~* Comment my Character~!!! (Thanks)

[Raindrop Memory]

Hello, here's my first post here.
Recently I've just create my own character. He's called Leaf. and he's also a normal green leaf! But I made him in Adobe Illustrator which is I familiar with.

: Here


Then I think about turning him into pixel work, so I try it. and man, the result is quite terrible! 

Compare to my illustrator, I think the body in pixel work should be smaller and make the head bigger. Also I think about apply more shade and colour to pixel, but I have no idea how to make it.
So, any suggestion is appreciate. Thanks~

[smiker]

i think you should make stronger leaf veins...and you should match that style...if you want it you'll need to remove outlines...anything  else...i like them...very expressive

[inkspot]

I thought this is vector. Nice AA!

[philipptr]

I thought this is vector. Nice AA!

it IS a vector (as Raindrop Memory said).

[bengo]

Your sprites don't have that clean style like the vector does, try getting rid of the outline and giving it a richer green. The animations seem to be going at a rather fast speed, try to slow it down.

[Dusty]

Ya, I think you need to stick to your roots with a character like this because everything it has going for it is done in stylistic choices. No outline, no shading, simplistic shapes. You got rid of all that in the sprite transition and it destroys the character almost.
This is how I did the transition, though some might disagree with my opinions, but I think you should just hold true to the character.
I didn't AA the veins, and you'll want to keep in mind that with this kind of smooth character, it'll need a lot of AA to keep it that way.
(sorry for the no transparency and sloppy shape of the face, I was rushing)

[chigsam]

yes i like dusty's edit very much! But even more i like your character. its a simple, cute, and very good character. hope you make this awesome! 

[Raindrop Memory]

Hey, Thanks everyone~! That outline make my simple character too complicated.
I didn't ever notice that before, but it's true. At first I just think that good pixel art should be very detailed and have subtle shading, diffusing... method or something. Now I know that everything have exception, it's depend on what you want your pixel to be, right?

So, since I prefer clean and simple pixel style, I edit my character again, thanks Dusty for inspired.
Here: (It looks...quite terrible)

and then I think about the retro big pixel style like in NES game. So, I decided increse the size of pixel to make more retro look. Is it fit with my simple style?
Here :

[chigsam]

he doesnt smile anymore 

i think in the newest one he needs longer legs

[Zero]

So, since I prefer clean and simple pixel style, I edit my character again, thanks Dusty for inspired.
Here: (It looks...quite terrible)

Much better than your first attempt. 
I definitely prefer this to the large pixel one. Some AA would help though.