Yeah I guess so Helm.. have two orthographic views conveniently streamlined by the vertical pipes. I thought of it as stylized but you broke it down technically heh.
(Helm also, that spartan of yours in four colors simply blows my mind; love your art)
I updated the pic above. I inadvertently cheated on the tub in the first posts. I re-drew the dithering once i realized that.
Hence I read Cure's tutorial on what pixel art really is.

Now about that face: I think Frawgs is ok but the forehead and lips bother me. I'd need more convincing to use it from some of you guys. I thought I'd post the couple pics I have of Marlena to help:& she cut her hair since these were taken to look like what i drew (bangs)
Let me know what you think.
Edit:
Oh yeah sorry about the complaining.. i feel dumb for some reason i was zoomed out slightly on this forum so all the images were messed up.. thanks Coffee.

now the shoulders look like they are forming, even though it's still rough it looks better.

There's no mermaid in the tub yet..
Will be adding soon
- but thought I'd post beforehand.
I don't know if that counts it out as pure pixel art because I used layers.. very back part of background(the design is wip) not drawn pixel by pixel yet.
I want to focus on next getting the mermaid into the set.. her head on our left. I'd like her tail and fin maybe hanging out of the other end near the faucet and pipes. I want her reclined and confident looking. Probably start sketching a couple poses first.. idk lets see what happens.

I like this quite a bit so far. I like the original placement more though.