Whenever a finished piece will blend too much and not be seen a colored Bg is acceptable and may be used. We only scream about useless BGs when they are useless. If this piece had a black BG, for example, it would be acceptable. Especially is this is mentioned in the description.
Very nice tiny sprite btw.
The following script switches the PJ image background between black and normal transparent. It's possible to use it as a bookmark (instead of copy-pasting in address bar), but I suppose the better method would be to make a greasemonkey script to insert a button for it in the page, next to the - + buttons...
Javascript:(function(){if (ducument.getElementById("mainimg").style.backgroundColor=="transparent") ducument.getElementById("mainimg").style.backgroundColor="black"; else ducument.getElementById("mainimg").style.backgroundColor="transparent";}());
(The comment window "neutralizes" the script. Anyway, you get the idea...)
That's why I always the Pixelation theme for viewing art here on Pixeljoint: the neutral gray tones of the theme make it much easier for the pieces details to "pop", and be more readable.
To be honest, when I first saw the character, he looked like Stormshadow, of the G.I. Joe persuasion. I like it though.
Now this isn't the author's fault...but this doesn't work on PJ-default bright-blue bkg. Wouldn't it be nice if one could set a prefered bkg-color individually for one's pieces?
I changed my settings to look like the pixelation colours as well so I completely forgot that this might not show up against the default backdrop, sorry guys!