Working on Sprite Style - 4 different Styles here

[jony215]

Recently and friend and I have decided to start making a game.
He's going to work with the programming part of it all and Im going to take care of everything visual.

For the past couple of weeks I've been trying to create a style of character sprite that I would really like and would have an ascetic look that would appeal to a large variety of gamers.

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My fourth attempt is my favorite so far, I want to know what everybody else thinks.
Please comment and submit critique.


<<<<<Im sorry, I uploaded these images as .pngs but photobucket changed them to .jpgs>>>>

 

[Grathea]

oh god oh god oh god
NEVER EVER EVER save pixel art as a jpg. Use either the .png or .gif formats.

 

[jony215]

Uhh, okay, they ARE saved as .png

 

[Grathea]

Yes, but the images in the OP are jpgs.

 

[jony215]

Bumpity FEEDBACK PLEASE Bump.

 

[Cheeze]

I like the First style, and kinda the fourth. The body seems kinda small on the fourth but that is how it is suppose to be..That is why I don't like it

 

[Tindy]

Not a fan of the main guy for style 1, but I'm in LOVE with the clown on the ball.

Second attempt looks pretty good.

 

[Cheeze]

Yeah, The Guy doesn't look that great. The other two are awesome

 

[PixeL]

He's sort of...rectangular and smooshed.  I honestly don't like it at all.

 

[Monkey_Salt]

First two seem kinda flat I like number three alot though.

 

[Xaixis]

I really like the first one a lot. Especially the guy on the ball. Plus with the small sprites, it will allow to crank out more sprites faster, you seem to have a knack for spriting

 

[jony215]

Im actually changing my mind as to which sprite I favor, from the fourth to the third.

(also working on make the fourth's head smaller, as soon as I recover my account name on photobucket Ill post lol)

The third style is good, and its a properly porportioned, less childish, chibi appearance.
Im looking to create a darker game, so if I use the right character design and colors, I can create some pretty decent sprites.

What do you all think I should do?
Which sprite style and/or character design should ultimately pursue?

(So far its between the first set, clown on the ball, supposed to be a mage lol, and the third style)

 

[Xaixis]

I think that the third would be great for a battler (although I think the fourth would be better if you were going for a chibi feel)

But I still strongly support with you going for the first attempt for sprite to be used when walking around.