I traced this sprite of Leonardo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Arcade Game
This shot is showing the ‘final trace’ with onion skinning enabled.
I was very surprised how few colors were really used and how much of the ‘outline color’ was used in areas like the belt area and shadow.
The sword ‘hilt’ is so abstract up close, but works well when zoomed out.
I also noticed a single gray pixel between the sword hilt and Leonardo.
This is the only time in the whole image that color is used.
I guess it helps to separate it from him and also bring home the idea that this is a ‘metal’ sword (even though it it is white and gold)