R. Lichtenstein/comic-book style piece

[infinity+1]

i actually really liked the way you were shading everything.
personally, i would like to have seen more of it.

[JonathanOfDrain]

i actually really liked the way you were shading everything.
personally, i would like to have seen more of it.

I agree. /what you'd got now looks like a big step back. I think I may have said things wrong, I meant to say you should use that noisy pattern with some solid colors. If you want cyan then just use it straight up, same with yellow, green, magenta, red, blue and black.
You were doing something very interesting and I think you should play with that still. It just looked very different with that thick solid black outline.
I'll hopefully make an edit when I get back from work... assuming my brain is still working then.

[Chris2balls]

I've kept it, no worries ;p
Okay, I'll carry it on then.
Thanks both for steering me back into line!

Ah, a question: what type of background colour could you see this well in? I was going to go for pale blue/green.

[Chris2balls]

I'll go ahead and bump this with an update:

I made the headphones magenta for it to be reminiscent of that cheap pink plastic that you used to get on toys. Maybe it still looks too much like metal. Should I reduce the amount of block colours or add more (for example the sahding on the side of the skull)

[Mathias]

I like this, I think it's happenin'. Reminds me of Helm's  . . . uuhhh, what was that dude again . . . viking, gladiator, warrior thing guy, from ancient Greece or somethin', Helm used only RGB and black I think it was, did some great color mixing, etc.

This reminds me of screen printing, specifically half-toning. You should try a full-color non-pixel art graffiti style version done with half-tone dots. Graffiti pop-art, old school comics, etc-type concept.

[Dr D]

I like this, I think it's happenin'. Reminds me of Helm's  . . . uuhhh, what was that dude again . . . viking, gladiator, warrior thing guy, from ancient Greece or somethin', Helm used only RGB and black I think it was, did some great color mixing, etc.

Spartan.

I like the style as well, honestly though, the red has something special about it in these comic pieces to me. The way you used it in the beginning I really liked. However, from a technical stand-point, I'd say the latest version looks a lot better. It looks cool, either way, so keep working on it.

[Chris2balls]

Thank you both for your replies!
Mathias, I'll try that out, it does interest me indeed.
Should I use a red half-tone (white+red or yellow+red) to do the headphones? If I do this I'll be losing the magenta, which I quite liked, so I'll need to think about how to use all my palette...
I could use red for the background, but I don't think it's a good idea. Do you have any suggestions on what I could do as background, and what colours I could use?