this is probably going to take a little while as ive just started this and i have only one car and yet to make any background,the original pic was far too big which was started in ms paint and i added some cool stuff in psp to liven it up

i want to do quite an extensive work cause details are my thing,so how big should i make this,i was thinking along the lines of 600x200 pixels

here is the car

any comments are welcome

its an old lowrider,they did look kind of boxy but thanks for your comment Bifur

and the gradients,i started it out with solid colors but it didnt look as good

Your color count is excessive at best. If you don't believe me, http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixels/new_icons.asp?search=&dimo=%3E%3D&dim=10&colorso=%3C%3D&colors=8&tran=&anim=&iso=&av=&tee=&owner=&d=&dosearch=1&ob=search&action=search - look at what other people can do with 8 , about a 20th of your color count of 156.

 word,i get tech,the car is saved as png so thats probably why the high color count

here is a pic of the garage at the moment,its a large pic

souly,ive just started the garage tonight so i have a lot of details to do

blick,i have thought about the hood and did take it down to 16 colors but it looked rubbish,and i use paint shop pro 7 by the way

ill see what i can do with the hood but at this stage i feel that some of you are being too critical,thanks for the comments though,keep them coming

''the hood and did take it down to 16 colors'' you have used more then 16 colors in the ffing hood alone?

an it's very blocky. our ancient volvo has more streamline

word at that souly,i work in technicolor

and i think youll find an old 84/85 lincoln mark 4 is blocky as hell

i did that last night jalonso to use as an avater,then i read the the biggest size was 64x64 which ruled it out

well,i know about pixel art,i studied it for like 2 years,anyway,i took the car down to 79 colors and lost the gradient on the grill and hood,and in my own opinion it looks far worse,itried putting some shape into the bonnet also,so you see,i am actually doing something here

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that car does not consist of a rectangular box with a prism on top. yours does.

snader,i love you man

and @Dra_Chan,the cars only 79 colors now

i have an idea,what about making the engine come out of the bonnet like a drag car

a couple of thousand atleast man,nah,i dont know,and i also didnt know there was an ms paint college

added a bigger engine and darkened the glass

didnt know one car could cause such a problem

but why limit the color usage,if the colors are there why not

a couple of friends of mine actually said my version was better cause it doesnt look like plastic and that you were quite mad

In pixel art, it's more of a discipline thing than a true neccessity, but because the artform originally came from 2- and 4-color systems, it is always best to use as few colors as possible. Also, using 156 colors is clear evidence that you're using tools or something worse. 256 colors was the limit for an entire game back i the day, and you use that many for one sprite? Somehow having this many colors seems like a waste now, doesn't it?

As for your friends, pixel-aethiests have invalid opinions of pixel art anyway, so take their advice with half a shaker of salt. Still, if you can color-reduce while keeping your general look, and that's what makes you happy, go for it, and then revise.

Keep working, and try to get it to 30 or less, I know that's easily possible and won't change any of the style etc.

mirrors,i never thought of that,good call setzer

and im maxxed at 41 colors

heres the 16 color version,i didnt like it too much

and i think this is the final,41 colors,and thanks again setzer for the mirror ideacheck out those flames

thanks setzer,did a bit to the garage and added the car,it needs back wheels ,and just generally messing with the depth required

I actually see NO difference in the 16 as supposed to the 41 colors.
Excpet that there are now mirros.

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Maaan that's harsh.

@bifur-no, 16 bits of color is 2^16 or 65536.

I see little to no difference, use the 16 unless you're planning on cursing us to heck in that scenario.

thanks guys,thats just given me an idea

im still working on the angle and depth at the moment

a dumspter i've just made

and the base for the tow truck

they look completely different on my lcd and other people have said different

maybe if you looked a little closer

this is how the towtruck is turning out,its based off a landrover

bit more work on the wheels i think

i can never get round objects looking good

i think ive got the background sorted now

and why i shouldnt care what you think,oh yeah,cause you're an emo fag