Sprite critique please? (And help settling a debate)

[Arathe]

I've just recently picked up my game project again after a year or so and right now I'm working on revamping the sprite for the main character, because my first attempt, while not completely terrible was...unfortunate. I was going to wait until I finished the whole set to post for critique, but now I also have an argument to settle, so I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone. The old one is a sort of mish-mash of frankenspriting and stuff I added myself, whereas the new one was done on a blank template.

My husband insists the old sprite is better, and I think the new one is. What do YOU think?

Old sprite:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b76/a ... rtest2.png[/imgzoom]
New sprite:
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b76/a ... rtest1.png[/imgzoom]

Also, any suggestions for improving the new sprite would be very, very welcome.

 

[Naughty3chia]

Is it male or female? That would have to be my only discretion with the spite...

 

[Arathe]

Male. ^^

 

[SakuraPhoenix]

Well I think the newer one looks less chubby ^^; ('cept in the face.) The jacket stands out more and so does the shirt, IMO also the hair's slightly better. The only thing I think the first one does better than the second is the pants stand out more as pants. In the second one the pants kinda look like a skirt to me.

To make the face look less chubby, perhaps if you soften the hair a bit and make it curve along the face instead of hanging striaght down, it'd work?

 

[seven]

In my opinion the first one is easier on the eyes.

 

[Arathe]

To make the face look less chubby, perhaps if you soften the hair a bit and make it curve along the face instead of hanging striaght down, it'd work?

Like so?
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b76/a ... est1-1.png[/imgzoom]

I tried giving the bangs a bit of curve and fiddled with the pants a bit so they hopefully looks a little less skirt-like.

 

[Venetia]

There needs to be a little more shading under the hairline, and the palettes for the white coat and the boots need a lot more contrast.

 

[RealCheater0190]

I like the second one a lot because the hair of the first sprite is away to big^^

 

[Toasty Media]

Um I would say the second one would fit better with the rest of the Enterbrian RTP sprites. But I'm not a spriter so I cant tell you... Wait actually I can! They both look really good!