Custom Mario Sprites

[Vipershark]

Your background color should be one that's both pleasant on the eyes but also nowhere close to the colors present in your sprite so that your sprites are easy to see and read.
As it is, your current background color is far too close to the blue used on Mario's overalls, specifically the highlight color.


The only thing I did here was change the background to a nice desaturated green, and it made the thole thing much easier to look at.

On that note, you need a lot more contrast and hue shifting on your sprites. Your shades blend together too much.

edit- also, please include your changes in your latest post instead of just editing the first post in the thread.