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I don't think anything in my post explaining the answer to your question was indicative of me being 'riled up'. I even put a smiley at the end of it. Dollers will be dollers I guess. *shrug*
Thanks all for the comments. \m/ I do this with large paintings as well, for instance on my dev art account you can see three large canvas' of Jack from the Shining, Terminator and Gollum. I used a projector to get the basic outline of their faces using a brown texta over tissue paper and then used the ref pics to paint them with oil sticks. This is the same thing with pixel art.
No, Blue, I don't think this is 'tracing' an image, just getting the basic proportions for an image you're recreating in another medium. I never actually traced the entire thing bit by bit to get a fully finished creation. I never claimed I took the photo, it's an official movie photo, that I am just recreating in another medium - and it still takes skill/talent or what have you. Was Andy Warhol shot down for his Marilyn Monroe prints? He 'traced' a professional, well-known picture of Marilyn to make them and then mass produced them. I am making pop art here, just like he is. No biggie. ^_^ And anyway, my Chucky STILL doesn't look 100 percent like the Chucky picture (only ones with keen eyes can see this because I came pretty damn close XD), plus I added in my own parts (read the hot tip in step 5) and therefore I can call it my re-creation of Chucky. So yeah, I think it is ethical because I haven't 'snagged' the photo and traced over it at all - I got the basic proportions by drawing shapes over the picture and then using the same picture to observe the detail and draw it on myself. You still need sharp observational skills. ;)
and I'm not saying that copyright isn't a good thing... but I meant that in reality.. no one is original anymore. It's sad. I love your pixel work and anyone who can make pixels so realisticlly has my admiration :)
Tracing lineart seems to be something that is pretty common in many forms of art beyond pixel art especially in vector illustrations and digital painting. Pixel art can be about many things beyond pixelling your own artwork... limited palettes, dithering, AA, lineart, etc.
That's just my two cents... I could be wrong. 
Pffft, some people just don't get it. 
The tutorial is a neat little process. I'll have to try this out sometime.
One crit... you mention teal as a favorite bg color, but the color you're using when putting in blocks shown isn't teal is it? Are you referring to the final pic bg color?
