Badassbill,

Thanks!  I used my own hands for reference so I guess I have deformed hands lol!

 Frost Butt,

Can you elaborate?

 Thanks ZakMan!

 SacreDoom,

Of course, always use reference!

 Thank you Benjiro!

Wouldn't call it perfect though :P

 Hey Ego

Thanks for the critique. I'm still quite new to pixel art :)

I don't have a wip gif but I made this which show how it was done http://dl.dropbox.com/u/22455944/steps.gif
(Didn't include clean-up step since it takes a lot of time.)

I was aware that "pixel purists" maybe wouldn't be too fond of this technique :p But hopefully someone think it was helpful or inspiring to take it further...

 Wow! More comments than I expected!

@Alex Pang Thank you!

@BlueMagma Thanks! Umm, not really. More like a shotgun with hatches where the shells eject.

@xxmantisxx Thank you!

@Jim16

Yeah the first layer background could use some more contrast (like the picture you showed). Good call about the shadow too :)

@elend Thanks! I hope you're right ;)

@Kurt Russell Fan Club Cool! Nice with some Polycount user here as well.

@onek  Woah! That's just way too saturated and high contrast. It doesn't fit with the dark mood with the industrial area and city, with alot of pollution in the air. It would fit better with a more cartoony and cute style.

@Triumverent Cool! Glad you liked it!

@Metaru My main influense is the Mega man zero franchise... But yeah, Turrican is cool too!

@Jarlaxe Thanks!