it is a lot of colors for a piece that doesn't even have AA, but it's very nice still, and the fact that you drew a background imo justifies having a higher number of colors. i like it a lot.

Thanks!:) And you're right, was actually surprised when I pulled the final palette on Aseprite to see how many... guess I got carried away at the time and forgot to check for redundant colors ^^; 

Such an interesting fairy but i think 49 colors for this piece might be a lot