Senku Niola's Sprites and Such

[Senku Niola]

I'm somewhat new around here and would like criticism on my sprite I am attempting to start for a silly project to replace the Sonic sprites in Sonic 2 with my own. I've asked a few friends about criticism and they've mentioned my style seems to be a mix of banding and pillowing.


I usually use the palette from the Fan Game SRB2 only cause of convenience and the fact I've been in its community for quite a few years now so I'm just used to using it, but I want to start straying from it due to its limitations. SRB2 Pallete