Another "my character" thread

[The Geek Lord]

http://img22.imageshack.us/i/geeklord.tif/
Meet Geek Lord. (Har.)
Obviously unfinished. I'm trying to shade the cape, but it always ends up looking... Noobish. Awful kind of noobish. Which is going to get worse once I have to put the evil overlord cape slash lab coat over his arm... Hand... Things.
Take note this is my first time doing anything GOOD with sprites. I haven't used Appleworks (Mac's MS Paint, yes I use a Mac so bite me, 'tis a long story) for about two good years, and even before then I pretty much just did recolors and slapped things on... You can guess the rest, I presume. Any tips and various comments and criticism for me?

(Also thanks to the good Doctor Shnaps for ripping the original sprites.)

[Phantom Killah]

hi kirby where'd you get the fake teeth and glasses

[The Geek Lord]

hi kirby where'd you get the fake teeth and glasses

Pretty much the idea. And the shoes. And the unfinished lab-cape.

[bnewton]

you might like making a light source reference to make it look like it should, because this is not about a looking cool sprite(it should look cool on it's own).

...at least it would be cool for a geek 'lord'