pointless sprites

[brandman1996]

Well, thanks for all the comments. I'm really not sure about how to shade the eyeballs for them to look more realistic. I did realize from the beggining they are a little choppy, but I just don't know what's the method to fix those.

Well you could AA, lighter shades to the left, darker to the right, soften the color's hue, etc.

As for the first sprites, why are they odd? I'll give a shot into the contrast issue Sengir pointed out as soon as I have time, but I'd like to know what made them too odd for you to criticize.

Well the body poses are messed up, which therefore causes the completed ones to look very strange, and I'm almost sure you wanted those body poses like that so I left it alone.

Anyway, I do know I'm not supposed to use the default circles from ms paint, I just did so 'cause I couldn't really draw a better one by hand (and yeah, I do use a mouse). But, what's wrong with paint's default palette? As long as I shade it correctly, I never thought it would be a problem. Is it?

Alright good. If you left it like that and moved on that would be a horrible mistake. As for the pallet I really didn't have a problem with it besides the background color, but it wouldn't hurt to use a different pallet.
mod edit: it's palette not pallet, fyi.

EDIT: Not that it's really helpfull, cause the original game art is really... slopy. But this is the original Grinning Colossus.

Well. Um. Looks like you have already raised up the bar for the grinning colossus. Finish it off and it should be a sprite that puts the game designers to shame.

Oh and Sengir did bring up a good way to make it's eyes stand out. Though be careful not to overdo it because it will ruin the effect. Just add a few strokes for the veins in it's eyes around the rim.