I deleted it .. It was saved as a png-24 to support its design and wide variety of color .. outputting at 256 wasn't acceptable. oh well.

This may be output resolution and lossy defaults. It just doesn't make sense otherwise. The razor blade I think clearly shows this. Maybe re-gif it? If you use PS, try using 'save for web' so you can see ALL the output items.

I've seen pieces get rejected for using gradients.  But I guess that's up to the big boys to decide.  Oekaki, gradients..  I wonder if there is a comprehensive list of prohibited content.

I wasn't striving for a limited palette with these. I layer with a semi-transparent pencil which accounts for a high palette .. altho 4847 seems a tad bloated. A couple of these are guilty of gradients, but outside of that .. all i used was pencil (1 pixel) , eraser, circle and line. Are gradients frowned upon here? I'll gladly remove it if so.

4847 colours used? Not pixel by pixel only, surely.

I used a circle tool if thats what you mean. Every pixel gets touched in a 15x15 canvas. Hmm .. altho it looks like i did use a gradient on the planet. horseshoe and eye are 100% pushed.

Hmm, some items look like they aren't really drawn pixel by pixel. Like the eye, the planet and the horseshoe.

sweet  great job there tape is my favorite of all i somehow love it