I think it's a good base, the shaping and everything -- should make a nice banner. The colors look very NES to me, which I think is good too -- oldschool. My only problem with it is that it feels flat -- I think it needs more depth.

For example, I made a 5-minute edit of the buttons (hope you don't mind), to show them to look a little deeper. I completely killed the NES feel, but I hope it gives the idea.



See, I used more colors to push it up a few levels. Notice how the highlight changes it's position by a pixel or two based on the position of the button -- by moving where the light reflects, it looks like the angle to the light changes, which also helps the depth a little.

With a bit more time, I'm sure it could be done even better.

Hope this helps.

Um... hey everyone... Just checking up on people... seems the forum's still chugging along (550 members? woo)

I'm on 1400x1050, and the two look the same at 1x. I agree with Helm, though: dithering and color minimization are both valuable skills. Why? If you learn to do more with less, you gain more power. It isn't that you may ever need to use it, but it's that you can if you wanted. It gives your brain more angles to perceive from. It makes you much more versatile of an artist and person even if you never need to draw something with less than 256 colors.

Same reason why all programmers should learn LISP.

On another note, i have to talk to Nemesis about something >_>

It was recently brought to my attention that female wallabies have 3

Vaginas

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Dare i ask if iron MALE wallabies have 3... >_____________________>
<_<

That's simply not true... I have no idea where you get your information, but wallabies have the same set of gonads as every other mammal (excepting perhaps yourself ). They also have pouches though, and that makes them cool.