I want to make my 2d 3/4 top down animation look at cursor but walk in 4 directions

braybear100

I will be finishing my 2d animation for all 4 directions, but in combat the player will be facing the mouse and he could be walking in any direction. I decided to go for the approach of drawing out every walk animation direction combination, which isn’t too difficult as I can reverse left and right animations on their facing. I’m beginning to wonder if it would have been easier to do separate animations for the legs and body and parent them so they move in tandem, but it’s a bit late. Any thoughts or suggestions for how I could make this simpler. Am I overcomplicating it?