Level of quality

[Memento]

For me, it depends if I'm going to do sprites myself as well or not. I'd set on 3 shades with a minor blur myself as I simply can't sprite with 3 colors (at least not in the same quality you guys can). Either way, the shading in your characters looks great Mono. Would be a shame to change it just because I can't do it like that  

Also, making the sprites longer isn't a great idea I think. It's still little fighter, and besides, it would take quite some time if you want to do this with good quality