Leshrot
Best spriter & cutest too
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I'm no pixel artist, and to me the sprites I have posted look fine (especially the last walk cycle). Others have said they need touch ups. The advantage of using 3D is that you can create a single model, and then you can animate it as needed. So creating new frames once you have the model is pretty quick in comparison. This is the reason that you don't hardly see any traditional animation anymore. With the limited amount of animation that Tibia uses, you might be better off using 2D skills if you have them and are starting from scratch. This doesn't take into account using existing models. For instance, there are hundreds of models from Dragonball, Naruto, or any other franchise that has related video games available that are already animation ready, and those could be of use to any of the servers based around that franchise.
However, and this, to me, is the most important bit about using 3D. It makes it accessible to a broader pool of people because it allows someone with a different skill set (i.e. me) to still create content.
I think it's super useful, you gain a lot of workflow on animations, and as you said, bring people opportunity to still create good content
But i'm not sure if 3D can surpass pixel art in terms of painting quality (at least by what I saw on all people who tried it).
I still want to see more characters and things in 3D, keep doing it!