Yes, that's actually a good tip. I've thought of it, but since I haven't been pixelling much apart from this kind of stuff (and as I said, I wasn't focusing on colour count at all), I didn't worry about it.

I'll try to set some limits next time (Probably doing some challenges here would help too).

Thanks!

 I'm glad you're looking to improve. Maybe setting a color count limit for yourself could do something to drive you to be more economical?

 Indeed! There's a lot of things I'm trying to improve, and I can already see some of the mistakes on the older sprites, so hopefully it means I'm learning..

 Shading and anatomy is also a bit off. You've already mentioned it but you really should use less colors, especially shading things like the pants on these sprites.