Just Some Stuff

[Hoeloe]

No need to keep beating a dead horse, what I meant was that MS Paint is not the best tool for a beginner, because it has some rather large limitations, and it's base colour palette (which a lot of beginner pixel artists tend not to stray from) is horrific.

MS Paint is not really awful, as such, it's just far from the best tool you could use, and it's certainly not the best free one you can use.

Aside from this, I agree with Gors. Work on something custom. It's fine to use other's artwork for reference, but copying it directly is not usually a good idea.