this looks much promising! it looks awesome man, you are a great artist. i like a lot because it's contrast, well defined shapes and the lightsources simply and totally ok.
by the way i have a few issues i noticed in your work:

1.the bridge looks a bit 'suspended over the water', not the totallity of the bridge but the 3rd step...is weird...
2.the first window of the house, it uses all colours of the darkened one, i suggest to use lighter colors on the first to give a bit more sense of deph (but it's not too important due the high level of the rest of the shading... )
3rd i think there's a part of the mill without shadows, it  should be on the shadows, according with the lightsource and the
roof it has just over it.
4 the water, it can feel more alive, at least to me, maybe a sun reflection too? just a suggestion.

5. i love this piece, if there were favs on pixelation i'd add this picture to mines

awesome work so far!

original
blue bg palette
green bg palette (i like this)
red bg palette

what do you think?

thanks a lot! although the spikes arent finished yet (i dont know how i forgotten to do them) the tips you gave me opened my eyes i will do it, and i'll post some updates. by the moment, i've added a soft-fx that 'reflects' the background to make a water-reflection effect. do you think it works?



edit:

i've edited a bit the background tiles. is it better? i think so, but...

anyway, whats exactly a strike?