My sprites (chase123)

[Silverthorn]

Don't really have the time to put everything in coherent sentences, so this list might sound a little... direct :P

- hair shading: contrasts are low, the curliness is not visible. Adding some shiny highlights might help.
- face: I don't see any shading and the expression reminds me more of a wtf-expression, rather than the happy-smiling clown-face. Intended like that?
- legs: seem disproportioned. A bit too short compared to the full body size.
- feet: look too flat. Adding one or two additional pixel-rows could help.
- general shading seems to be all over the place. Try to add shading step-by-step. First, define the body with very simple shapes (the torso, for example, could be a cylinder in first approximation). Then, go from there to add wrinkles etc. Thus, you have defined a light source which stays the same.

Personally, I feel like your last one turned out better than this one. Might be only my opinion but meh.

[chase123]

My best face picture thus far:

Anyone know how I apply a Gradient on the background?

[Sonic Boom]

Select the background layer and take the gradient tool and fill it out [This is how to do it in PS]
And Btw nice face pic but try to make the hair a bit correct as they look odd to me and the hands are not correctly made...
But nice try for a newbie

[chase123]

Select the background layer and take the gradient tool and fill it out [This is how to do it in PS]
And Btw nice face pic but try to make the hair a bit correct as they look odd to me and the hands are not correctly made...
But nice try for a newbie

What If I had not made the background layer from the start?
What hands?There are not any hands in the face picture.
To make things more simpler,I based it off this sprite of mine:

[Monolith]

SB thought his shoulders was hands.
Then try to cut your face pic char and attach to other background.

[bashscrazy]

It's not that hard to add a BG afterwards.
TADA~