The arms on all sets seem a bit unnatural. The Steam sprites look like they all have 10 kg weights strapped to their hands, but your redesign makes them hold their arms out a little too far.Hmmm. Good point. I guess I will give it another look very soon. Do you have any examples or advice as to how you may imagine the hands to look like? I would not say that I am the best at spriting but I do want to make improvements wherever I can.
(https://i.imgur.com/37a7nTL.jpg) | --> | (https://i.imgur.com/rcDJrG6.jpg) |
I guess I see what looks strange. The shoulders are too low which results in having the arms also too low. From the frontal it's actually correct but the perspective is more from above which makes the neck mostly invisible. Here is an example of what I have in mind:
(https://i.imgur.com/37a7nTL.jpg) -->(https://i.imgur.com/rcDJrG6.jpg)