Hi strawberry thanks for the advice, I did check out GraphicsGale, but hadn't made my mind up over whether to use that over ProMotion.
Can't believe I've used pillow shading without realising
I'm well aware of how terrible that is, but it just seemed to sneak in. I can see it now on the right part of his lower coat. Is there any other places I've done it?
Indeed, I struggle a lot at the minute picking a good palette. I've read the guides on contrast and hue shifting etc. but it appears as though I've perhaps used them more extremely than intended.
Thanks very much by the way, I'm about a year in to production really. Not really as far ahead as I would have liked, but unfortunately I have to accept I'm not really a great artist and have to pick that up from the beginning as a novice. I'd practically finished an entire player sprite sheet before I came to realise it was too low of a standard for what I wanted to present. I'll get there in the end though, just might take me a really long time
Edit: made a slight amendment to the sprite:
Is this on the right track? It's not perfect, but I'm probably going to move onto something else soon.
Created a new sprites for a cloaked fish man: