Can I level up now?

So it's been ages since I've even used GG, but here is what I have on my plate right now.

I am making an RPG with a friend and he wanted me to make the items in an 8bit style, so I tried, I obviously didn't restrict myself with the NES restrictions, but yeah, these are pretty basic, but I feel like it's something to show.

Here are some things I worked on while I was gone and never really got done, I am trying to develop a sort of simplistic style, I borrowed some elements from Pokemon games, Coropata and a bit of Rouge Legacy, I do want to finish the Knight Guy thingy, but I want to try and make it look like a sort of a puppet, but it's turning out to be harder than I pictured.

And this, I want to animate this properly, this is only 4 frames, but I want to see how much I can push it. It's obviously not finished, but I'd like some words of wisdom.