Hi there!
I've have abandoned pixel art for almost a year, and I'm recently going back to it, because I always fall in love with it again.
Now I'm working on a self portrait:
I'm struggling especially with two elements.
The first one is the mouth, I think the darkest pixels on the left are not working quite good, but can't figure out how to fix it without changing the general gesture.
The second one is the white outline, I don't hate it, but don't like it neither. The problem is that without outline the character blends with the background, but I really want to keep that background (it is intended to be kind of a computer terminal, that's why is so dark)
All criticism is welcome. I hope to see you often from now on.