@Batlorder

"Fixed", or rather "done stuff"...

Even though I am familiar with the phenomenon of banding, I am not very good at detecting every single spot yet. I have found some places and fixed them but I am not sure if that's all. Would you also consider rhythmic placement of pixels, such as the area around the chin, "banding"?

I agree with Flopsy M. Congratulations!

Thank you, Manupix. The turban guy is supposed to look shocked by the sudden appearance of a running boy above his head. He doesn't really know what is going on or what to make of this situation. This causes him to drop his cigarette from which he wanted to take a drag. I guess once you recognize the object as a falling cigarette, the hand gesture becomes more clear... Or so I hope ;-)

Thanks for accepting my picture into the challenge and thanks for the nice comments!

FlyGuy, I was also pondering over the background issue for a while. But given the point of view, I thought it would diminish the height of the visible houses, if more buildings could be seen in the background. And since there is A LOT of dithering going on (again) I thought  a plain background would be the best choice here, so the characters wouldn't get absorbed by it. Then again, I might just try it out sometime and see how it works ;-)

Thank you all for your nice comments! :-)

dya2k, it is supposed to have human eyes. I was feeling very annoyed by someone yesterday, and this picture is the result of that emotion. Every now and then, I like drawing cat faces that mirror my current mood. I know it's rather weird, though... ;-)

Thank you both for the support, Stitchy and Manupix. I really appreciate it!!

Damn, Manupix, you really pushed the picture to another level! The result is freaking me out (in a good way). I see I still have a lot to learn, but I guess that is the whole point and fun of doing it ;-)

Still, I am going to leave this one as it is. Once I declare a piece "finished", I hardly ever go back to it. I'd rather start fresh with a new picture and try to make use of everything I have learned from the previous one.

Thanks again!

You're right, pan-tosser. I've changed it. Thanks!

Stitchy and Slemsvamp: Thank you for your comments. I have been pondering over the dithering issue for a while, myself, and I've come to the conclusion that less would give it too much of a cartoony feel, or I would have to use more colours... But I guess my technique just isn't good enough yet. I'll keep working! ;-)

Octokom: Thank you very much! :-)