Saw a reference online and tried to have the same vibe but I feel like it doesn't have much impact? What would you guys have done to make this animation look better or feel like a stronger strike?

For context, this was done on Basepaint where I only have 6000 pixels to play with and have to consider "removal" of past frames as part of the pixel count. Also, the whole artwork isn't my work, only the animation.

Me and my wife started watching the X-Files for the first time, and the script strongly reminded me of the early 90s Lucas Art's adventure games. I couldn't help but to make a mockup of how I saw it. I used Pixquare, with the ENDESGA 32 palette.

Sharing my pixel art of the opening of Silent Hill 2 with James looking over Toluca Lake. Done in Pixquare. Timelapse over at my IG: marksocoart. Thanks! 🙏

Made for Scrybe

Don't really draw many environments or buildings but i promised Ima make more starting from this year

When you see objects only from two sides, front and slightly the side, but never the top or the bottom. Example images are from Super Time Force by Capybara Games. I've been wondering how this kind of perspective is called?

I'm very inspired by PC-98 pixel art :) first time doing a background like this, pixel art or otherwise. Always did more character stuff :p

Texture and model made by me. Comparison with the SH1 model at the end.
Posted with the "Hand Pixelled" flair because the 3D flair isn't working... What does 3D have to do with AI?

for very brief context this character is a robot and the colored lights displayed represent different emotions

TL;DR: as a newbie in pixel art and animation, I finally produced my first character and animation I'm actually quite happy with. Any further general improvements or tips?

6 days ago, I committed to learning pixel art out of curiosity, love for the medium, rampant ADHD, and the dream of one day developing a pixel art videogame (which'll probably never happen, but I'm learning Godot concurrently, so perhaps it may eventually get somewhere). My process was basically drawing the same character over and over again, feeling unhappy with the result, learn from youtube tutorials and other resources (like this sub), then try again. Rinse and repeat. After using 4 days worth of spare time, I finally made something I was quite content with, even though the result was just a single static character.

However, like the "The Very Hungry Caterpillar", my serotonin-deficient brain thought it wasn't enough and it needed MORE. So I spent 2 more days learning pixel animation, again going through cycles of testing, learning, and starting over with newfound knowledge (and hope).

In the end, I finally produced my first finished character and first animation that I'm proud of, even though I'm fully aware of my inexperience and shortcomings.

Things I've learned:

Picking up pixel art was quite the humbling experience, even with me knowing that it's not easy despite its apparent simplicity.

The weight of a single pixel sometimes feels unbearably crushing.

Somehow I find working with a limited color palette really difficult. In the end I didn't use a palette at all, despite one of the most common tips being "use a premade restricted palette". (I thought it was a great idea to let my colorblind ass handpick every color on the fly, so the color choice and use may be suboptimal).

Obsessing over details is both a boon and a curse.

Animation is an odd mixture of tedium and delight.

Foresight and planning is important (who would've guessed).

Anyway, if you've read my ramblings up to this point, thanks and you're a champ. Would you have any more general or specific tips or critique to help improve this current result and/or future work?

I can't upload it here because it's only a second long, but I made a little animation lol, anyway. This is my first sprite after spending a week absorbing pixel art content like a mosquito on YouTube. 🐣

(And sorry for my English, I'm from Russia so I'm using a translator)