Jappio's RPG Sprites

[TheShyGuy]

There is no recoil shown in the Ryu animation after both slashes. After the first slash, his knees should start bending and his center should get lower. This is to both stabilize him and to ready himself to explode into the upward slash.

He also has no loadup on his second slash. He just slowly goes into it instead of charging and moving in a negative(?) direction before the strike. Without the loadup and recoil afterwards, the second slash seems very weak. During the slash, his whole body should stretch out upwards as if he was about to leave the ground.

After the second slash, he just reverts back to idle. This seems too abrupt and you should probably add a few inbetweens. In your game, though, you should allow the player to interrupt the animation a bit after the second slash so he doesn't have to watch the whole thing.

There's also no personality in the animation so far. Try to be a bit more experimental and exaggerate it alot to show it. Don't forget the facial expressions. Right now he seems stiff and lifeless.