Another attempt at a character sprite for a platformer.  I think the pose will do for now. There'll be a large Gear weapon on her right arm. For now she's just wearing some generic bodysuit.

Planned next step is to design her costume and see how well it translates into this resolution of pixels.

Any comments on the work so far? The lineart, the pose?

I don't think that realistic anatomy is a point of discussion here. If the anatomy is a little off it can really add to a special style of graphics I think. Super Mario had the anatomy of fat little child with a massive head, and nobody said a thing. =)

From this point of view, I like it so far. The pose is a little undefined as cure said, and she looks more like an unconfident school girl with low self-esteem. Put her in a more offensive and dynamic pose! I'm really excited to see her battling geat when it is ready.

Urff. Holding in a massive amount of silly rage at such a statement. Anatomy =/= Style. Anatomy, in general = knowledge of proportions and shapes. Distorting proportions and stylization = style. For example, take any "Chibi" drawing you've ever seen. Now make just its legs twice as long. Its just as stylized, but now it looks freakish because the proportions are so blown out of wack nothing relates to each other properly.



As for the piece itself - arms are still too long, and she's still pigeon-toed, with her feet pointing inwards slightly. her upper legs seem longer than her lower legs too.

I'm with Cure - find a reference and study it. You've said yourself its kinda a generic fighting pose now, so why not find a photo of someone in a more interesting pose and reference it to make something more interesting?