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For working with palettes I would recommend GIMP, not Photoshop. I don't speak English well enough to write a manual here, so all I can is just say: it's much more useful for pixelart, IMHO.
Checking color counts while using photoshop can be a little tough if it goes above 256, but if it's under that amount you can go to Image > Mode > Indexed Color... and then choose "exact" in the palette menu of that window. If there's more than one layer you'll have to flatten the image either beforehand or once you click "indexed color...", and if there's transparency then you'll need to click the transparency button in that window. That'll tell you how many colors you have in total, as long as it's no more than 256. If there's more than 256 then the "exact" option probably won't even be available.
For checking the palettes on images on this site you just go here- link and enter the url of the page that image is on.
Also when saving the final product in photoshop it's good to choose the "Save for Web & Devices..." option in the file menu because it'll show you what your entire palette is to a limit of 256 when choosing the gif or png-8 options.
O_O Those flames are awesome, such cool reference!
How are you checking the color count? It may be useful thing for me to know so I can keep it in check =)
I more plan out a range, and not a specific palette; like I want light blue through to purple etc.
Agreed, the rings were harder than I expected them to be due to the angle lol. I'll try to push them a bit more next time.
I like this one the most. It reminds me of the water flames here- link
This still has 81 colors though and looks nearly 100% identical with half that number. Do you plan out your palette at the start or build it as you go? The rings at the bottom could be a bit rounder.
Overall it's a really nice design.
I'm trying to stick with photoshop more specifically for the reason that the company I would like to get a job at uses photoshop almost exclusively, so I'm trying to get fast/efficient in that program first; but I'll keep GIMP in mind! thanks!