Ooops... I shouldn't have deleted my post so soon!

LOL, but thank you to crumblingwalls for your help. I did what you suggested, but still I am ending up with this:



This was done with a 4 x 4 pixel grid, foreground: #B6B6B0 and background: #C4C2B8. I tried 2 x 2 and it looks just as bad.

What am I doing wrong??? Do I need to set my foreground/background colors to something else? I've tried black and white and they look equally horrid. *grin* Am I using the wrong pencil tip? What do you suggest is the best one?

I apologize for being a nuisance, but I want to get this nailed so I can start practicing it. This time I won't delete the post. *grin* Oh, and I checked out your other icons and they ROCK! You are so creative and talented... quite an asset to this community. Can I ask how you do the text in your LOTR, Pirates and Peter Pan icons? People have tried to explain it to me, but I still end up with plain white text. I want it outlined in black like in yours. I've got all the usual pixel fonts (04_03 and variants, Borgnine, Ernest, Redensek and a couple others), and I have no idea how to do this. Help!

Thanks... again. I hope you don't mind my questions.