Thanks. I'll try fixing those things.
I did feel the outlines were too much as you said yourself. So that'll probably be the first thing I look at.
I find shading to be the hardest part, but hey - We can't all be good spriters, and there's only one way to learn. ;)
So I made this sprite I believe two years ago, and I finally have some free time to actually sit down and maybe do something with it.
My goal for this character is to be the protagonist in a detective story - Think the looker ep from Origins.
So I wanted him to have the usual film noir style...