Man that is a nice set of tiles, yo. I like it, it looks like FR/LG but more fresh and new. Kinda like a NeoFR/NeoLG if that makes any sense whatsoever.
Yeah, I can see what you mean when you say that having poor skill isn't good in yoir position. Or amybody's, really. I mean, I'm relatively good at Pokémon-sprites, but I can improve of course. However, trainer sprites for some reason does not work well with me. Overworlds are fine, but not the sprites themselves.