This is just a little update on how the pixel art has been progressing, and it has been progressing quite well!
I’ve graduated to making little animations, and I’m pleased with how they have turned out. Below is just a hodgepodge of characters that may or may not appear in a game someday. I started with the wizard. But what good is a wizard without spells? So I made a fireball and fire wall. And what good are fireballs without enemies to blow up? Naturally the spear dude and slug ensued.

That slug looks freaking awesome
I’m beggining with pixelart, too. Which tools are you using?
I’ve played with PhotoShop CS3, Gimp, and Paint.NET. I seem to find myself using Photoshop most often, though I can’t think of any real advantages one program has over the other for this particular task.