i just love how crispy and nuanced it looks at such a low resolution! very nice job!

Thank you both for your opinions!
I think the excitement of taking part in a challenge for the first time might have gotten better of me and I rushed it with some things; I still can find some stray pixels looking at my Link.
Thanks again!

I agree with StevenM in regards to the face. I'm having a hard time reading it without zooming in a lot and squinting. But other than that, this is very cool. 

Kudos on the use of a muted Game Boy-esque palette. The picture overall has a nice balance of detail and uncluttered space. I like the shape of the grave, how the tunic is mostly blank to offset the detailed arm/hand and belt, and the legs being a single dark tone. It has a Burton or Okage energy to it.

Offering some subjective critique, I think the right hand [the pointing hand] could use more definition on the knuckles between the index finger and the pinkie, and the index finger itself pushed further forward. I can handwave the angle of the hand itself, meaning you wouldn't need to show the other fingers, but the index itself feels too short. Also there could be some cleanup on the left side [our left] of Link's face. The shadow formed by his bangs and his nose, gets mixed up with the line formed by the side of his mouth next to his teeth - there's a leftover cluster of skin tone that gets lost in the comparative noise.