C&C needed for Ranger sprite

[Zaidyer]

In order to actually cut my teeth on AGS, I'm considering making my first game a fantasy sort of adventure starring a solitary Ranger.


Here is the preliminary default stance, at a dimension of 24x48. Tentatively named "Casey", this mild-mannered man quests across the land in search of self-improvement and general Ranger business. This may or may not include getting swept up in a definite quest.
He wears a blue tunic for a reason, if not only to stand out in front of the background. If it doesn't seem clear, note that the lighter color is meant to be a separate lining.

Comments and critiques are very much welcome.

[Darth Mandarb]

I think it looks pretty nice.

I'm not a fan of black outlines, but it works well if the backgrounds have a style that doesn't clash with the black outlines.

I think the mouth shouldn't be a black line either, but again this is just my personal preference.

The stance seems nice, and the details (for so few pixels) are pretty good.

[big brother]

It's a clean piece. I would suggest lowering the color count (it looks like you have a few unecessary shades). Also, his right arm looks a bit lumpy, like a baguette that's been folded in half. The black outline works for me, although it gets a little heavy around the inside of his legs.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

Here is a quick edit.

1.  Adjusted right leg a bit.
2.  Reduced feet size
3.  Darkened skin shade
4.  New face
5.  Altered left and right arms
6.  Removed one skin tone color


Hope this helps

[Alun]

Honestly, though of course this is a matter of opinion, overall I like the original sprite much better than that edit.  The feet are better in the edit, but I don't think the darker skin color works, and the new face looks sullen and angry (which doesn't fit at all with the description of the character as "mild-mannered").  Actually, I don't see anything in the original sprite that I think really needs to be changed.  I do prefer the feet of ProgZMax's edit, as I said, but that's a detail.