Thank you , I will keep your wise words close to me. Also stay tuned, I have a great piece coming out soon that I have been working on for days. But knowing this site it probably won't get approved until next week. Also I love your art. I will add you to my buddy list so I can see when you upload. :)

P.s You're definitely not a newbie.

You did well. I consider myself a newbie in pixel art, so it feels wrong for me to act like a smartass, but I would like to say that not all stress have to be negative. If it is not an overwhealming distress, than it is a good thing (it mobilizes you into action), and thanks to it you finished your work. Now you have a very positive feeling of acomplishment, which is awesome. I think that it is normal, that you can't always have fun with your pixels, but you can at least try to use your stress in a good way. I think that the real problem would be if the challenge would bore you.