Love the colors and attention to pixel placement! I have a few minor crits:
- It would be nice if the canvas were a little taller so you could see the points of his horns. You could make them glint in the torchlight and it would strengthen the figure's positive space.
- His leftmost hand looks a bit awkward. It also seems cartoony in comparison with his other hand. I would also thicken his forearm to match the arm on our right side.
- The "stroke" of orange lighting feels like it's slapped on top of the outline rather than describing the forms it illuminates.
- The background detail detracts from the figure a bit. With such a menacing creature, it feels odd that our vision would be distracted from the danger/majesty.
Great work!
Incredible detail with such few colors! Impressive indeed
Very cool!
Only remote complaint is fg/bg separation. But hey . . . 8 colors. And I can see you wanted high detail, which you accomplished well.
High marks for you, lad! High marks indeedy.
Love the blue highlighting :D