Do you do the smearing by hand?

8 frames is always gonna be smoother, which is more appealing to the eye even at such a low resolution.

Congratulations!

Try what you feel excited about. Why would you do something else though?

I like that little gremlin!

I think the deep blue one looks the best individually, but the redish brown is more complementary to his outfit. Maybe you can use the guard color from the deep blue one and the scabbard color of the brown one.

Also, shadow seem to be in the other direction then on his outfit.

Quite an improvement indeed! Did you pick a palette or rolled with your own?

Crustassier sound good! I like the details on the beast, and Seelys' pose here.

Quite fun how in my memories they look like your revamp rather than the original. :p

The handle seems a tad small for a sword. His hands looks bigger.

That's pretty dynamic! What is he holding?

Clearly A. Although, it appears more refined than the others, so my mind could be tricked.

I think D could be use to draw some kind of hieroglyph.