I need help potentially cleaning up my player character's sprite.

[Pik]

The biggest thing is...I want to get rid of the sel-out as much as I can while still having the sprite stand out on the following backdrops:

The sprite looks particularly messy in this situation:


And that's mainly what I have trouble with right now.

[Virtuaboy123]

I'd say change up the object's or player's palettes or give the character a more darker outline. I tried darkening the blonde selout to the other colors used but it still looked bad.

[Pik]

I added a more solid outline, thanks to you and Gorsal's feedback, and put him in the game. I think it worked out. Here's a progress .gif on the project in general.

[Lexou Duck]

I'd say the walk cycle on your character lacks a bit of bounce

apart from that, looks very solid

[Raccoon Sam]

yeah man i can't help you with the sprite issue but damn that looks insanely good