Is this style worth it?

[Nixxon]

lol guess no one likes ye old purple shades then eh?
ok back to old school tones, sorry

...wow, sexy sky evil!

[undergroundling]

Ah, much better    Seriously though, this is some amazingly cool artwork.  I'd love to see a game with artwork like this!  I'd love to work on a game with artwork like this!  

Oh, could you possibly provide before and after shots of the smudging process, just to show what the background looked like before you made it all pretty.  Although, I'm sure it was pretty to start with, but you know what I mean.

[Nixxon]

Thanks man makes me feel all fuzzy inside
Oh don't worry... I'd love to one day complete a game in this style... just buggerd if I would be physically able to, the time factor aside I'm still stumped as to how i'd combine cartoony characters with it... may work who knows, ill just have to give it a go.
And if i need any help.. your on!

Ok found the earliest file of this image... the others were mainly colour variations. Ready for a shock?

I'll make a note to save more often in future.. if it all works out, might put up some tuts somewhere if anyone's interested. (though you'd run like hell if u knew what you were getting into.)