Tutorials / Articles / Resources

• saint11.org is full of tutorials
• slynyrd's pixel blog tutorials
• arne's advices
• cure's pixel art tutorial on pixeljoint
• more tutorials from gas13.ru
• game developer's guide to graphical projections pt1 / pt2
• pixelogic's book (written a bit like a series of tutorials but worth the price)
• big thread of tutorials on pixeljoint
• an interesting thread on Dawnbringer 16 color palette
• how they made KOF XII pixel art
• Mark Ferrari talk for GDC, on youtube

Platforms

• lospec
• pixeljoint

Some of my favourite artists

• 6VCR
• apo+ (mixes pixel art and blender)
• deceiver
• deadly yucca
• finlal
• fool (also)
• iLKke (also here)
• kartonnnyi
• mark ferrari
• mrmo tarius
• marine beaufils (embroidery)
• penusbmic
• ptoing
• kirokaze
• rexbeng PETSCII art
• saint11.org
• slynyrd
• syosa (interview)
• valenberg
• waneella

References : Anatomy / Fundamentals

• simple forms 3d models to copy, useful for rotation exercises
• planes of the head reference 3d models, masculine / feminine versions
• inner body 3d atlases for human muscles and skeleton
• https://x6ud.github.io: animal skulls 3d models
• inaturalist : a community curated archive of animal and plants pictures

Reference : Poses

• posemaniacs: 3d viewable poses
• posespace: pose library
• adorkastock: more free pose references
• cubebrush: you can buy references for $$$, has some freebies

References : Animation

• bodies in motion include motions and heads shot from different angles, and also all the animations from the Muybridge's books (only few items are free)
• sakuga booru
• you can also use animations on mixamo as reference

References : Royalty Free Photos

• pixabay
• unsplash

References : Archives

• the Spriters Resource : a treasure trove of spritesheet dumped from pixel art videogames
• artvee : curated archive of public domain classical and modern art