Well ... Hello there friendly people of pixelation!

Seeing as how I'm a regular at the sorcery pixelation channel I decided I should actually try and do some pixeling.
I've been lurking around ever since Pixelation was all "Depressing Blue" (Color Wise) but I can't say it helped me too much.

Anyway,
I found some old thing I drew during class when I was bored and decided to try and turn it into a pixel thing. This right here is the very basic, but that's as much as I can really go with my present (lack of) skill.

Here is: The lineart: the trace: the block coloring: and some more coloring and details:

I realise it is nowhere near complete, and there are a lot of things I'm thinking about changing as soon as I think I'm good enough.

Just for a reference on what my skills are, here are a bunch of stuff I did throughout my life: http://tfkyle.dyndns.org/~relvox/imagesandwords/page.html

Thanks in advance for all or any helpful critique

Have a nice day.

Edit 1:
Made a little advancement


Edit 2:
improved the lighting (I think) Changed the colors a bit and experimented with dithering.


Edit 3:
nVision's Palette and an extra color:

Next step, the details!

Edit 4:
Separated the Sticks:

Attempt at details:Redid the scarab: