Lia

[Damian.]

Too much contrast? Really?

If anything that's the only area with ENOUGH contrast. The rest of the shading may as well not be there at all, since you can't really see it.

I agree about the anatomy, though. In fact, the anatomy of everything in the sprite is more or less totally wrong.

Yes, too much contrast there. But I agree 100% about the lack of contrast. I also think there should be a bit more of a hue shift in some places. Things like these will be learn't with experience. There's a lot I could mention to fix, but I'm short of time and would have to be followed by a drawing, link or edit. I might do that tomorrow(emphasis on might), I find this the best way to get a point across. Also, Tachikoma's last post was very informative with a lot of relevant ways of improving your understanding and quality of pixel art exponentially.