/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>6815500
As far as books go "Pixel logic" and "Make Your Own Pixel Art Create Graphics for Games, Animations, and More" will teach you everything there's to know about rendering pixel art. But both will openly tell you that their objective is not to teach you how to draw.
This is the learning path on one of the books and if you have been on /ic/ for a while is pretty much what is recommended here. I started with Betty Edwards a long time ago but loomis is a really popular choice too.

The pixel art community is no different from the folks drawing high res in the sense that they will screach and fight with all their might against leaning art fundamentals. But believe me, is the fastest way to get you to draw cool shit.