@railslave thanks! the muddiness partly comes from keeping the colour count low, so there are shared colours between ranges, especially in the bright and dark ends

I love the muddy colors you use on your metals 

Great!

so springy-cartoony, i like it.

nice work

The light from the sun is made perfectly! 

 Its s Good piece

Psh this shoulda won the challenge. Style oozes from it's pores.

 this piece is great!  absolutely love it.  I especially love how you've combined the texture of the ground into the dithering - gives a great texture to the image.

I do not aim with my hand;
He who aims with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I aim with my eye.

I do not shoot with my hand;
He who shoots with his hand has forgotten the face of his father.
I shoot with my mind.

I do not kill with my gun;
He who kills with his gun has forgotten the face of his father.
I kill with my heart.

yey! that's so f'cking great; kinda out of the dott western edition; totally diggin the detail on the cowboys; especially the trowsers and that holster are soo great

some nitpicking nevertheless: dunno about the saloon sign's spacings - seems there's too much space around the second 'o' (tricky part, i know)

thanks for the stiff competition you bastard =)