Advice on how to achieve this

[pawchaw]

I was looking to see if anyone had any ideas on how to start bigger pixel characters, like in http://vimeo.com/35259959

I want to achieve something like this  https://31.media.tumblr.com/29fcf80ee6cf73c1d85d106888a8fd55/tumblr_n3o792EaZM1rb1rgoo6_500.png

If there are any rules, tips, tutorials to follow, I would really appreciate it. I am trying to get some bigger characters for a game idea I am working on in my spare time.

Cheers!

[Decroded]

do some pencil sketches.
maybe look up tips on storyboard and comic style sketching.

[AlcopopStar]

What decroded said, pixel art comes after, you could get most solid draftsmen of that style to whip up something like that in pixel art without much effort.

[Maki]

You might wanna have a tablet here, set your brush to some sort of circular shape, but with no AA. That's what I can think of.