Dunno why a sword is such a common subject as the first thing people pixel. I'm sure you'll improve with time but as a first pixel you've done a decent job. That you went just further and animated shows promise.
Welcome to PJ 
Not too hard, not. But there were storms here when I was working on this and after I saved there was a black out for like one second, and that's all it takes to restart a computer. -_-
And thank you! I stumbled upon this site and it pushed me off the fence on whether-or-not I was gonna get too deep into pixel art. And I appriciate the welcome. ^_^
No worries, shouldn't be hard to edit out right? Also, Verin, welcome to PJ! I hope we can provide you with a good place to learn pixel art, show off your work and meet new people.
Oh no. I noticed that when I uploaded it. I could have sworn I got them all off, but... I suppose I didn't. -_-;
There seems to be a white pixel out of place on the blade point, is that intentional?
Oh thank you for that Jalonso. ^_^
I think it is because there arn't a lot of curves, and it seems to pretty simple to create...