Hello everyone, this is my first post. I've been doing pixel art on and off for a while and feel that I've hit a plateau. I'm looking for some C+C to make myself a better artist.
Here's a sprite I've been working on. The theme of the piece was cute, but cool.

I've wanted to try a version with a stick rather than a sword, but it's quite difficult to get detail on the stick.

I'm somewhat happy about this piece, but feels there's still a lot of room for improvement.
Thanks y'all!