Soul Eater Sprites

[Baegal]

Right now I only have maka done. I need C+c, then i can make an idle animation

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Also, i'm trying to stick with a 16 color pallette

[GrooveMan.exe]

The style is a bit...
The shading and colour choice is nice, but the pose is lifeless and those eyes are kinga scary...

[Baegal]

I'm hoping to make it look a bit more lively when I animate it, but i'll work on it. Also, how do you think I could fix the eyes?

[Sengir]

the lines from under the eyes could be lightened/removed

[Baegal]

okay, I'll try that

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Any better?

[Baegal]

hello?

[Vipershark]

The feet look sort of jagged.

[Baegal]

okay, ill work on it

[Cobalt Blue]

to be honest, this really lacks all the dinamic vibe soul eater character's desings have. it looks rather empty, like a soul-less doll.

[Baegal]

Can you think of anyway I can fix it? I think I get what your trying to say, but I don't really know what to do about it...

[Cobalt Blue]

Assuming you have/been watching soul eater, its all about drawing she in a not so stiff gesture.

[Baegal]

how's this?

[GrooveMan.exe]

That definitely looks more relaxed, but may I suggest an off-center pose if she's just standing there? No one stands perfectly straight and balanced. It's very common in 3D games for a character to have a weight-shifted idle pose when not moving, but it shows up in a couple of sprite-based games too.

http://www.spriters-resource.com/pc_comp...heet/18862
Is an example of this.
The idle poses are the column on the far left. See how the pose isn't perfectly symmetrical, and looks more relaxed? You should go for that. There's probably examples of Maka's stance in the Soul Eater manga or anime, if you looked through it.

[Baegal]

okay, I'll try that.

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should I exaggerate it a bit more?
I shifted her left arm down, changed her left knee, and I'm going to make the coat swish in the animation.

[Baegal]

ahhhh
what happened