Custom character trying to gain his wings!

[Cobalt Blue]

Except that's absolutely wrong, Bombshell.

Its done in that style intentionally, and its definitely a sprite.

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Take inspiration from the Paper Mario sheet, It has a similar outlined style

Smooth out the lines, minimize the colors.

That's about all for now, we'll see what arises after you work on that.

i hope that you're aware that these sprites do not follow any particular "style" nor they do represent one. the only reason why these sprites exist and they look like that is purely due to the N64's poor sprite support.

not to mention OP specifically stated he's based on sprites fron the genesis/snes era, so i dont get from where these were done intentionally in the "style" you mentioned.