Yep, I've made some bad proportions in my art, and thanks for the video with HB.
I went back and scale down my canvas size,(Don't think I'm ready for anything bigger than 32x32 currently)
I made this using the Pico-8 palette still:

using this pixel art as a ref
https://jesse-m.itch.io/skeleton-pack.
[I don't know if it could be me only, but I find when I do pixel art, I work better and get a clear view on how to mange and use the pixels when I'm using a pixel art ref compared when I use an irl ref or a photo/art]
I'm gonna take a short break from arting then jump back going through these tutorials:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PixelArt/comments/gxmgh/pixel_art_tutorials/any suggestions on the new skelly would be amazing!
thanks ~dky