thx Turbo, Yeah I realised too, but a bit late.. 

i tried to fix it a little by lightening the BG..
Overall I'm pretty happy with it.. as I never did anything like this before...even tho there are a few little details I'm not that happy with..
Anyway, this is done.. I won't spend more time on it for a while.. maybe I'll add an other character (much later  )

I redid the sprite, it found it was a tad big.. I probably won't change it anymore for the challenge but may ask for advices to improve it later 
I added a kind of teleporter, when you change the character, the present disappears and a new one appears.. I don't think I'll have the animation done for tomorrow tho 
I'll have to choose between an idle animation of the guy or the teleport..

by the way can someone tell me from what game I stole the idea of the teleport like this? I feel I have seen this somewhere before 

thx for your crit Adarias,
I noticed the arrow was like a hole too.. but I didn't think it would be a problem cause around it, is still pretty thick and in "positive"... but I will check what it does in animation..

about the character I'll try to make them more alike yeah.. the portrait is far from being done 

not to post empty, here is a little update on the sprite..

wip of the new challenge o PJ..


I hope not to screw it with my poor sprite skills 

Thx for comment Presley,
 about the different colors to AA (like you did with the blue on the trousers) I actually thought about it and didn't do it on purpose..

I' m actually a bit confused about it..
it's something I learnt here mainly from Helm, to use different colors and use them to AA.. but for a sprite, I was wondering if it's a good idea, as it seems sometimes, you can change the palette to create new colors for a nw sprite.. then what happen to the trousers if you decide to make its shirt pink.. ?

about the changes of light on the pant, I like how you did it, but it lost the appearance  of the ref  imo(the folds).. Also I feel the back leg is now his left one.. (the opposite of what I did )

and about the highlight on the stick.. I was really tempted to do it and didn't because 1:, on the ref, it doesn't seem shiny, 2: I 'm afraid it add a detail that could be understood like a gem or something.. 3: in animation, I was afraid it would be a swinging dot that would distract...

I like how you did the head tho, especially the beard..
I found the 'eyes' pretty difficult to do as I don't really understand them on the ref.. I think you did a good job on this part..

now I 'm far from saying that I'm right on everything..  cause seriously, I'm not that happy of the result.. even tho most of what I did is done after thought..
(except for the arms I think they are too long now  , and a pixel on the front shoe that doesn't seem right  )