So this is my first serious attempt at pixelart. I was thinking about this idea for a game in my head: a sort of minimalistic, simple 2D verison of  "League of Legends"/"Heroes of Newerth"

And this is sort of what I visualized. An action-packed game with very simple yet tactical gameplay. 

So the basic idea (And what I'm trying to show with this art ) is that there is a purple team and a blue team of heroes, and they fight eachother. Simple, right? There would be many different heroes to choose from, each with it's own special looks and abilities. I wanted to go for the minimalistic and simple graphics because it's supposed to be easy to understand without too many details. I spent a little more time detailing the background though, I though it would be a nice touch. 

I figured that the fighting itslelf would be more of a "beat 'em up" style, for example having an ability bound to the "1" key and when pressed the hero would instantly do the attack in the direction it's facing (either left or right), rather than having to click on the ground/on an enemy hero like it is in the more isometric games such as LoL and HoN. In my oppinion that would keep the fights very exciting and fun, and would definatley involve alot of skill. 

Anyway, I'm rambling on about this game idea of mine because I want the viewer to get a better understanding of what exactly is going on in this picture. Oh, and that blue lump to the far right of the screen is supposed to be a dead hero from the blue team, I don't think it turned out very well though. The HUD and everything isn't exactly what I imagined either, I was thinking about being able to shop items, maybe 4 abilities and not 3, complete with a minimap of the battlefield. But yeah, you get the idea. 

This turned out to be a long description. If you managed to read through it all, awesome! I Hope you like my art!