Uran from Tetsuwan Atom series

[Garamonde]

when people are suggesting to use Roll as reference, they don't mean tracing over her sprite, if that is what you thought. you'll still shade it how you want. it's just to... get ideas about how robot girl proportions would work among other things (after all Mega Man is based on Astro Boy, of course). this doesn't mean copying it.

but aside from that, it's seriously really important when trying to make a character conform to a new artstyle to get the propertions right. if she was drawn in, say, a super-deformed chibi style, she would have a giant head, small body and smaller legs. she would not be 100% accurate to the anime. it's important to know how to draw something without having to trace over or copy references, especially when converting to different styles. believe me I know it can be hard, but honestly you have to listen to us if you want her to be the best she can be.

I can understand not wanting to try and fix something thinking it might fail and then have to fix it further, but this is all part of trying to get something right. trust me we've all been there and it's not easy.
please just try at least one time to fix what we said (you only have to fix one frame by the way -- once you get the first sprite right you can adjust the other sprites to match) and we will see how it turns out. if it is not quite there then we'll help it get there.

we're doing this because it wouldn't be nice if people went like "wow who made that character it's kinda ugly compared to the others". obviously, this isn't a Tetsuwon Atom fighting game, it's a MUGEN game, so it needs to really fit in MUGEN style to work. just try it and you'll see how much better it'll get.