Sprites /Art WIP/Showcase topic

[SonicKade2048]

There hasn't been much activity here as of late (probably from the Discord being more active than the forums nowadays), but I'll give some criticism for the things posted if that helps.
Mead: It really gives off a tone of curiosity and creepiness to me, and I'm always down for something in this kind of style. Horror isn't my favorite genre, but art like this is something I like to see every once in a while.
Silver: The detail is impressive! It looks very close to the actual animation!
sc00p: I'm not a big fan of Cave Story that much, but I like to see artstyles like that anyway. Great job!
Ostrich: I don't see anything wrong with it either, it looks good as-is.
Sonic: Pretty smooth, if I do say. Nothing seems to be off about it at all. What is he looking at, though? Maybe Ostrich's sprites?
Mead (2): The light source is a bit questionable, but it looks amazing anyway. The boots' position could probably use some work, though. They look too slanted.
Silver (2): The position of the right eye/where the nose is confuses me, what's it supposed to be? The fingers aren't looking as good as I had hoped, either, they're a bit out of proportion. Still looks nice.
Silver (3): I'd probably add a bit more shading to Mario's head and hat, and the ear seems too detailed.

Now that that's out of the way, here's something I've been working on. I've finally decided to make sprites of my characters, starting with Kade the Shy Guy. I'll be doing SMB1, SMB2 USA, SMB3, and SMW variants of all three of them, but for now here's Kade's SMB1 sprites. Blue backgrounds indicate normal sprites, and purple indicates alternates/extras. They're incomplete, though.

And here's a mockup of the 4 styles, plus the original sprite that I'm basing these on.

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