Great work, nice lighting!

@amberMechanic

I checked out Virginia Woolf and indeed she has a super interesting face. Having the reference as a direct comparison it's way more clear what I am looking at.

I would say that maybe the forehead should be a tiny bit more vertical, the hair definitely needs a bit more volume, you should remove the dark shadow on the cheek and make the ridge of the nose more lit. Also the elongated shadow in the grubs of the mouth could be reduced. After all you still would go for a female face, just exaggerate a bit. I think it's just a bit to strong.
I also totally didn#t read the thing over her shoulders as a jacket, I thought it's part of the dress. Mainly because the sleeve is not lining up and it reads more as background.element, since all other foreground elements have a bit darker outlines. 
I think some small changes here and there could go a long way, as there is nothing wrong with the big work intensive basics in the piece. It's just that things are hard to read without being aware of all the detail to pay attention to.

it's a great piece, good mood, good colors. I like everything about it, aside from the focal point because it reads to me in a confusing way.

The lady you put in the preview. She doesn't look human, but maybe that's intented. Her arms look too soft without real bones, her eyes are super high, her mouth super bulgy, her shoulders extremely muscular and her dress seems tto be connected to her skin.
Compared to the lady left, the contrast is so strong that the left lady reads way more like background, while it feels a spotlight is on the focal lady. The problem is that i cannot clearly say if she is an alien disguised as human (bc a clear giveaway is lacking for that), or if it's just a collection of unlucky tiny drawing problems.

Everything else is cool. I love the storytelling, the depth the expression of the 2 characters left. The background people, the ominous figure in the night.

pretty cool topdown piece!

Another nice piece 

Lovely lighting.

Thanks a lot. I am always glad to hear, tha tmy work is inspiring. 
Also nice upgrades since yesterday 

Love the concept.

Keep it up, you did a good job . The hardest with pixel art or any art in general is starting out. If you keep it up it's only natural that your art skills will grow, but consistency is the real key.
Whenever you try something new, it's more important to enjoy the ride and the challenge. After all its cool when there are a lot of fresh and exciting challenges and that's the part you should relish. Comparison is of course tempting, but Naturally there is quite a big difference in experience between people who create art for countless years and those who try a thing the first couple of times. Set a goal for yourself and achieve that, you did a 200x200 piece successfully and you should be proud of that.

Cool work, feels quite intimate, like taken with a cellphone camera. The variety in hues is awesome.

Oh nice, big fan of the color palette and the contrast distribution.

nice hatching and good shine effect. Nice volume too.
I think the specular could be round though for additional contrast. 

Excellent.

great value control in this one!

Very good compositional storytelling in this one.
I feel there might be a different ssolution for the light at the walls in the back, but how the effect is used right now for sure nicely focueses the view. 

great work!

Nice work. THe lighting came together amazingly.

You achieved a great visual focus there.

Great work. Love the idea of the raindrops, which mirror the pttern on the can.

Thanks a lot.

Ah cool, so you decided for the low-res method. Yes the font scaling is a massive issue there...
But the high res setup comes with some other challenges.

I think it's less important if people care or not. Even if people don't care there is a ton of technical challenge to overcome and a lot of nuance to consider.

I am glad that you enjoyed the article!

I am glad to hear that you enjoyed the article and tha tthere was something in it for you to take from it!

The contrast in this piece is super cool. Has this arctic freshness to it in the colors and the rusty metal is a perfect counterpoint. Great work!

Really cool skelly here!

Really nice work, the effect with the chromatic aberration of the shine is really cool.