My new character.

[ryushin]

Everyone else was making one, so i decided to.
His name is Eric which is my name.
I'm hoping my procrastination won't over power me on this one.
Criticism expected.

[chase123]

It is okay but it is not shaded and not lf2 styled.

[Kiba]

It's awesome but I hope you will create a intreting character

[XLittlebob252]

very nice

but its like what chase123 said.

[Ascor]

not very special
not shaded not lf2 styled
weird picture 8
but good for first try

[prince_freeza]

It is okay but it is not shaded and not lf2 styled.

chase is definitly right he needs shading for shure.
i give him 3/5 rating.

[XLittlebob252]

prince we dont have to reapet things 5 or more times... i think he got it...

[prince_freeza]

sorry just reminding him.

[XLittlebob252]

you dont have to apologize...

[Silverthorn]

....and that stuff was also pretty redundant......

Anyways...
You know, I made the same "mistake", too. Taking Template as a base makes things easier to sprite, yes, but therefore, the standing, etc..., looks weird. By any means, try to refrain from using Template for spriting. I don't expect you to do things from scratch, you can take a different character as a base. But not Template
Other than that: as many before already mentioned, he looks a little flat. Shading is absolutely necessary if you don't want to create "Paper Mario LF2". Also, the light yellow hoodie and the light colored face are too close together. It's hard to see a difference. If you took green (just for an example), you'd get some really neat contrasts between the pants, hoodie, and face.

Yea, all for now.