Yeah that's better, and you redid it by yourself, it's good for learning :)

I did some more work on it.

I tried to follow your example without copying you.  It looks a lot better, I think.

You showed me I had a color I wasn't using to it's full potential.

I tried to show the back side of the label through the other side of the bottle.  That adds a lot more detail and depth.

Oh, the surface of the soda in the bottle was flat in the reference I used, because it was a level view.  But it looks a lot better looking down at it slightly.

It looks like I need more practice with shading and light sources.  I've never painted a transperant object before, so this bottle was a first.  I'll have to practice drawing jello and glasses of water.

It just so happens that I found a good pixel art tutorial on how to paint red jellow :P

Thanks about the palette.  I've been working on one of those palette charts; lining up colors like a cross word puzzle.  I think it's still a bit sloppy, so I'm still working on it.

The edit, animated for easier comparison

I tried to keep the spirit of the original, while giving more volume, and smoothing the colors a bit.

There's a lot of stuff to do to improve this piece (shading, and the top should not be flat), but I'll leave it to you.

Hope you like, keep practicing :)

Again: really great palette, I love it!!!

Thanks, I appreaciate the help.

Thanks, I appreaciate the help.

That's better

I'll make an edit of what I think could be improved, but I'm no expert ;)

I did some work on it a few days ago, but I forgot to tell ya.

Have you checked Cure's tut' on the forum?

http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299&PID=139322#139322

Look for "banding"

I've been reading about banding since I read your comment.  I've found some great tutorials, but I think I need to read some more.

I love the colors :)

But you should clean your edges, and avoid banding.