Thanks Sharm.... and by the way, I really appreciate all your help. I'm glad to hear I'm going "fast" even if it doesn't feel like it. It's hard for me to not look at it as, hey, it's not that many pixels, why is it taking so long to change just a few pixels?!
You're right, I do need to set limits and goals. I am definitely going to make a game, but I really wanted to make sure I had distinct child and adult sprites because my game idea requires it, and I figured it was a good chance to try my hand at pixel art. The limitations includes me not making 8-frame animations and scripting compatibility for that... heh, that would really take me forever! Once I get the base done for adult male, adult female, and child with run in all directions, I will move to actually making the base game. Then I'll go back and add walk animations or whatever when I have the basic framework ready. I think going back and forth will help keep me motivated.
Anyway, spent a bunch of time today on the adult female run. I'm not totally happy with it, but it's late and I figured it was time for a progress report. Included the idle along with some running.
