01-13-2013, 12:12 PM
I think I can see the bland design problem and just taking guesses as to what could be the issue / solution,
The skirt thingy I don't think works very well, not to mention it doesn't fit with the sweater because its very revealing and the sweater is not (unless you want to make a pin-up character I'd say stay away from skit-ish things. Dresses and skirts aren't good for fighting, unless its a short skirt in which case enter pin-up character.
The sweater itself is fairly boring, just 1 solid colour, even with the lines on it it still just looks like an ordinary sweater.
the hair also, is just long and white, its not in any style its just... there.
your also putting too much detail in the shading for a TFR sprite, don't shade a TFR sprite based on form, shade it to show the difference between forground and background (E.G my speedo joe TFR sprites only shading is the entire far arm and far leg)
if I took a quick stab at livening up your character, I'd say short hair, baggy pants, the front a dim colour the back a vibrant colour and a sweater vest, no sleaves / short but baggy.
The skirt thingy I don't think works very well, not to mention it doesn't fit with the sweater because its very revealing and the sweater is not (unless you want to make a pin-up character I'd say stay away from skit-ish things. Dresses and skirts aren't good for fighting, unless its a short skirt in which case enter pin-up character.
The sweater itself is fairly boring, just 1 solid colour, even with the lines on it it still just looks like an ordinary sweater.
the hair also, is just long and white, its not in any style its just... there.
your also putting too much detail in the shading for a TFR sprite, don't shade a TFR sprite based on form, shade it to show the difference between forground and background (E.G my speedo joe TFR sprites only shading is the entire far arm and far leg)
if I took a quick stab at livening up your character, I'd say short hair, baggy pants, the front a dim colour the back a vibrant colour and a sweater vest, no sleaves / short but baggy.