>>47886687should have been more specific, I was referring to this bit right here. Ideally this should be pointing in parallel with the rest of the tail but it's pointing to the side which makes it look a bit off? Other than that it looks good, close to official stuff which is very impressive.
I should learn to make larger sprites but I'm too intimidated by the increase in variables. what is your sprite size limit for each stage? I've been using 24x24 28x28 and 32x32 for first, second, and third stages respectively.