Thanks NaCL! (Sorry for the late reply)  Yeah, V legs have also been a bad habit of mine :P, gotta keep that in mind for my next pixel.  Dynamic poses and breaking away from V legs, 2 of the many areas i have to work on :P.

 Your skills are really improving in lots of areas, except for your positioning of the legs! Break away from V legs!

http://i45.tinypic.com/352q55g.png

Thanks Jim, and trust me i don't want to be working on this character for another year ;P.  But i have always had a problem with dynamic idle poses and i can't seem to draw them, let alone sprite them.

@andreszx- Thanks man :), nice comments like that are motivating!

 i think is awensome looks like Jrpg character

 I think I'd like a more dynamic pose, with more of the scarf used to emphasize that the character is ready to move.
There's no such things as heavy IDLE animation in my books, an I think there's room for allot more of an improvement over the next year.

The improvements so far have been great. Keep it up.