I know there is an overwhelming pile of tutorials about drawing and sketching, but I would like to know and would gladly appreciate any information on how to use programs like MS paint or Graphics Gale to create very small simple pixel characters for my upcoming game. An example of what type of art I'm trying to learn are ones like "The Legend Of Zelda", "Final Fantasy I" and other NES Titles. If you still do not understand what type of art I'am trying to learn go to these links below. http://www.videogamesprites.net/

Pixeljoint is a good place to look, they have a bunch of tutorials like So You Want To Be A Pixel Artist?, among other things.

Quote: Original post by treize7
I know there is an overwhelming pile of tutorials about drawing and sketching, but I would like to know and would gladly appreciate any information on how to use programs like MS paint or Graphics Gale to create very small simple pixel characters for my upcoming game. An example of what type of art I'm trying to learn are ones like "The Legend Of Zelda", "Final Fantasy I" and other NES Titles.

If you still do not understand what type of art I'am trying to learn go to these links below.

http://www.videogamesprites.net/

A series of articles on just this kind of art recently appeared in GDNet's article section. GDNet's resources pages could use some work, so the link to the first part is here.