Sorry, I just noticed this was submitted into the challenge. I'm not entirely sure how this would count as an entry though as I don't really see how you're in the act of creating a piece of pixel art. I feel you may have misinterpreted the challenge (?) and just made something recursive without showing yourself in the process of creation. I'll go ahead and add this into the gallery though.
The hand holding the object really bothers me. It's definitely noticeably smaller compared to his other hand and it looks like you got lazy.
I like the face. The body looks a bit rough, especially the arms.
Well, this hand really became a problem for me. Anyway, thanks that were confirmed with my guesses about it.