Those are some great tips, Manupix. Thank you. I think I'll try that.

 Seven colours?! This looks so great. Wonderful job, Jani!

 There we go! I removed the sprite completely. Thank you for your patience.

 Oh, no! I totally overlooked that. I'll add the credit now, thank you for mentioning it!

Thanks for the constructive criticism, guys! I appreciate that very much. I do have problems with anatomy so your words are helpful!

 There is more to the face than what you see here, of course. I feel there is sufficient contrast (though I may change it later), I had a limited palette for the skin and did what I could with it.

The outline with the navy background doesn't look amazing. The full drawing will likely not have a coloured background.

 I've been told that I need more contrast. In future pieces, I will keep that in mind while I work.

The grey pixel is a labret piercing. It should be black but it would have stood out way too much.

Dithering is just how I shade things, Photocopier. :) I like how this image turned out. Thank you for the comments though.

 Thank you! Exactly what do you find wrong with the anatomy of the characters? I would love to improve this. The jaw of the face looks a bit off, as well as the angle of the nose, but I didn't really use any facial references, aside for the ear.

Purple is her (Jade's) character colour, but yes, the flat purple will eventually be changed to something less boring and more game-like.

Thank you. There is not a lot of texture on the H plate because I didn't deem it necessary - it's just gold to me. I did try to copy the reference as closely as I was able to, but there are noticeable differences...and one of those is the lion. The way I had drawn the outline of the shield kept me from being able to 'copy' the lion, so I worked with what I had and made a similar (though thinner) one.

Thank you for your input!

 Only nineteen colours? Wow. Very nice!
The shadows seem to be going in different directions though...the buildings in the back and the characters' shadows aren't going the same way. I am wondering about the highlights on the lady's skin, too. I don't know how I would make them better, but the highlights seem to be on the wrong side.

 Thank you, I hadn't realized that this particular image was compromised by the file type. I reuploaded it as a PNG. There was no colour limit for the competition so I didn't pay any attention to it as I worked, though now I know that it has 418 different colours. I honestly wasn't aware that having so many colours is looked down upon in the pixelling community.