because you were asking for critics and improvement and you often seem stuck
Might be stuck because you think your art is already the best?
cheating by working at lower res/hiding details in *cleverly* put noise.
Cheating is bad, noise is not clever, it's also bad, if you actually read what I wrote to you you might understand it better. Clever clusters are good, noise is something you want to get rid off.
Having a lot of pixels in weird places where it does more bad than good, does not make it high resolution.
@coffee those honestly look much worse.
Explain why? You can't expect to get better if you can't take in what others say and use it in a way that improves your art. I'm not saying you have to go for the exact same style or anything, I was pointing out the lack of some basic things that makes your sprites look weird and unprofessional. If you use the critics to your advatange, then you will improve.
Don't expect to get any more feedback or progress with the attitude you've got right now.
/coffee