E-Man's Sprite R & D

[E-Man]

You go to Full Sail? On campus or are you online?

I am an online student. It's a tough job and sometimes I consider quitting, but since I'm more than halfway done, I still trek through anyway. Without exposing too much about my grades, I am actually doing alright. I just don't care about spending long hours to complete each assignment.

EDIT: Also, way to many shades per color, dial it back a bit.

Forgive me for this statement, but I honestly don't see why a lot of people have a problem with me using too many values. I can understand why it seems like a problem for my usual art style (some people say that it looks beveled due to the feather shading), but how is it a problem when I only use a sliver of the amount of colors I usually use? The second and third variations of the Mushroom have far more limited palettes than the later variations, yet I find it odd you didn't say anything about those. Besides, even though my opinion has no say in a situation like this one, variations six through eight look more polished to me (I will agree that the extra shade on nine is a bit overkill). Is there something I am not getting?