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I'd like to pre-introduce Slate Gray, the not-quite-ready-for-in-production character.  I've been fussing over setting, style, and oh so many other details, that I needed to put a face to the idea.  Here's the face, and it wants feedback.  So I'm throwing myself to the mercy of my peers.

This is my first walk-cycle animation, and I've fiddled with this for long enough (a couple of months).   It's staying greyscale, for obvious reasons, but other than that does anyone have any suggestions for improvement?
We're walking... Edited: ..and then a static pose

Shouldn't be more than another couple (9?,10?) of months to finish the side movement, maybe even diagonals.

Then, if this wasn't enough...

Something isn't quite right with these, and I can't seem to put my finger on it.

EDIT:  Added head bob.

EDIT2:  Fixed head/hat bob.  Shifted Rear leg placement.  Added slight torso movement.  Added blink (it doubles the loop so it may not make production, but it looks cool here).  Fixed some odd shadow movements.

[Basic Rules:]

Basic Rules:

• A sprite is supplied, with a theme.
  
• Participants must use the given sprite for their animation.
  
• Each competition will last 11 days.
  
• The starter of each competition will decide on the winner.
  
• The winner, who will decide on the next competition's theme, must also supply a sprite.
  

This Competition's Specifics:

A Tree:

...really!

...that's it!

...I'm not kidding.

This tree can do, become, have done to it, anything you want, as long as it's still 'mostly' tree-like (or at the very least, wood).  Be imaginative, I'll be expecting it.  Don't let physics, covention, or reality slow you down.

I've taken the liberty of doing the obvious (boring) one just as an example:

Just to do my best at staying topical I am going to:

Theme:  backgrounds that  feature a studio, work room, or office-type, space that a typical ATC team might use, were they locked in a room, together, for the duration of 'that' contest.

Resolution/Color:  No restrictions, as long as it's AGS compatible


On your mark....


....Get set....


....Wait for it....


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