A tree :: Pixel Art Detail

this moon is not that round but it creates nice effect... just add Anti Aliasing

O_O
Soooo dark, give it more contrast, I could barely see the tree.

Ok.
Are there any specific methods to avoid\fix that problem?

ok. If you see the tree it seems plane, like a draw on a paper or a basrelief (carved in stone). I say that with the addecuate lights and shades you tree adquire volume, a 3d apperance ;)

Sorry I'm being so newbish, but what's that "no_volume effect"?
I've never heard of it, could you explain?

I´ll suggest you to draw the groundshadow of the tree and draw ligther zones in the ground. Apply some aa in the moon and the stars to avoid the cross effect. And, by the end, draw some ligther pixel pattern to smoot the tree texture and a lighter shadow on the right side of it to avoid the no_volume effect

*blend and *nicer and *that. And another thing, don't have the moon such a straight chexagon(sorry if there's any typo's, Opera's screwing up on me right now) For example, on side of the moon is a circle while the other half is a hexagon. If you could copy the circle on the the other half, then it'd look a bit better. But you basically know how ato work lightsources and stuff, it's good for your first.

Something you could do is use the aa from the moon and put it on the four tips of the stars. They'll belnd in much nicerr after that

tnx.
BTW; any idea why this is taking so long to get approved?

...nice, im mean really, for your first its  better than most of mine