Koopaul's Mario Sprites (Help Needed)

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Koopaul, your style is pretty interesting but..
my biggest peeve is how you use the grey as an outline. You use WAY too much of it and it seems to handicap the look of your sprites as well as their potential.
Another thing that bothers me is how you use that third shade. Your style is meant to be smooth, and because of the way you are using it, it gives it a harsh look. It makes it looks rough. Use your colors as well as AAing wisely.

I did a quick edit to kinda show you what I mean. I didn't want to go too much into it or else it would've been my own by the end of it lol


You also seems to be having some proportion problems with their faces..and bodies..like on Mario's face for instance, it's more of a diagonal than it is to a complete profile that you are going for.