My concerns are the same as usual, whether I'm successfully avoiding banding, if my palette choice sucks, if I'm pulling off the hue shifting.  For me pixeling has been about learning color theory more than anything else along with learning about "pools" of pixel colors and generally avoiding dithering.

So I'm genuinely interested in some thoughts.

Here's some minor edits, along with that leather shoulder pad:

I don't know why no one else has commented, I think these are awesome.  Good work!

For me, taste-wise, the animation could go a little slower or maybe have more frames.  Playing a game there has to be a satisfying "Oh I just beat your ass down with my button mashing" feeling to the attack, and these feel like pressing the weak attack button in Street Fighter II.  Style-wise for some it may work, but a bigger, beefier attack would be nice.  Still, I like the animation a lot.

The art's very nice, as well.  My critique is similar to the animation.  I feel like you're holding back a bit; it comes off a little flat (some shadow behind those pillars, even if they're intended to be inset) and a little thin (the wood elements, particularly, would benefit from some added visual weight).  I see a Dracula X / Rondo of Blood type vibe here, nonetheless, and I'm very enthusiastic about it.  If you use none of what I've said I think it's very strong as it is.

The wound isn't really noticeable. Make the blood either darker, or a different color (red would be perfect if you want it to stick out like a sore thumb, green would also be doable).

I also beat up his hammer for good measure.  Stupid hammer!

In the spirit of me going back and making another attempt at stuff I've done before, here's a new take on the Ice Giant I did.  If any of you looked at the first version, it was a hyper-dithered mess.



Comments / Crits / Suggestions / etc.

PS: There are about a ton of references that were used.  And yes, the stance is supposed to be all weird like that.