KiraStar: The Polybius Problem

I've been toiling away on KiraStar for the last couple of weeks now, and I think I've finally found the perfect style I want to use for this game.

Before, the game was mainly composed of sprites, with the battles featuring fully drawn artwork by myself. Although I did like the look of the characters and enemies, I found them to clash with the sprited nature of everything else.

So, I started practicing spriting enemies for the battle system. They were idle at first, which I thought made them look okay. But as I continued to tweak the layout and HUD for the battles, I decided it was time to animate them! I'm not exactly an expert at this, but I figured the only way to get better was to just try it out. I'm actually rather pleased with the results.

So, I figured I'd post some examples of what I have done so far. Feel free to leave any feedback, both good and bad!