Thanks Hapiel! I appreciate the feedback, this was my second attempt at a piece of Pixel Art I did a while back. I will post in the WIP. This was actually part of a little night scene with trees but couldn't get the path to look anything decent. Also struggled with the colours and tried to change them, perhaps this is why it came out as 172 colours? I only used a handful in the beginning? Anyway, many thanks! I have done a little building scene, shoud I always post in the forum before submitting to the main site? I appreciate that you have strict guidelines as this keeps the quality to a high standard, which encourages me to do better!
Welcome on PJ mut!
This looks very nice, but is sadly currently unsuit for the gallery. The rough pixeling and random dithering make it indistinguishable from a photo reduction, and you've used 172 unique colors where 17 probably would have been enough too!
Perhaps you can clean this up a bit, give every pixel a purpose and resubmit it later? If you like we can help you with this in the WIP forums!
No you don't need to post in the forums, most people don't, and you're always welcome to submit and see what people think. The forum can be a fun (but sometimes slow) place to gather feedback, the gallery is for finished work, but many new members need to adjust a bit to our practises and standards.
Always happy to help, feel free to keep on asking questions.
As for the colors, you can view the colors you've used here