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Not sure how helpful this is, but I posted a few general drawing videos to my blog.

Link to video 1.

Link to video 2.

Link to video 3.

I intend to take videos of a lot of the things I draw from here on out. Might be of some use?

With careful color selection you should be able to hint at more form than there is now. I'm not going to tell you what your sprite should look like though.

I'm vegan. Preaching to the choir.

We're getting way ahead of ourselves with color. Get the design down first, I say.

That's exactly what I wanted to convey. Woo!

The exaggerated human figure typically used in anatomy books is the ideal one (just a step below the heroic figure). As such, the body is usually taller than average in an effort to avoid a frumpy looking illustration.

Color test of the big guy.

The naked version of the fishman will appear in the first one or two rooms of a small, small game. Once I have the art assets done, I intend to get some scripting help from one of the many talented AGS'ers out there, 'cause I suck.

Does your friend want for someone else to take a stab at drawing her? 

The portions that are traced are nice enough (if lacking in polish), but her facial anatomy is off. It doesn't conform to anime proportions, even. I would suggest a nukage of the face with another try.

I believe he mentioned right at the start that the same arm/leg thing was deliberate, as this can give a sense of size. Many large animals (elephants, eg.) move both limbs of one side at a time, rather than alternating like us puny humans.

He's supposed to be heavy, lumbering, and awkward, but only of slightly above average heighth. So, yeah, some reworking is in order.

For sake of argument, here's a pencil sketch of his arch-nemesis, the Fenrir. The tiny adventure game I have in mind puts him against the Fenrir and a Golem. This is more a character sketch than anything, but this guy IS a giant.

The comment regarding making the tail move in the opposite direction makes want to tinker a lot more with it. I may scrap what I have entirely. I'd rather make it right .

I was trying for a sort of Thriller-video-ungainliness! I agree about all your concerns, though. I'm working to try a version of this walkcycle slightly modified with more tweens and some clarifed limbs at the moment. I will post the results!

Yeah, it's unfortunate how closely his hand ends and his thigh begins. I need to rework a few things. I really appreciate the criticisms, all!

Like I said, that's more of a stylistic choice than a specific gripe. 

That's a lot better! Next, I'd say her legs are rather long, but that has almost a stylistic/anime type thing going on and could be overlooked.

The first anatomy goof I see is the size of her forehead. The distance from eye level to chin should be equal to the distance from eye level to top of head. This problem is most noticeable in the last sprite.

It needs a mess of tweens. 

It's hard to critique your work if some parts of it are ripped. What parts are yours?

Good criticisms, all. Wow, you're totally right about the tail. That heavy thing should be on the ground. It'll be easy enough to do that last, so I'll mess around with it some more.

About the extreme most frame, I may add a tween. I like going for something just over the edge of normal in these things, but I don't want it to not jive either. If the tween doesn't work, I'll make it less extreme!

Thanks for the encouraging words! I'm going to tweak his head's angle a bit and get to work.