Custom Battler! WIP now taking requests!

[SorceressKyrsty]

Ok, I've looked through your work and I have a few things to critique.
(Holy crap I'm critiquing pixel art...this is a first)

1) Animations. Don't get me wrong, the whole point of animated battlers is to have them ANIMATED, but your animations look weird. The flame guys hair looks weird, actually ALL their hair looks weird- unless you're constantly in a windy place, their hair shouldn't be moving like that. Actually nothing should be moving like that. Unless it is windy constantly. Objects just don't blow around, they have gravity and weight. Also, I don't get the "sparkle" on the sword.
2) Proportions- Massive legs, tiny torso, even tinier RTP head. If you have massive legs, make your heads and torso's same proportion. Elbow to the tips of your fingers is about the same size of your CALF- their arms look absolutely tiny. The flame guy is reasonable but the rest look like you've cut of the RTP's body and stuck it on massive legs.
3) Shading- Look I'm not the best shader but your hair is extremely awful. It looks like you've stuck mops on their heads! Hair has strands, and isn't shaded like clothing.
4) Poses- This is mainly directed at that request you're doing, but WHAT KIND OF PERSON STANDS IN A POSE LIKE THAT? Think about how you would wield a broadsword, or ask the person requesting what they have in mind and get them to draw a stick-figure.
Or, better yet, look at poses made by other anim-bat artists or actual games. They have great examples of poses but don't copy them directly. People will recognize them, trust me.

Hope you take what I said in consideration. I'm not trying to be mean, just help you improve.

 

[Itsumo]

Its awesome that you are willing to help people like us that cant sprite well or at all ^^ thanks in advance...here is my request...if i like it more may come your way ^^. I wont eat up too much of your time though ^^.

1. Riku is an orphan whose village was destroyed by demons. She is a Samurai. At age 21 she becomes a sword master.
2. HERO
3. lets go with the size of your normal flame battler (which is awesome btw)
4. Hair is...not too light not too dark, but not regular blue. Long hair with long pigtails. Hair still long in the back. Top clothing is Purplish blue. Bottom clothing is white. Light Green eyes (same as cloud in FFVII). Red bows for pigtails.
5. Bows in her pigtails. Ever seen Rurouni Kenshin? If so same kind of clothes. if not here is a picture link. http://es.geocities.com/kenshin1479_rk/ ... in-019.jpg
6. A Katana Sheath for accesories (Black in color)
7. Katana
8. Slashing animation....like a blur behind the sword swing. She blurs a little herself when moving to attack.
9. When Idle...holds sword out in fromt of her with two hands....(Basic sword style)

Thanks in advance...i know you got others to do first though

 

[Deadlycraft]

Ok well ive been wait for a heck load of time for requests and searching and when i just ask for a simple character i set aside what ever

friendly service i take consideration on how long these things take and other stuff but you organize you forum better

 

[Itsumo]

Scratch the pigtails on mine...no pigtails after all

 

[Lunchbox19464431]

wait, im not following, are you taking requests now, or just showing off what youve done? And are these animated battlers?

 

[green raven]

In my most honest opinion.. these are really bad mate..
I think you should either stop spriting or start from the beginning because these so called battlers lack in everything.
The shading, the anatomy, the colors and use of colors etc. etc. are all off.

This post isn't intended to offend you in any way but I think you misunderstood the whole sprite thing here.. the only thing that looks good in your battlers is the head..*you used rmxp sprites*

if I look at your battlers you are either trying to do this

Spoiler: cartoony approach

http://i155.photobucket.com/albums/s315/greensoft/crazygirl.png[/img]
I did this in a couple of sec. so don't use it as a base

or this

Spoiler: my animated battler

http://www.greensart.exnw.com/view-image-fullscreen/009-Lancer01battler/009-Lancer01-battler.png[/img]

read some tutorials

EDIT: people seem to go for quantity rather than quality.. so you could keep it up for them or try to get better at pixelart for yourself..