Personally, I think this piece would have looked better if it was smoothened out a bit more. Definitely not getting a finished vibe from this.

Great palette but some parts could use better AA.

All that orange tone gives the impression of a sunset/sunrise. I don't think a blue sky fits well with the rest of the piece.

I'd lower the position of her hand on the grip of the sword. It makes her wrist look ultra long.

I recommend taking out those lines in the hair because it makes the hair look like a messy mop. Some AA on the eyebrows would be good too. I think her lips could use some work. Try a darker color for the upper lip.

I think you need to shade it in a way that defines a specific light source because it seems the shading is all over the place. Right now it looks pretty flat.

Would have been cool if this was animated.

Is it better now?

Yeah, but sadly, it wasn't up to par with Pixel Joint standards so I had to clean it up.

Didn't use a reference, so maybe that's why it looks a bit odd. I guess his facial features don't match the masculinity of his body.

I think there should be more of a splash and bubbles from when the boat hits the surface and then goes under again. It also feels weird how everything but the top where you can see the surface of the water is animated. Great smooth animation nonetheless.

You should add an elbow for the other side in one or two of the frames because it looks like his other arm disappears entirely. There is also a pixel error around the nose in one of the frames.

The banding really bothers me in this piece. I think you could have applied AA here and a bit more contrast between the shades of the hair, clothes and skin tone to match the contrast level from the hairpin better.

Thanks for the feedback guys. I think I'm just going to remove the dithering altogether since I think dithering is not really my style.

Would be better if you had it without that grid all over the sprites.

Great style in the detail in texturing. Though I think you could have worked on the depth more, especially around the handles.

Great depth and I actually like the dithering in this.

Is it just me or does his left arm look kind of funky? I think he's missing the fore arm or something.

I think it could be a bit faster. Maybe make the fps a bit faster or take out a few frames.

I believe this is 8 colors including transparency. Not 9. it's an interesting approach, but I feel like it kind of lost some of the "troll-ness" to it.

Try giving tree leaves and the grass on the floor a different palette to help differentiate the tiles. Perhaps giving the trees a darker tone than the ground or vice versa will help.

The gold palette seems a bit dull. Try using a bit mroe orangeish shade with more contrast on the darker shade.

You need to define the inner outlines of the limbs more. I can barely tell anything apart form far away because the inner outline is too light.Even though it's a bit choppy, the walk cycle looks quite well done. Did you use a reference?

Great colors.

Nice detail, but you could probably reduce the color count a bit.