C+C on sprite of my girlfriend.

[Hoeloe]

Okay, I sprited my girlfriend's character, and I would like some C+C pl0x. Reference included, sorry for the size, but I couldn't make it smaller without losing detail.

[Gors]

make the face area bigger.

[Hoeloe]

?

[Gors]

way better than before, now we can see her face without any problem

You can also make her hair less mirrored.

[Hoeloe]

Not much more I can do than that. She's supposed to have pretty symmetrical hair, although it's hard to tell on this reference because it's in profile.

[triptych]

Did you shade this at all because I can't see any shading at 1x view

[Hoeloe]

It has plenty of shading. It's perhaps not so visible due to the amount of detail. Do you think upping contrast would help?

[Vipershark]

As far as readability, the arms are nearly impossible to see without zooming. I can tell they're there because of the black, but I can't /see/ them, you know?

edit- disregard this, i'm blind
i see them now

[Hoeloe]

Made some changes to shading.

Far left is original, middle is with heightened contrast, far right is without any shading whatsoever, save outlines, for comparison.

EDIT:

Decided to re-instate symmetrical hair, as that's how it should be according to her design.

[Cobalt Blue]

i'm going to throw a personal opinion and say that the more face you can show, the better. her hair isnt really a big deal and this aint not topdown sprite so as always, readbility > details.