Yeah its the straps.

Its been awhile since I’ve played with this sprite, so I’ll take a stab at improving it more with all of your considerations. Thanks as always.

Well remember the original pokemon sprites for the gameboy relied heavily on the individual lore of each pokemon to convey to the player at an instant what type of pokemon you just encountered and what type of move-sets you could expect from them, not so much the detail of the sprite. The original game boy had a palette of like 4 different greens.

Not sure which generation of gameboy the rom is for or if you have color limitations.
But you could take a look at Cure's(AKA PaintPixelPrint) work for hints at dripping effects, specifically:
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Your edits are pretty awesome. I'll keep those tips in mind. 

And thanks Kriss!

At it again without using line work like previous works.
Changed again the pose and the style, going more for an american comic book style with the implied lines and such.
[Edit] Breast reduction. 

[Edit] Thoughts on arm and muscles.

[Edit] Trying something new with quick and dirty hair.

I think i'm done for now. -_-
Oh as a comparison. My first sprite I ever posted here:


Thanks guys!

Did a redraw right quick. Tried a  more interesting pose? Extremely rough. Also redesigned the character a bit. Not gunna go through the effort to redraw the first one! 

And damn it I WILL figure out these damn hands.
At this resolution it is to large to just use impression blocks, and to small to have to much detail. As far as hands go its the perfect "Fuck over the artist" resolution.
I'm fairly happy with the direction I went with them though, it is obvious that they are pretty rough, I should be able to improve them quite a bit.