Cool original piece
Even if I liked the one from last year more (more complex and polished composition) - still I see constant progress
Anatomy sucks a bit and perspective don't work quite well - very nice palette tho, and I salute doing original sketch (IMHO it would be beneficial for the picture to use it only as ref. and to start drawing in 8bit from scratch - instead of converting - more control over anatomy and composition ...and also faster)

Thank you jok, also for what you wrote on the other entries. I really appreciate it!