There's no need to scale images up for pixeljoint; PJ has a built in zoom feature. Also, if the background doesnt contribute anything to the picture (as your white doesnt) it's generally better to just have the background transparent.
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Cute expression, but I have to agree with the crits by FancyOctopus.