I like the way you rendered the magic effects and the cloth. 
The 'Magic spell' effect looks amazing!
The mage looks nice too ;D
That's a nice sprite, but one messy looking preview!
I agree with Jeremy, this piece should either have a transparent background or a larger one.
It is great work, I like the character and the shapes of his spell!
Very nice work. It's a bit odd that the grey stops at the edges of the figure, did you mean for the background to be transparent?
Dope.