how to improve my skills

[xChapx]

well im not very good at pixel art , and i dont find a good way to practice and i really want to improve so what do you recomend me to do?

[Helm]

Find a good way to practice.

[Lóng]

I have found that besides practicing, which is unfortunately necessary, studying works u like and tackling things u think might not be able to handle can help speed up ones progress tremendously.

[AlexHW]

the technical details to pixel-art can be boring, much like any form of technical skill.. Try and find something else that interests you such as a tv show or an idea or whatever.. and start pixeling it. I remember when i was learning to draw as a child i would pose my action figures and draw them..

[xChapx]

thanks for the advice

[PixelPiledriver]

Here's some exercises.
choose 1.
These have a time limit of 1 week.

Draw 1000 teapots.
Draw 100 pages of sketches of household items from observation (min 4 per page).
Draw 500 cubes from imagination in various perspectives.

the following all go together
Go to a life modeling session, you can find free ones at schools or elsewhere, look on the internet, if not it should be fairly cheap.
Draw 100 complete figures in less than 30 seconds each. Use a silent timer.
Draw 50 complete figures in less than 1 minute each.
Draw 10 complete figures in less than 5 minutes each.
Draw 1 complete figure in less than 1 hour each.

Be creative and have fun.
If you cant finish within the week no big deal.
just get as close as possible.
the next week change it up.
enjoy!

[xChapx]

Here's some exercises.
choose 1.
These have a time limit of 1 week.

Draw 1000 teapots.
Draw 100 pages of sketches of household items from observation (min 4 per page).
Draw 500 cubes from imagination in various perspectives.

the following all go together
Go to a life modeling session, you can find free ones at schools or elsewhere, look on the internet, if not it should be fairly cheap.
Draw 100 complete figures in less than 30 seconds each. Use a silent timer.
Draw 50 complete figures in less than 1 minute each.
Draw 10 complete figures in less than 5 minutes each.
Draw 1 complete figure in less than 1 hour each.

Be creative and have fun.
If you cant finish within the week no big deal.
just get as close as possible.
the next week change it up.
enjoy!

cubes from imagination?
and household items like?
how big do you think i should make the sprites?

i am going to try this , this was the answer i was looking for thanks very much i will practice hard 

[PixelPiledriver]

and household items like?

Anything you can find around the house.
Even things you might find boring to draw.
Get into it and figure out the construction.
It's good to do the same object from multiple perspectives.
Here's some examples from my sketchbook from years ago i was able to dig up:













Couldn't find my other sketchbooks at the moment.
For the 1000 teapots you don't HAVE to use reference, altho it is recommended to start with.
There are different strategies to the teapots if finishing within the time limit is important to you.
You could draw 100 really shitty ones in 10 secs each.
Then take your time on the next 10 and make them nice.
Then do another 100 shitty!
Try realistic, stylized, themed, give them personalities, etc.
There are no rules besides the original guidelines.
Just go for it and see where it takes you.
Make it fun.

cubes from imagination?

Again you can use reference at first.
But then go crazy.
Try different types of perspective.
Make up ideas to keep yourself entertained and make the image entertaining.

how big do you think i should make the sprites?

I realize my examples are on paper, but the same exercises could be done in pixel (im considering doing the teapots just for fun myself, altho ill get no where near 1000!)
I'm going to do a row of 8x8, then a row of 16x16, then 32x32, 64x64, etc, and see how far that gets me.
But its up to you.
Be creative and fill in the blanks.

Also these aren't just random exercises I made up.
I've completed these in the past and found them to be useful.
Something that I should probably do more often.

If you're up to it, post your progress just for fun.

[xChapx]

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awesome man i didnt think that you were going to help me like this , thanks i will post my progress (when i make one)

[jams0988]

For the 1000 teapots you don't HAVE to use reference, altho it is recommended to start with.
There are different strategies to the teapots if finishing within the time limit is important to you.
You could draw 100 really shitty ones in 10 secs each.
Then take your time on the next 10 and make them nice.
Then do another 100 shitty!

Artists in general, and 3D modelers especially, seem to love teapots. Why is this? Is there any reason to draw a thousand teapots, instead of a thousand blenders? Or is this just an industry joke/tradition, like "Hello, world!" for programmers?