Heeey thanks!
Yup, went through my old gallery the other day and realized how valuable this is to have all these pieces stored here, 1:1. Also I was stocked that i could get such a crisp export from this workflow, PJ was the place to celebrate this haha

Hey, isn't it that time of the year when we do the april fool's challenge ?

Very nice use of colors on the tower itself - keep it up !

Thanks JerryPie !
It was inspired by last week challenge on colors of japan, the first thought i had was a cherry tree - I really love the idea of a pink tree.
I started blocking tiles out as 8x8 solid color squares - detailled a few tiles I copied here and there (it's mostly tile based)
At this point it was a nice scene but quite empty so i added this character - probably very inspired by Cave Story character but it wasn't really intentionnal - added a few birds to give it some life.

Since the red and pink tree felt kind of extra terrestrial like i figured out i would add some stars to emphasis a bit on that - polished the whole thing up so tiles blend well and don't feel too repeat-y

I felt the whole scene was a bit static so I went on that animation - I love how little animation can bring some life to a piece. main inspiration there were animated sceneries by cocefi http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/79056.htm - http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/72648.htm

I wish i wasn't too lazy to animate the rest of it, like the birds, a few leaves falling :/

Last addition was the cat in the bottom since this part was kind of empty - took a few reference of sleeping dogs for the pose.

Sorry I couldn't bring any image on the process ! I have this bad habit of never saving things (i don't even have the psd with separated layers anymore :( )

Ahhh i didn't even read the rules entirely :O somehow skipped the 100x150px part haha. 25 colors count is weird tho, i used only listed in the description of my piece but heh - Not really a problem since dimensions doesn't fit anyways.

Thanks for your answer !

Oh, my piece doesn't appear - I'm pretty sure i checked the "weekly challenge" checkbox when submitting it :/

The thing that brings up the color count way high are the gradient you use. This is considered not pixel art, or at least not strict pixel art - according to the rules we like to follow here.
Other than that, the piece is good, I like the very colorful palette and the contrast you put in details. A very nice work overall !

I wish it was animated too haha, actually the cat is a last minute addition - I was about to post it and realised the bottom part was kind of empty and needed something of interest. Tried some kind of breathing animation but couldn't get it right then I got bored of it 

(and yes it is starry, thanks for pointing that out !)
 

Yeah, this is inspired by my favorite pixelart related quote by Mrmo : "Rule #2: If in doubt, use tilesets!"

Thanks :D

Thanks !! 
For the fade out effect, I kind of narrow down the palette, tone it down progressively for each frame

here is an exemple of what the palette looks like in each frame

http://i.imgur.com/4OkgqRb.png

Stunning piece ! 

Looks so badass and stupid at the same time, even more cheesy than the old ones. Always loved old toys design.

You could make some of random alien generator with these guys

Very nice piece !

I'm not sure about the white background tho, the character looks very dark in comparison

Thanks !

@king_bobston : Actually I didn't feel the need to add more details to the background, the portrait is already pretty heavy and I don't think it's necessary to draw attention on the background. It's only here to serve atmosphere/lighting purposes

Looks kind of sketchy like the other bunch of sprites you posted, or even unfinished.

Nice use of color on both sets tho, and interesting style. Keep it up !

This challenge was made for you Mrmo :)

This is amazing.

Absolutely lovely !

Oh thanks man ! Actually, I was thinking about a remake of that one haha

I was just randomly checking the public queue, then I found this. You made my day Cure. 

MORE SWEETS !!

Oh god these are cute ! Good job, some of them could be simpler in term of shading and colors, for readability matter

Good to see a new piece from you ! Some bit of practising never hurts :)

These are incredibly cute <3

Ouh damn, this is awesome ! Great use of wolors and you made Slaanesh. This has my vote :)