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[Terminal Devastation]

it seems that in order to be able to mantain the same exact face you gave all your sprites you simply forced it on a smaller character, wich ultimately results in something with a small character with a small body using a medium head form a medium character. wich is the reason i though they do look like edits(asuming you simply pasted a head over a smaller body).

as much as you'd hate the idea, the face features are not going to be the key element of that character. its readbility is going to be determined by its clothing. aslso, it seems like the hair is simply painted over a ball.

if you lack a proper reference for the second one, i'd sugets posing in front of a mirror or a camera and test by yourself how it should work. that way, you'd get a better idea when a pose feels natural.

Actually, I intended each face to be different, with the small girls face being rounder, the woman's face being more angled and the hardboiled detective-type man's being more squarish. Looking at them again, I think I may have been too subtle with my pixel changes between the faces. I've have to work on making it more clear.

Anyways, some how I got the impression you wanted me to try something more like A, with a smaller, simpler head.
I didn't like the result. So I just thickened the body more.

As for the other one... I usually pose myself for any unfamiliar pose. I lurk this forum enought to have seen that tip before and try it out from time to time. Sometimes I can get a sibling to pose for me. It hasn't helped much other than positioning. Elbow at waist, hand near hip. I just mess up the proportions when it comes to applying them to the exaggerated sprite. Also perspective. In short, I just need more experience.