Pokemon: Kris Sprites R/S/E style

[Khorney]

ok, one step at a time i guess, brought up the original and took another look. went and made the gradient softer on the shading, ditched the shoulder pads. still not so sure about the right side, but an improvement?:



one thing i want to emphasise is the shadow under the hair (being the most striking feature) but i'm wondering whether that is at the expense of making that right side look flat.