Thaaaats pretty fucking cool!

I love that  you can capture his haircut with so few pixels- That man was born to be a sprite! nicely done

This is masterful. I will be taking notes 

Thanks, dude. 

these guys are just badass! 

ow man, it's so smoooooth! Nicely done, OP

cheers 

Thanks. Was my first attempt at dithering patterns and was reeally frustrating.

Thanks for the advice, eishiya. Pixel art is proving to be a very different beast from other mediums I've worked with in the past. But damn it I have admired it from afar for too long! I WILL master it! lol

no antialiasing tools... I did a selection fill for elements in the glass which gave a one pixel antialiasing. I think there must still be a load of glitched pixels still in the black/dark areas. tbh im looking forward to just starting fresh on my next peice... with a VERY limited palette! lol. Is my piece not going to be approved because of this? 

I think so. Awhile back I saved the it as a JPEG by mistake and I just noticed now that there where a ton of glitched pixels in the image (cause by the compression?). Either way; fixed it now. Deleted and resubmitted image (to ensure its the new one). Is that better?

Very classy! I love the dithering patterns you used on the rock and grass :)

Noted. I've removed the work and will work on acheiving similar effects with a more linited pallete and dithering techniques. Will let you know when its up so you can marvel at how awesome I have become  Thanks for the critique