You definitely succeeded. This is great and I can't imagine the work that went into rendering all those strands.

I frequently see spaghetti on the job and can confirm that this is legit.

I can even feel the tomato sauce. Perfectly done!

You nailed the texture

The texture is very well done :)

S stands for supercool execution! :-)

Really nice job on that AA! But Hapiel is right, you still need to cut a color to get to 12, since transparency count as a color.

Oh no, for the challenge it was max 12 colors and you've got 15! Can you fix that please? Thank you!