i just think you should have done this more tastefully
I will agree that this is the case. When I was first linked to Kon's website and pay-for-videos I was outraged and insulted that a moderator of this place would do this. This carried in my tone, and though I regret that, I can't say my opinion on the matter has changed, it has just cooled and crystallized into a very definite disagreement.
"you're not as good as you think you are"
I see absolutely no harm in someone telling someone else 'you're not as good as you think you are'. The person telling you doesn't even have to be better than you. It's a valid wake-up-call to almost all artists on this boards. Most artists I've met and whose art I admire remind this to themselves every day. They might comission artwork, but they wouldn't ask for money to let other people see them draw. Now, I agree someone getting in your face and telling you 'hey man, you're not as good an artist as you think' is presumtuous in most occasions, for how can one know exactly in what regard you hold yourself as an artist? Well, one can know, once you start charging people for the privilege of seeing you do pixel art...
It's like it was mentioned above, who will pay to see the art being made? Will it be people that are looking to hire pixel artists? No, of course not. These people demand quick-to-browse portfolios and don't waste time, much less PAY you to give you a chance at being hired. It will be other pixel artists looking to learn, therefore the videos take a 'tutorial' charge. And if you're charging for tutorials, you better be some sort of not only extremely competent draftsman, but also have your methodology down to so so so so neat and easy-to-follow that other people can learn from just watching a video without even narration.
Now, I've posted video tutorials, and they're free for many reasons: First, I don't feel I'm very good. Second: I don't think they're self-explanatory at all, and therefore more 'entertainment' than 'education'. Voiceovers and pauses and technical explanations would help, but I can't be bothered. Lastly, and this is the most important (and this is why Pixelation is free too) is that I don't consider myself an authority on pixel art, I make many mistakes and may mislead people if they trust me with helping them. We're all learning here from each other. When I critique or edit someone on these boards, I am also learning, and reevaluating my own practises.
Apparently the person whose videos Ptoing linked to also doesn't consider himself as befittingly being in a teacher position, and if you want my opinion, as amazingly good as he is (in my eyes), I can understand why, since his process is so esoteric to watch. He scribbles like hell and you can tell it ends up good because he's got the keen sense to make it good, but it's not explained. If I scribbled like he does the end result would be hilariously messy and bad. So if he was charging for those videos, and I paid and saw them, I'd say I was ripped off, because I didn't learn much besides see pretty art being made.