[RM2K3] NEED SOME SPRITE ADVICE

So in my game I have portraits with a 4 frame blink animation like so:


The problem is just recently I've been working on NPC portraits but I made a few that don't have normal/visible eyes and I kinda realized that they would look out of place without animation.


Is there any way I could animate parts of thier faces to match a blinking animation or should I just leave them as static portaits.

author=Mirak
There is more to body language than facial gestures. why not make the blonde girl fidget a bit and the girl in blue to wobble a bit like being gently pushed by a breeze?

It's not that I don't want to focus on animating other features besides the face it's just i feel like if one portrait gets an animated body movement It makes the rest of them look stiff and lifeless. I'm trying to keep everything uniform, but I'll give it a shot and see if I can make it work.

author=Mirak
Gorgeous portraits btw if you have a gamepage please direct me to it so i can subscribe thank you.

author=Cap_H
I'm totally okay with them being static if they're not next to animated girls in the game.

The thing is that's kind of how I have it set up.

author=aquatorrent
Imo, it's better to let the kid chews and leave the girl as it is. :)

I like the chewing animation idea. But I messed around with pigtails and decided I'd have her eyebrows move a bit instead.


I appreiate all the feedback and compliments.