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Try rotating the left arm just a bit, it's horizontal right now.

Both his arms look dimented. His shoulders are too high, and it makes him look rigid and afraid, which he isn't. Also, his waist looks too fat compared to his body. I know it is normally, buteither make the waist skinnier or the body straighter or fatter.

Bump & Double post:

Up B ideas, can use more than one:
Keep normal speed, but have 3-turning points (like Pikachu has 2, but Lucario has 3)
Double the range from Brawl
Meteor Smash every opponent Lucario comes into contact with, and then get an extra turning point after kicking them down
Double the speed

Here is a quick sketch i made of Lucario using what i recently learned.

I made it kind of quick so it has a few errors and i am still working on the arms and tail
I just wanted to know what people think so i can fix a few errors first
Edit
Made a few improvements

fixed a few stray pixels
Lightened some outlines
fixed ears
added tail

looks nothing in style

Ok hows this
I just added another color

this is probly my worst shading ever but hows the colors

I like the palette you got there! Looks very appealing, but a little dark for my tastes.

I think red reaper's with Pochi's palette (slightly desaturated a bit) might look nice.

The shading on his tail makes it look flat, and his left hand (the one on our right) looks kinda awkward. Oh, and the shading on his pants/upper legs look kinda blocky.
Otherwise, it looks okay, though. Love those colors.

BTW Pochi, I'm not sure if you read any of the "tutorial" topics in the Sprite Discussion board, but your background color would probably be better as a slightly lighter color (but also about 75% saturation). It makes it easier to see.

I attempted to fix the arm but i am going to find a better ref

I think the black could stand to be a bit darker, honestly.

vp urs looks amazing awsome improvements but the color is still too dark

i did a little work to the pallet it might need a bit more work though