Yes, I think this palette works better. Salamander sounds good and yeah I would totally also retry the frog using this one

<3 <3 <3 !!!

I believed it was some sort of series after checking this other piece of yours because animals + similar palette (even thought it was the same exact palette but only later realized they're different). Anyway, I guess if you upload a third animal in the same format/palette then it may be a series after all :)

I love this series.

This doesn't seem to be a piece for the challenge :) cool legs, though.

he he, bien que lo has "entendido"! He pensado que quizás no estaría claro.

I hope that's an automatic brush-launcher! Colors are the best.

Very nice atmosphere.

Nice and cute. Loving the flower detail!

...which turns air into...what exactly yellowish substance?

Glad you like it! I was actually quite unsure about the background but in the end a dark tone was the only thing that seemed to suit it properly. I will study more portraits' background and come up with a better solution at some point :)

I'd recommend checking out a lot of videos of wolves doing wolf things. While you can kind of get away with some knee bending action when it comes to animating idle cycles for humanoid bipeds, same theory can't be applied to wolves mainly because they have a different "mechanical structure" (I mean bones, tendons, general stance, the whole set). Even humans do not really bend their knees in spring-like bouncy fashion when being idle (please record a video if you see one doing so! ) - I guess that's just some sort of videogame animation convention that maybe came from programmers trying to do the animator's job in the early stages of computer game development. I have no idea about that. Anyways, wolves tend to lie down when being idle unless something's up (in which case they simply kind of stop being idle).

Also, a wolf wouldn't normally swing their tail up and down, but rather sideways, or simply keep it still in one of (around) ten positions based on what they're perceiving at that moment (fear, attentive behavior, etc...you can see the somewhat stressed wolf at 1'30'' keeping his tail down). When it comes to the ears, it's a similar story as the tail, so I won't repeat myself, but you got everything you need in the video I linked at the beginning to get started:

• Drop the bouncing legs.
• Keep the tail a bit lower than head's height, maybe swinging slowly from side to side (if he is focused on something or alert, tail will be rather still instead of swinging and with the base of their tail a bit higher compared to how it was before he got alerted, kind of making some jerky shape in its base if he feels things are about to get dangerous).
• Develop some subtle chest breathing animation.

I hope I'm not being too didactic but animals and animations are my two favorite things so when I saw your post I thought I'd share with you some of what I think would help me achieve this task.

I actually never animated wolves myself (other animals, yes) but I will try once I find some spare time :)

Please animate more animals!

He's holding the bow in a very particular way or at least, I would expect to see a bit more of the bow (talking about the hand holding it) or maybe it's just a thing with my eyes.

Made some corrections based on what you said. I think it does look more like Beethoven now but he kinda also lacks the cartoony feel he had earlier or maybe it's just me :P I suck at portraits, I'll do more.

Best background!

Lol, love the messed up hairs in the bow

Thanks! I'll try to do a few edits and post them on the challenge thread before Sunday.

This pixel art should be turned into a videogame! Reminds me of some cathedral in one of the first areas of Dark Souls.

I'm glad to take into account any feedback you may have, if you care to elaborate! : )

You're right - they're super cute. I think it's way too little to appreciate well the patterns that form the feathers of the long tailed tit  (checking some pics). You should try magpies or any other non-popular corvidae. I think their feather patterns make for a good pixel art piece at that size.

lol why? Koopa as in Bowser from Super Mario? :D

Nice technique. Hair and shirt look amazing!

Very nice perspective work with the skulls.

Nice portrait. Very realistic!

I can see a Fallout with this kind of tileset...excellent work.