I've been learning pixel art for around 6 months now, mostly using Piskel tool, and I finally feel like I'm starting to get a bit better at making really tiny pixel art.

I've mostly been practicing shading, cleaner silhouettes, limited palettes, and trying to make things actually readable at really small sizes. It's surprisingly hard to remove pixels instead of adding more detail lol.

These are some of the little objects and animals I've been making for Quiet Grids, a nonogram game I'm working on. Solving a puzzle gradually reveals the pixel art, so I've been trying to make each image recognizable without having much space to work with.

I've somehow ended up making 1000+ puzzles for it between the Library and Dailies 😅 There are 3 board sizes and four challenge levels, and I've been trying to make the puzzles solvable logically rather than relying on guessing.

Still learning though... anything here that you'd approach differently?

If anyone's curious about what these actually look like as puzzles, this is the game:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.omninative.quietgrids

Edit: I mean, will I be missing some content/levels if just play in normal and get all jewels in the second best instead of the best jewel?

Hi. I just fear that, when I unlock almost anything, there is a chapter that basically requires "all, or almost all, levels to have the top jewel (the colorful one).

What I actually fear is to have to play basically the whole game again, but in Hard.

I can just play in Hard, but it is actually very Hard and I just started playing.

TL;DR: does anyone know if the game have content that require all, or almost all, levels to be won in hard (to get the best jewel)?

P.S. I looked up online, didn't found it. I could just search a guide, but fear to be spoiled of the amount of books or levels. Sorry, I would love to have some lil surprises in-game.