The negativity in this thread is a little disappointing and undeserved. Everyone is welcome to share their art, here, whether they're a veteran at pixel art or just starting out.
Try to encourage each other, y'all. No one starts out as a master!
I'll hopefully set an example here by giving some constructive criticism -- problems and solutions both.
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So anyhow, this is pretty cute! I really like fairies, so seeing things like this and Ember popping up make me happy!
I can tell you're pretty new to spriting, and I appreciate the effort you put into this, because even just creating a rotation that looks halfway believable for a character takes a significant amount of effort.
The first thing I noted is how the wings are opaque when they're behind the character, but they're dithered/crosshatched when in front. This makes me giggle because I know EXACTLY why you did that -- I've had the same thoughts when I've tried spriting fairy characters for srb2kart. "Am I only going to be able to see their wings?"
Luckily, since it's vanilla srb2 and not kart, you can use a separate object for the wings, which you're doing. I think that instead of doing the dither effect, you should just make the wings a little transparent, almost like glass!
An alternative would be to do something more outline based, like this sketch I made.
You could even put little spirals or another cute pattern inside it like I did here! In fact, combine something like this with the transparency *also* and I think it'd be just perfect: having personality while not obscuring the cute sprites behind the wings.
Another thing I noticed is that you're using -- and correct me if I'm wrong on this, I've never made a character for srb2 -- the tails' tails code.
I can tell from the way the wings bob up and down as you jump, the same way tails' tails move from the lower half of his orb to the top half as he falls. A neat effect for him, but I think the effect should stay in the direct center for your fairy, because wings wouldn't need to move like that.
At first, I was a little confused that the wings even still showed when you jump, but then I thought of it like a zelda fairy orb, and I immediately saw how cute the concept can be if it's just a little more polished up.
My last thought at this point was just noticing that in a few of her balancing frames and some misc others, her hands/arms look like this:
If I were to hold out my hands to catch my balance (and you can try it, too) I would likely put the back of my hands to the sky, and my fingers upwards and outwards. In this sprite, it looks like she has her palms to the sky, which feels very unnatural. I think one of the falling sprites had the same problem, too.
I really like where you're going with these sprites, though! It's good to see more fairies, and though it already makes me go "aww!" I think this could be INCREDIBLY cute with a little extra polish. You're definitely on the right track here!
One random other thing, I found this life icon really charming, hehe
