You're getting the inertia of the skirt wrong. As the body moves forward, the skirt will try to remain in its original position. This means that the skirt should be moving backwards in relation to the body, not forwards. (maybe once gravity kicks in and the skirt catches up with the rest of the body, it can overshoot and flap forward a bit).

Right now it looks like there's a puff of air coming out of her you-know-what (sorry for being crude).

I would also recommend giving her at list a tiny bit of windup before throwing her punch. It lacks impact otherwise. She should raise her hand slightly in front of her face and THEN throw her punch. Otherwise it looks like she's pushing something, not punching something. If you don't want to give it windup, at least have her twist her body a bit as well as twist her punching arm.

it would be cool if you look at bi bang beat Burai yamamoto, rick strowd, Franco bash, little mac, balrog, tj combo, Vanessa, Heavy D, Dudley as references for certain animations
to get that boxer feel for the characters

interesting project

Right now it doesn't look like the punch has enough momentum behind it to make her spin.  Make the wind-up to the actual punch more exaggerated.  Some other minor/major issues include odd foot placement in every animation, her hair moving backwards in her walking back animation, and so on.

Skirt animation starting to look better.

Anderson Masters said, December 17, 2017, 06:36:20 pm

Make her torso lean back, not forward. She's moving backwards so her weight should be backwards too.

Anderson Masters said, December 17, 2017, 06:36:20 pm

There's not enough wind up and her feet are all over the place. The alignment for that animation is going to be a nightmare. (Helios beat me to it)

Here's the same sprite without the feet movement:

The rolling punch still has like, zero momentum behind it.  There just isn't enough wind-up to cause her to spin around like that.  Seems it may also benefit from a frame or two at the end to make the transition back to her standing state smoother.  So I guess some modification on both ends of the animation would help.

There are a couple of odd things about her walking animation too, but the most notable is her stiff front-facing ankle.  Look up some walk cycles online or even in fighting games (JJBA/VSAV/SF3 are fantastic references for all things walking related) to get a better flow going.

Your sprites are looking better and better.

The skirt in that jab moves in a unnatural way. It would not blow forward at all; it would blow back and them come back to a resting position.

Keep up the good work!