spriting is hard (custom stuff)

[Adam]

A straight-up patterned dither is repetitive and boring, anyways.

A lot of people dither for texture, when in reality half the time it's a different texture altogether that would need to be used in the first place. Dithering is more like a subtle transition between shades, think of it as the end of a brush stroke when everything fades lightly; dithering is supposed to add that effect.

It definitely doesn't look good on small sprites, when you're going for readability over detail. It's useful in some situations, though. Definitely not in anything here unless it's going to be really subtle.