Feedback on a HK please?

[Anonymous]

I don't usually ask for feedback on my sprites but I did this one a bit differently than how I normally sprite. Still paint, penciltool and such ofcourse but usually I simplify my sprites to the point of butts. I did this wanting to make a sprite with a lot of detail.

But a lot of detail is a lot of effort and I despise sideviews even when they're easypeasy. If ya'll don't mind I'd like some feedback before I move on to the side views so I don't screw up and have to spend more time on sideviews than is totally necesarry. I don't mind fixing up frontviews at all but I want the frontviews right so I have a good chance of getting the sideviews right on one of the first few times so I don't have to keep fixing them.

http://bb.xieke.com/files/perisprite2.png[/img]

This is the image I'm working from.

The grey above her eyes is not eyebrows, I decided to trade in her ugly pink eyeshadow for lots of ugly grey eyeshadow. Perivale is a FASHION DISASTER she has a mullet and a lot of grey eyeshadow.

EDIT: forgot the bigversion

http://bb.xieke.com/files/peribig.png[/img]

 

[Venetia]

I think the detail and the shapes are perfect. The outlines are a little too consistent for my tastes though, I wouldn't mind seeing some of the outline faded, especially on the sleeves (i.e. bump them one notch up or down the palette).

The palette for the hair is great in its hue values, I like the cyanish-fading-into-purplish thing, but I think the purple shades could be darkened some (don't change the light values of the highlights, those are perfect). Also I think the eyebrows could be darkened a little (they're somewhat lost on her face) and the shading under the hair could be a little more severe (her skin stands out too vividly from her bangs).

Otherwise, I say run with it! She's very pretty :3

edit: Those aren't eyebrows, but I couldn't tell :P. The addition OF eyebrows would make that clearer, if you'd like to add them. But lightness around the eyes on a sprite sort of makes their eyes hard to define.

 

[meian]

I thought it was pretty obvious that was eyeshadow, I dunno. Normally I like eyebrows on sprites, assuming they're large enough to support them, but in this case I think it gives the character an airy, vacant, distant look. Which from the reference I'm assuming was the intent.

I don't really have anything else constructive to say but that I'm obnoxiously envious of your skill. Though, that doesn't really help you any.

Is the lack of pupils intentional?