Somehow this reminds me of Gobliiins, very cool :)

I love this, great colours and design.

I almost didn't post my piece because of this, it's so awesome..

Great style and animation.

It looks fun, but "forest"is with 1 "r."

Thanks! @Eggy, no it wasn't, just a random title really.. the color is very Patrick-ish though :P

Great colors, makes me want to withdraw my entry :P

I'm in, if I don't win I'll probably buy this game anyway. Used to play the crap out of it on a SNES emulator. I used the 3rd palette from the top.

 This is really cool, the contrast works amazingly well.

 Aw poo! I've got a hanging dude as well.. Oh well, mine's quite different anyway, but you did beat me to it.

 I love Pan's Labyrinth, great idea.

 Is this even allowed? It looks cool and all, but it's not the keyhole shape anymore..

Edit: My sincerest apologies, your art made it look like the original shape was smaller and you crossed the borders of it, I judged too quickly. 

 I used to be a beast like you..

 Once again I completely lost track of time and didn't get my piece finished :P

Aaw dang it! I was doing a Cthulhu piece as well :P not sure if I can get it done on time though. 

 Dem legs..

 Thanks! It's been a while since I last pixeled, I'm glad it came out ok :)

 Shiny! Looking pretty cunning as usual.

there are quite some anatomy issues going on, but kudos anyway for doing something batman related
and I think you nailed the bronze effect pretty good

mamamamanjaman mamamanjaman...
ohyeaah
this looks so sweet

would it help if I invested in tft/lcd screens? because I'm still working with 2 crt's and personally I thought it turned out pretty smooth...
but if everyone else says it looks messy, I guess I'm seeing it wrong :P

 great concept :)

yeah, I'm still trying to find a balance in that, but thanks for noticing

I personally love the contrast.
Only thing I could crit on are minor issues, like, the hind leg(s) somehow remind me more of a dog's, and the tail of a lion's tail... but yeah, it's a fantasy creature anyway, so pretty much everything goes :P
But the colours and shading are superb <3

oooh, omg, people are coming up with great ideas for this challenge
this is pretty awesome!