I'm not entirely sold on the lower left icon (I can't tell if it's a ring, orb, spaceship, etc.) but the others are amazing! I especially lvoe the goggles and vial.

 Seamless use of the palette. I love it!

 Not everything has to be dark. It's good to branch out and experiment with new techniques

 I have decided to remove the piece. It is not fair to the original artist that I use his concept without his permission. I assure you nothing like this will happen again. I will make sure to check any all references I ever use extensively.

 Wow, I am very sorry for this. My friend gave me that exact picture telling me she had it commissioned and wanted a small, pixel art version for forum use. I had no idea she stole it from dA. I did trace most of the form. Perhaps I should delete this submission

 I'm sorry but the far right preview looks like a penis.

 Maybe a very long time away, after even more time for it to sit out of my mind, I'll come back and finish. :p

 It was the only color that actually worked there. I agree it is too saturated to do the job exactly as imagined, but the only other color that could work there (the orange) doesn't have enough contrast to maintain the form of the arm. It's kind of a necessary evil :x

Also, the arm/sleeve area got basically 10 minutes of attention lol. I just finished that area enough to upload. Words can't describe how much I grew to detest working on this piece :p

 This is actually exactly how this would look if you were standing in this cave from the perspective of this picture. The cave is dark inside, and light outside. Also your ability to pick up details with your eyes decreases with distance, so the picture loses contrast the further back. It's a good example of depth.

On that note, the only critique I have is with your color choices. It would be much better if you had some hue shifts in your palette. Maybe from a dark blue/purple to a slight orange/red.

 Love it. Looks great! :)

 Your animation skill is very good, but you should work on your spriting and overall pixeling ability now. :)

 I wish the chainsaw itself had some blood on it!

 I don't understand your comment, sorry.

 Thank you very much guys. :)

@Adam - I can see itnow that you point it out. I'll scoot it over a pixel or two.

 Eviscerate the proletariat!

 I think the challenge was to create your own game title, not pixel the one of another game. XP

 They decided it's not pixel art because I didn't AA the lines

 i50.tinypic.com/osy9ms.png

 There are a few size restrictions and the added caveat of having to create a "banner" image which will represent your work during voting. You'll need to download the Submission Kit and have Photoshop to get all of those measurements and guidelines.

 You guys can do all the work and have your parents (or anyone over 18 you trust to not run off with your money) submit it for you. Then just have them give you the money if you win.

 I think it would be better if you toned down the white you're using to outline the letters.

 I don't understand why the game would be called Fade?? Like the banners on Steam the backgrounds give the title purpose and kind of a quick view into the game

 Good, because it seems like this piece has potential but is nowhere near ready to have been submitted ;)

Very mediocre execution for a challenge of your own creation.

 ...you win this time.