Moai

[snakesqzns]

Not sure where to go from here.  I intended this to be greyscale only, but now I'm regretting not starting with some color.

[infinitegames]

I like the greyscale. I don't think you could have achieved the same effect you have. It's very grainy and interesting.

[Starscream]

Why so many colors? There are like over 100 shades of grey. This version is 4 colors, and I gave you a couple palettes, mostly just so you could see how it would turn out in color.

[snakesqzns]

I haven't reduced the number of colors on this yet.  For this one I didn't start with a limited palette -- just picked different values as I needed them.

[snakesqzns]

Why so many colors? There are like over 100 shades of grey. This version is 4 colors, and I gave you a couple palettes, mostly just so you could see how it would turn out in color.

What did you use to reduce the colors?  Photoshop's Posterize doesn't do as nice a job.

[Ultimaodin]

I don't know about photoshop but Paint Shop Pro is pretty good for reducing colours. Here's what photoshop did when reducing down to six colours. I'd still personally adjust some things but then again that would be your role. =D



I also altered the colours to give you an idea of what you could go with. (Note I'm just working off what I've learned, I am not the best pixel artist by a very long... long shot)
Still looks grey but feels more natural.

[Gil]

Reducing colors is good for changing the palette, but otherwise useless. What's wrong with a little excess?

The 4-color version lacks range and the 6-color version is still way too grainy.

[Lizzrd]

I agree with Gil, as long as you're not going to replicate it or recolor it (which is easily done in photoshop anyway) then many colors are fine to have.
I don't really understand this obsession with few colors...

[Helm]

I haven't reduced the number of colors on this yet.  For this one I didn't start with a limited palette -- just picked different values as I needed them.

If you had started with a 16 grey span from black to white you'd hardly have needed any more at any step of the way. It's a good idea to start with a ramp like that.

[Starscream]

@Helm: Exactly, he didn't _have_ to go all the way down to four, but I feel like 4 gets the job done. But over a hundred, for the same tone, definitely overkill.

@Lizzrd: Says the guy with the 2 color avatar. But seriously though, isn't that the point. Or maybe Pixelation has changed a lot from back in the day...

@Gil: The statues are very rough looking. Example:



Though, I agree, a little cleanup on the dither would do it some justice.