Bloody excellent.

You forgot to link to the prod
(ed.CONS: link added,thanks!)

So simple, but such a beautiful concept.

From the Amiga game classic "Defender of the Crown":

http://hol.abime.net/hol_popup_picture.php?url=pic_full/screenshot/0301-0400/305_screen24.png&width=320&height=256&zoom=1&title=Defender%20Of%20The%20Crown%20-%20Screenshot%20n%B024

I doubt she was in demoscene . I knew a Katja taking part in our graphics compos at Spoletium but she was Moonshadow's girlfriend.

boobies! and weird, funny faces

Hidden...Message in the background !

Hidden message, bottom of the 'E'
It says: I love Katja. Message transmitted, we'll never forget her.

...Now tracking down Katja, calling Lanch for assistance

@Proteque
You said : "I stated I used the reference and the sellout way of doing the picture on the bigscreen so people knew this when seeing it"

Ok, given the similarities between the insp' and your repaint, I guess the ref itself was a scanned pic, allowing you to zoom in and compare your progress. One thing bothers me though, what exactly is this "sellout" way you're refering to ?

As far as I remember it's just a static picture inside the demo.

"I know some of you say its cheating to use smudge. "

Nothing wrong with smudging. If you're not going to use the tools available to you it defeats the point of being a digital artist.

But I think the problem is a lot of people use the smudge tool just to smooth the artifacts of a scan so tends to be associated with lazy overpaints.

And yes, definitely a success. I realise it's just a basic skin study, but now you've mastered the technique you can apply it to more elaborate and creative concepts.

awesome! making this with MS Paint! the worlds most painful program is just whacked!

This put a big smile on my face during the compo

Zeila: yep. but just so you know. beside from that the pictures rules I just felt I could be picky on you just because you make such great pictures.

And I instantly see it's a pic by you when I see them and thats a great thing. Keep it going!

smudge is actually one of my favorite tools and I do use it a lot. It is very handy to smooth shadings and to shape hair before the detailing of the hair. so no wonder. When using smudge with Lighten and darken this is awesome for helping on the shading. Might be a tip for you to get started Zeila. Airbrush roughly then smudge. I know some of you say its cheating to use smudge. I disagree. I use the same technics when I paint with real paint. so why not?

Her shoulder and the body in general was not done. It was not really planed to be released either really. But I think I have comment enough on this subject.

and a comment on the suspicious. "Yes indeed. I just filtered the image with a photoshop plugin to get all the money and fame you get from entering a picture in a small compo at a scene party. But most of all to impress the intervebs sceners. All 200 of you!!!(?)"

Wade: thanx. To make it soft was the hardest part to crack for me. My old pictures looks like plastic. I have tried some different things over the year so glad you think I succeeded on a level. hehe. Lets not mention again who gave me those hints.

I am very happy to read your answer and realize that this picture, as we see it, is completely correct. We should have taken a closer look at your gallery. That would have answered the question if it was intentionally or not, in the first place. I would like to invite you elaborate more on the idea you had in mind when doing this picture. i think i am not the only curious person around here. And btw. welcome to ArtCity & BitFellas MRK!

Sure looks messed up huh? It's my first pixel art pic in close to 10 years! I was hoping to elaborate much more with fxxked up pixels than what you see here.

I'm planning to make another one next year, then you'll hopefully see what style I had wanted to achieve with this.

Looks ehm... smudgy and suspicious. And what happened to her shoulder during the process?

Yeah, i want to know too
I am looking forward to the final one!

A hidden message! What does it say?! I want to know too!!

Thanks you guys, for cheering me on. I'm definitely going to finish the picture. When is the next party with an oldscool gfx compo