I love the bounce to this! Very impressive. Cant wait to see the other animations for this little fellow. I agree the idle is hard to tell its a flame but we're looking without context so maybe the other animations like attack will help convey that without changing the idle animation.

Keep up the good work!

sorry I didn't see this until now. Thanks dude!

I was lurking in the gallery and this piece struck me. Sooo smooth! I wis I could sprite like that

you caught me on my laziness @pix.Ed. Totally noted on the fire hair bit haha. Although hair chunks was what I intended. I'm playing with the idea of him being fire like. They will be more flame like in shape and color and form(rising and snapping up instead of falling down like lava) in his powered up state. I'll post an updated version at some point but as it stands now its good enough to go into the game and to give me an idea of what I want. I may completely change the whole idle pose and therefore animation. I don't know and that's the fun thing about it. I'm making videogames son! 

This animation as I said was a test of sorts and for my next animations they will be put into the game as 1 frame poses that strongly suggest what it looks like in animation. 

As for him looking feminine, well thats okay to me. I have tests of him with a more puffed out chest but I didn't like it.  ;^]

Thanks for taking the time to comment! You've given me more to think about.
 

its pretty damn dramatic, nice !