Hi, Im new to posting here but I've been lurking for quite some time now. I really don't like this peice, its probably the first pixel art peice I've done which I am not at all happy with. (Not saying they were particularly good, but I was pleased with them none-the-less.)
Was greatly inspired by someones avatar on here, forgotten who, sorry. 
I can see there are many things wrong with it, too many colours, too flat, the angle and shading of the axe etc, but I can't seem to be able to fix any of it. The one thing am I happy with is the face and the expression.

Cheers, Shred.