Frozen [Sieg's version]

[Siegvar]

on a practical side of view, the hair (or the sprite in general) looks too detailed. I like it very much btw, but you may not finish it if it's too detailed.

Aww... I was hoping you'd give me more comments than that. Your opinion is one of the most highly regarded in my books. Doubly so considering the fact that i think, other than me, you're the only other guy in LFE I know that was around when Steam's sketch of Frozen first started circulating in the old Ezboard forums.

As for the detail level, we'll see about that. You may be right. Lets just pray this doesn't turn into a Varinziel, where I pushed the character too far to the limits of my skill that it turned out so stiff I couldn't stand it.
But I've got a good track record recently with some other things I've been doing, so hopefully they'll spill over to Frozen.

A more likely consideration might be that the detail level on the hair may make it stand out too much from the other lf2 characters.

Actually, I looked at the sketch before I started reading your post. In my opinion, the char could have some wind-like attacks. It's mainly because the ropes around his wrists are relatively loose. He appears to be calm but when ready, he can be a ferocious fighter; his hair-style would support me in this point (not spiked-up hair = calmer).

I'm not quite sure about the color theme you're using. The current one looks rather - I'd call it monotone. I could also imagine something like black pants and light-blue highlights on the jacket. You know, not anything flashy-bright but still something which accents the edges. To give it something vivid.

Skin might have a slightly too red tint. This is purely personal opinion, though, since I prefer characters with more yellow and/or gray skin. It'd undermine his personality then.

Free hanging bandages around his wrist would be a REALLY BIG PAIN to animate, so I opted not to do that. But yea, wind attacks, very possible.

I also get the ferocious fighter bit, but it doesn't seem to be a common opinion among people. I find the poses his hands rather suggests that he may have a lot of pent up fury under that calm demeanor. Which is why I opted for a more reddish skin tone(other than the fact that that skin tone happens to be my default skin tone.). I find it a rather interesting contrast to explore. Cold ice, and hot blooded ferocity.

For me this is currently the central theme to Frozen's personality I am exploring. Calm demeanor hiding an explosive ferocity. Powers of ice fueled by a fiery spirit. Its contradictory, but that makes it interesting. Its almost like an internal struggle for him.

Anyway I'll try something with the clothing colour intensity. Normally in my experience, something pastel-looking like this works well, and it always doesn't look as good when its a single sprite, but gets better once you see it in action. Whereas the opposite is true with colourful sprites, it'd usually be more tolerable when its still a single sprite, but once you get started on the sheet it becomes an eyesore.
The real test I suppose, would be to put Frozen among the other LF2 characters, and on top of various lf2 backgrounds. To compare its colour intensity levels with the other characters and backgrounds.

However, I'm currently against having a black pants thingy, to me it feels like it makes the colours on the sprite lose balance. But this is purely a personal opinion. its very difficult to figure out what exactly works or doesn't work. On the flipside, you guys might find the current pants colour makes the sprite rather flat. I'll probably wait for more people to comment on this fact, whether they're fine with the current colour or more interested in a different colour.