Cool stuff! Reminds me a lot about KOF XIII with the "no-shading self-shadowing"

 Oh My God

 Love the shading on this. :D

Crazy good.

You should get paid big money to do a fighting game with sprites like this :-)

cool shading 

Love the lighting and stance definately a fave!

Great post and colour choices...the internal line work in the shirt looks a little sharp, though.

<3

Awesome job! 

This is sooo well done. Faved for sure!

Good grief. That's all I got to say.

great work.  

Well done ! Like it much..what about an animation ?  I can sense him swing a bit.

 Ohhh looking very good!

I find the solid mid-tone on his trousers look a bit strange though...I understand it's to emphasize a fold there, but it looks like it wasn't on purpose... Maybe add the highlight there or put it in shadow completely? (º-º)

The shading on the muscles and colour choice is awesome though!

Absolutely outstanding shading. 0.0

Agree about some character coldness. Maybe a more exaggerated pose and/or perspective might have given him a bit more life? Dunno.

Excellent pixelling! This deserves the full vote...

I just have to admit my qualm about the design: the character is a little plain and lacks of characterization. Hope to see more with your fantastic style.

Looks as if you were initially going with the kof XII sprite style, and then kinda' wondered off a bit. Still looks good, though the face could use some work. Looks zombie-ish at the moment; no emotion or character coming out of it.

Brilliant work!

Awesome anatomy. Great proportioning. Just about one of the best things I've seen on this site yet. Looks like it belongs in a beat-em up type game.

Now try animating it. :] (jk)