Ok, so I was given the option to make a 128x128 splash logo for the ending credits of a game I did some work on recently, and I came up with this:

It's not really a WIP... though some of the colors and stuff are still a BIT tentative, it's more or less a finished piece.  Good ol' fashioned 15 color + 1.

GOT CRITS? 

thanks kids

image is about to die

thanks.. joey...

edit:

please, I'd really like just a few crits.

Yeah, the colour selection at the moment could use a little improvement.

Also, what's with the gash of white the cuts across the sky? Not sure what that's trying to be. And make the text a little less drab, it looks rather plain as it stands.

And what's in the background... what is the guy looking at?

An a positive note, I like the style. Looks like a scratch-and-win situation

it was more of an abstract piece, maybe even surreal, or more towards that end of the spectrum at least.

he's looking at some large tower in the distance, and another floating thing.. don't know what it is, either, so I can't give you a straight answer

I was going for a plane look, but maybe I'll put a few more things in to make it a little more interesting.

thanks for the crits, I was really starting to wonder if I was ever gonna get any.

it's some floating structure, of some sort.

ok, I'll change up the colors a bit and see what I come up with..

The text definitely needs some spicing up. Some colours on it or something else... anything else! I think the scene itself it great but it could use some defining such as the floating castle in the background. Some slightly darker lines to outline it or shade it would be good... also the bottom island thingy looks like a penis. Is it meant to look so? The clouds and sky contrast a bit too much for my tastes as well.

Back to the foreground, the tree has no leaves or anything which I understand but why not add some extra tiny twigs on the branches and/or some fallen leaves on the ground

I was just about to applaud you for actually calling it a castle.. and then.. yeah.

that was really un called for.

I'm working on figuring out what to do with this piece.

"I'm working on figuring out what to do with this piece."
Heh. ;)

What was the point of that post. Hehe...

Anyway, nice job on this one, but I don't like the green specks on the bottom of the tree. I don't think you should outline the castle, just because It shouldn't stick out much. Also like they all said, the lettering, and the grass...ya

I apologize but, it really does look very http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=2&q=phallic - phallic . Anyways, would love to see some updates on this

(Edit: corrected my own spelling on phallic and hyperlinked so you understand the meaning)

it only looks like that if you're looking for it.

for the record, it's supposed to be some sort of tower, and some sort of flying structure.  Had I first concidered the maturity level of the forums, I probably wouldn't have even posted the piece..

Mmm, nice putting yourself above everyone there, Citizen_Insane. Pixelblink just had the guts to point out something that would have been pointed out eventually. Probably aware that it would get yelled at.

And for your desperate need for crits, I've seen no changes. Where are the updates?

I was talking about this..

sorry I didn't specify.  see?  I'm not perfect.  that's why I asked for some critttz

well.. sorry about everything.. here's the update.

I just didn't have much time this week to do anything else other than take in suggestions.. fall semister started this week, so it's been kind of crazy.

I'm just trying a bunch of stuff.. I don't really know what to do with this.  I got really frustrated with the letters so I just traced over them.

Ahh, nice! Thanks for the update, definitely some improvement there. Might wanna work on the text a little more. If I didn't know it said "world" I'd not have figured it out.

The castle's depictable as a castle, the foreground colours are clear and bright... as I said, nice update.

Yay! An update! I noticed you removed the phallic symbolism... I think it works better this way because it is more easily recognizaed for what it's for. The dark lines give it better definition now too. Nice work.

Now for the things you've added which I think detract from the picture... The "frame" or whatever you wanna call it as well as the outlines on the letters... way to dark IMO. I would suggest going back to the original colour and adding some dithering to that and perhaps the clouds as well.

Just noticed you've got a few leaves on the tree now too. I like that. Keep the updates coming! :)

Whats that arrow in the middle of it?

And the text is unreadable, at least my poor eyes cannot see it clearly. Glasses are foggy (read dirty) too.

I like the first one. Black ruins the second one. Maybe add just some lighter dark color instead of complete black?

thanks guys

instead of the black border I might just do something contrasting with the other colors... that usually works.  the letters are still too unreadable.. but I like the direction I'm going with them.

I don't know when I'll have another update, though.. sometime between tomorrow and sunday.