Just the title. I ended up redrawing my art 5-6 times, changing the background, the merging shapes, and changing the dithering until I got down to the 190 unique tile limit. How did YOU do it? any tips for others?
After my first attempt, I restricted my working space a lot by making a checkerboard pattern 16 pixels along the outer edge (one 8x8 color tile and then a second one). This way I have a pattern that looks neat and it makes it more difficult for me to hit the limit since these only take up 2 unique tiles total.
What I did at the start was scribble out roughs in the areas i knew would be detailed and then uploaded it to the checker- when i had a grasp of the count I just did the important stuff-leaving a handful of tiles available for embellishment afterwards. Better to be under then work up toward the limit i think! Though I'm not a pixel artist lol I have no idea :)
I usually start by drawing the important parts of the piece (usually a couple of characters and some defining traits of the environment they're in) then I add more and more details ( background, objects, additional details on characters and environment) to fill the tile count, then try to see if some tiles can be reused in some places (usually some background tiles can be reused if you work with some abstract landscapes, or lighting) it's a a really fun exercise.