Sprite animation tips & tricks

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Hey everyone!

I'm new here, and I joined because I'm diving into making my own animated sprites for a MUGEN character.

Here's the first sprite I've made so far:



As you can see, it's Street Fighter influenced, I didn't copy, per se, but I used Ryu's face/head as a template, a 3/4 head-shape drawing in pixels is annoying as hell.

So, my question is, for all the seasoned animators out there:

I just need to be pointed in the right direction, like how to start animating by turning this sprite into an animated stance and animating attacks.

I'm sorry if this is too much, and I'll understand if no one answers, but if anyone could give me a little help, I'd be greatly appreciative.

Thanks, and It's great to be here!