folds, not hard lines.) I think I'm going to go back and study the official VS Sprites and see what I can do. For now though, I have this.
![[Image: vs_ash_3_10_gif_by_baconboy914-d63cz0f.gif]](http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/118/d/4/vs_ash_3_10_gif_by_baconboy914-d63cz0f.gif)
Looks somewhat stretched horizontally.
So ... I'm back. I'm gonna assume this doesn't count as a necro-post, as I have new pixel art. Namely, the most recent version of my VS Ash sprite.
![[Image: vs_ash_5_1_gif_by_baconboy914-d6pug6t.gif]](http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2013/282/2/1/vs_ash_5_1_gif_by_baconboy914-d6pug6t.gif)
he looks a little fat there. Try thinning the body a lil'
Even considering that his jacket is flaring out from his body?
I think his head is a little too wide and that's what makes him look kind of fat.