Mediocre Marisa Meddlings

[Gors]

posting this because you seem to have the same problem:



before even thinking on pixeling something, you gotta think "man, how do I want to draw her? What pose?" This is what will determine your sprite's quality. There needs to be a degree of planning before putting pixels in the .png sheet.

This being said, I also suggest you to work like me: do a sketch, copy; refine sketch, copy; outline over sketch, copy etc. This process might be tedious, but it serves both as backup method and to see how well your pixels are developing. Drawing her naked first also helps a lot with ambiguous clothing. In Kiki's case, since her dress is completely purple, it's hard to know where the legs start. Drawing a naked body first helps proper cloth placement and its inteactions on the body. Same would be for Marisa, as her puffy shoulders tend to make shoulders weird if you don't sketch first, and the legs, covered by a dress. Pay attention to clothes that change the body silhouette too much.

See Sparkmouse's topic to see my criticism, as they are more complete there. I'll try editing your sprite when I have the time, too. Continue your good work .o/

EDIT: Also I second Lexou's C+C, don't feel intimidated though, because starting over not always is a sign of 'completely wrong'. Aditionally towhat has been said, the puffy shoulders are banded .o/