Hi I am new to pixel art, so I would appreciate it if someone could spend some of their time to teach me the basics. I checked the Rules & Resources page, but the link I wanted to view did not work. I think what I want to learn is called "recoloring". I can not find people who have done this kind of art on the site. Here are some examples of what I want to try to do:





Basically, I want to learn how to take this image: and turn it into one of those above. I have GIMP so it would be helpful if the instructions are for GIMP. Thank you for your time.

These sprites are from http://www.pokemoncreed.net. They are not mine.