Hello.

 I am a completely new to drawing 2D graphics and to this site. I have put together Castlevania and Contra fan games in Game Maker with recycled sprites but I always wanted to get better at creating my own graphics.

     

Haha I know they are terrible, but I guess I have to start somewhere. I can't quite put my finger on why my sprites look wrong. I was hoping some of you guys could give me some advice..do I use too many colors? bad shading?

I used dark colors because my game is going to be in gloomy environments such as castles and tombs.

Any advice at all would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.