Fifth FTW!

BTW can I use your TARDIS for one of my own?

Sure I guess. Only 'cause you got the Brig in your avatar

I'm still trying to think up something for tiles... but in the meantime I doodled out this.

I'd suggest sketching out your portrait first, scanning it in and working from that. If you don't have a scanner and photoshop, then it still doesn't hurt to plan on paper and colour in with whatever you've got on hand (markers, pencil crayons, etc) since I'm assuming you don't have a wacom pen. Usually I'd sketch out my characters, and only start pixeling them when I'm happy with their design. I would also throw some colours on quickly over my sketch to work out the character's own colour scheme prior to any pixeling (whether it be a portrait or the sprite). It's always best to map out and plan things beforehand then just jumping in and wondering what's a good palette to use. Also keep in mind that your sprite may (should technically) have a colour limitation of like 16 colours (15+transparency). While your colour splashing sketches don't need to be those 15 colours only, it's good to keep in mind to use those colours as bases so you'll have some consistency between sprite and portrait.

Woo! God Hand! You're my hero.

Here's mine. Too tired to make anything more exciting (as you can tell from the lame dialogue I shoved in). The return of 2D sidescrolling Zelda!

(Yea, Link didn't get his Hero Clothes yet, but somehow can call Midna...)
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I totally thought that was Gun Smoke when I looked at it quickly XD Maybe it's just the cacti...
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