Those are all excuses. There's no excuse for a broken jaggy line like that... Besides, it works for some parts, so you can pull it off.

in my opinion it looks much less jaggy than a white (or bright blue) line on black, and I wanted it to have a slight glow so I don't see why it's a problem that it's unneeded.
Basically I think antialiasing with such a palette is a very different thing from antialiasing with a linear ramp, and it comes out in a totally different result. It doesn't look like a clean line but that wasnt the intention. (If I wanted to have that I would have taken photoshops line tool, instead of making pixel art with paint).

There are some very small parts which could be changed a bit but overall I think the AA does its job here

Your AA isn't working I'm afraid, it doesn't get rid of the jaggyness, and it adds a lot of unneeded blur. Try working on it some more...

thanks for the comments.
setzer and ensellitis: it's true that it's toodark. I ran through a storm that evening I did this pic so I actually should know how bright it get's from lightning ;) I might rework it somewhen but atm I have enough of that palette ;)

Awe, that's awesome.

I think perhaps there should be a brighter flare on the boat, top of the water, and the clouds, lightening is pretty damn bright, you know. very nice reguardless, though. great job with the AA

I like it. I think the shape of the strike could be a bit better tho.

wow, you make the most worthless comments i have ever seen.

nice work phillip.  could have benifited from a bit more highlighting from the lightning, but overall nice

It´s nice