New here looking for C&C

[Knight9910]

I still don't entirely see what you mean about too many colors. I try to keep each individual gradient to a minimum of five shades. That seems to be the same amount in that SNK-style Ken sprite, or even in the tutorial thing you posted.

I do agree I need to work on the contrast and the light-sourcing (I'm actually reworking the sprite with this in mind now) but I'm not getting what you mean by less colors.