Well, 3-4 year lurker here, i don't intend to be a member, i am here to ask this question and maybe others.
I have read almost every (i hope this is not an exaggeration, but i am afraid that it is) notable and unnotable tutorial written on pixel art on the internet, i have studied sprites, read up on techniques (AA, dithering, Blending, Hue shifting, RGB/HSL values, Banding, etc.) And I still produce works that even i think are just bad.
So my question is this, am i the only one that thinks all the known pixel tutorials are, dare i say, Basic, there just crap, no offense to the people who write em. I mean, it cant be just me, E.G Tsugmo's works is mind blowing, no doubt, but his tutorial (sywtbapa) doesn't show me squat, and yet people always say "read this one", as with Dereks, as with Gas13, as with PixelZone, etc. people always link the same ones, and i cant get anything outta em. or maybe im missing something? i study each line but, nothing...
I also try to emulate/study many artist, like Fool,Helm,Jinn,Derek etc. but i cant understand ?HOW? pixel-gods?
So am i the only one?
And also suggest ways for me to advance or gimme some more indepth tuts or just new ones.
Thank you