HD Super Metroid Samus Sprite

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maybe later, but the "for fun" part of this was to only use the original palette. and technically the visor wouldn't have definition as it supposed to be glowing. = ] i do agree it looks flat though. not sure what i'm to do with the abdomen, there's lots of detail there to avoid spriting taboos. *EDIT: LOL i want to fix it though it's bothering me now.

could you elaborate on the blue streak thing? o-o i'm not sure what ya mean.

Who said anything about going outside the palette? : P
Not sure if this will be to your liking, but you can get creative with your colors and use, for instance, the shades for the cannon to give some detail to the visor. Just a suggestion!

As for the blue streak, basically, since it has shadows at the top, at the bottom, left and right, it just seems like the lighting is coming from the inside (that little lighting there is to blame.) If you just meant to anti-alias, you might be doing it a little too aggressively.

The problem with the abdomen is kind of similar, in that you are highlighting by parts instead of by area. Try doing something a little more like the pauldron maybe, where the shadows are independent of the shapes on the surface, since the inclination change on the pieces on her abdomen isn't really that drastic.