So..
I made this piece on Photoshop and I drew it first on paper and pixelized it and then slowly started to make it into something that looks iconic. I'v been trying to make my own style of pixel art for a while now but I always end up using other people's methods or their style of drawing their pixels and just recently, I wanted to work on something original.
That being said, I came up with this piece and I'm trying to prevent using shades and rather simple colors. As of now, I'm trying to animate this with a fully waving beard, idling position, and hat slightly bouncing.
But before I get to do all that, I want to make sure this piece is perfected before moving into animating and making sure this guy here has proper anatomy (I yet don't fully understand anatomy as I am still in high-school).
Here it is! Help would be much appreciated!
**Edit** From what I see, I feel that the sword and the shield looks the most awkward. His legs don't look proper either and I need to bring the belt down.