Saving it .gif
Not as wide as a selection of colors.
Just more difficult to use in general.

We are not talking about saving an image, we are talking about creating them.
There is a way around that too.
If you save the image as a GIF before you start, then do your stuff and save it does nothing to your image's colors.

Wow thanks :D, I always did 1 mark, saved it as gif, did undo and then save it again.

Dude, haha. The simplicity of Pixel Art is what MS Paint is all about. Also, Pixel Art is based on one of the most ancient forms of art known.

Mosaics.

http://www.freemedia.ch/images/2mosaikkirche_o.jpg

the program just doesnt have many tools that can save you lots of time. take that picture scott posted. sure you could pixel that one by one, but wouldnt you rather do it the smart way and get it done 200 times faster?

the program doesnt even have a magic wand tool.

Specific. Type. Of. Art. Mosaics=Pixel.

I've never used the magic wand tool... in pixel art or brush art.

well what it does is selects any instances of the same color. either across the whole image or just in the spot that you clicked. also the replacer brush is very handy. this tool replaces any instances of the background color with the foreground color. so you can swap out on shade for another in one click.
or you could do it one pixel at a time. personally id rather do something in 5 minutes than 55 minutes.

In my life; Quality over quantity.

I didn't realize so many people (including yourself) use MS Paint for most of their graphics...

on a likely unrelated note, many pixel art images have the "palette" down the side of the image. what's the purpose of that? just to show how many colors you used?

Its amazing the things people can make on MS Paint.

NOTE: Not made by me.

That's exactly what it's for, aside from making switching colors during the creation of the image easier. :)

I hope that was sarcasm.

Pffft, those pictures were nifty, stop hating.

Pixel Art is usually defined as an art of making something pixel by pixel, not paint bucket by paint bucket. :)

Yes it is long and tedious but, it is very satisfying once you finish.

I perfer a million color realistic rendering creative painting my self, but whatever floats your boat.

http://www.geocities.com/graalhacks667/tig-tree.bmp
I did this in paint in about 10 minutes but I could have shaded it so much better if I had a better program.