A quick try. Far from perfect :S (and not counting transparency as a color)
I think it's more a matter of starting the piece with a good palette. Yours is not integrated enough, esp the greens and purples. Neither the yellows, browns or greys can be used to bridge them without much tweaking.
Manupix (and others) offer a lot of good advice here. Definitely need a couple more frames. Just the addition of a single frame of a closed umbrella would go a very long way here. And yes, this little character could easily be 16 colors or less. Feet don't read right to me either. Very cute though.
Tweens, and a cast shadow from the umbrella, and umbrella appearing closed then opening, and a little eye movement upward, and a few raindrops, and ... ;)
Nice!
Still using an enormous number of colors, huh?
Cute animation, but you could add more inbetweens.
Wow, I liked it^^
You can ad some 2 more frames of ite lifting the parasol^^ and will be awesome :)
congrats
thanks
when i get a day off from work i'll try again with a 16 colour pallet