Random, I'm afraid the 5Sword thing was an old inside joke that I don't care to elaborate on.
And your avvy is just fine the way it is. If you made the glow semi-transparent, it would kill your faithfulness to LttP style.
Faeries aren't ghost. They aren't 'see-through'. They are little tiny people with wings who glow like miniature suns. Haha.
Well, the Ocarina of Time faeries could really be little ball of light creatures.. that's how I always envisioned Navi.. As a ball, not a tiny girl.
I feel like a lot of Random's suggestions are just suggestions based on having nothing better to suggest.. and that's not meant as a personal attack, but a lot of the things you suggest seem to be nitpicking for the sake of nitpicking.
For example, I really can't see how making something that is meant to glow into something transparent making any sense whatsoever.
I don't mind constructive criticism, don't get me wrong. But I also like to hear what's not wrong with my work, every now and then. A lot of your recent replies have either been that you don't like ____, or that ____ should be changed. But you aren't giving much basis on why you think such, a lot of the time.
I want to animate a trail of dust coming off of the faeries, as they flap their wings. I may work on that later on.
I've got the head finished for a side view of my Zora. The body turned into a colossal failure, so I'll probably start it anew tomorrow. I can't quite get the head-tail thing to look decent, so that's also still in the works. I'm happy with how the head shaped out to be though. lol
I want to do all 4 directions on the Zora, then an animated frame that I can do a quick horizantal flip for a walking frame, and then move on to my Goron, whom I've neglected animating for far too long.
ALttP NPCs use 2 frames for walking, usually, and it's usually the same pose mirrored for the 2nd frame. I think occasionally they might also use the idle pose between walking frames, but I'm unsure.