blaze

[YinYin]

You could think about making his hair +head little bigger, so he'll fit to other lf2 characters more.

Hm, I've checked it next to originals and the size seems fine.

last try for today, am exhausted and don't feel like doing anything related to the project till tomorrow..

this is what i will stick with for now, i don't want to focus too much on the facepic and i wanna start with basic sprites which is what i will do tomorrow after am back from work.

That's ok.
The neck looks great now and the face is certainly better too.
Still I can't help tinkering with it cause the sketch looks so great and the actual face still has that all-face-muscles-hanging look.

here's what I did (Click to View)

Left side is the large version you got inside the first post. Right side is the latest blown up, but with the same edits.

1: More open and stern looking eyes, just like in the sketch. Makes him look more aware and determined instead of why-did-you-wake-me-up-where-is-my-coffee.
2: Sharper, tensed up nose. Again just like in the sketch. This helps break up this huge bright and flat surface almost reaching all over his face.
3: Tensed up mouth. Those few pixels can really make the difference between hanging muscles and blazing rage.
4: More pronounced face shape. Larger forehead, larger chin, pointy mouth wrinkle.

Here are the results:

first: your latest.
second: my edit of the large resolution.
third: my edit on your latest.
last: again your latest for better comparison.

I didn't intend to change the hue of his skin - dunno why that happened.