Alright... I know most people on here are like truly skilled when it comes to making these pixelated characters and things, but I am fairly new and this is just my avatar for now. Its my first pixelated creation. Its not grandoise or anything; and its no where near completed, but i'm workin on it! Hope you guys like it.
Don't be mean. I read your comments on other peoples pages... Go easy on me I am new, and not an artist by any means when it comes to the drawing media or anything of that sort. I'm just a singer so far. | 
What you have is a good start, but you should know that for stuff to be accepted into the gallery here you must make sure that you place every pixel by hand. Gradients and other similar tools are not considered to be acceptable for pixel art. Check out the submission rules if you haven't already.
For this reason I'm sending it back for revision.
Also, feel free to post WIPs in the forum to get assistance in improving your pieces. We're really not that mean =( we just like to have all our pixels lovingly selected one at a time...and to have fun, that is all =)