does the sprite have to be that size?

if not, maybe you could make the head a little bigger to allow some more detail.

the brown pixel under the nose looks a little bit like a moustache, perhaps bin it?

i really like the style of your sketch, it's a shame that the small sprite size can't do it justice.

Well, I originally wanted it to be small. I don't know why, I just though it might be easier to draw and color. And the pixel under the noise is more of the hair, but since it's a side view, I don't see why I put it there. And bigger? I made it bigger, then refined it. I think it's pretty snazzy. Still a little weird though.

I'm not completely sure what you're wanting to do with the scattered blue pixels on the face, but I'm almost certain that it doesn't work - definitely not at this background though.

I also think your little character needs context before we can judge its quality. Right now it looks like a figure with bent knees so you got that down. Context would help in helping us help you help yourself

Well, I was trying to use blues as shadows, but I can't figure it out. I'm still having trouble with it. So, I took the picture I drew and tried to draw it on paper.



I think I drew her a bit to hunched. Well, way to hunched. But that's what I was going for kind of. I hope that helps.

I've been bored lately and came up with this after a ten minute doodle. I like where it's going, but I can't figure out how to color it. I saw the thread with the cave explorer using EGA colors. I liked the palette, but I don't really know how to color with it.



There's my attempt, but it just doesn't look right. It's very flat. Does anyone have advice on how to color with this palette?

I tried it again today and kept getting errors, though I was using the outdated one. I'll try that shooter one. Thanks!

There's currently what I've done. I haven't been working on it for a couple days, but I got back into working on it. I've realized that my sprites are hard to see once I've added some backdrop to the scene. And as for switching the score and weapons around, I tried and it didn't quite feel right. Probably because I've been looking at it like that forever. And as for breaking the generic shmup mold, I think I'll try making a unique ship. Something different.