Links

Here are some links to pixel art communities, resources, and games.

Pixeljoint

Pixeljoint is a gallery-based site where artists upload their own pixel art. Includes tutorials, forums, and links to other great pixel art communities.

Pixelation

Pixelation: Way of the Pixel is a forum dedicated to pixel art, and some other forms of low spec art. If you're looking to improve through critique, definitely check it out.

Derek Yu

Derek Yu does a lot of great pixel art, and has an excellent tutorial on his site. Also, check out some of his games. I recommend Spelunky.

Origami Hero

Bernie has made a bunch of great games using Multimedia Fusion 2, and all are available for download on his site. Darkside Adventures is my personal favorite.

Konjak

The home of Joakim Sandberg (figuratively speaking). Another great artist, both of the pixel and digital painting variety. Sandberg's games are some of the best independant ones I've played, and his art style is frequently better than what I've seen in professional games. Most of his games are free. Noitu Love 2 costs you 10 dollars, but trust me, it's worth it. Download the demo if you don't believe me.

Cave Story

Cave story is an EXCELLENT indie game made by Studio Pixel (a one-man group, the alias of one Daisuke Amaya). You owe it to yourself to play it. Seriously.

TIGSource

The Independant Gaming Source is one of the largest communities of independant game developers online. You can find a ton of neat games there designed by small teams, a lot of which feature pixel art.

Indygamer

Like TIGSource, this site focuses on independant games. They've since moved to another location, but I find that this particular site is very easy to navigate. They have several top-lists for various genres.

deviantArt

The largest art website on the net, bar none. Unfortunately its size comes with the unfortunate side effect of a lot of drama and frankly bad artwork being posted. The best and the worst can be found on DA. It's the first place I ever started posting my own artwork. A lot of my pixel stuff, and other things I've made, can be found here.

ConceptArt.org

This is quite possibly the antithesis on deviantArt. No pageviews, far less drama, and all about improvement of artwork. Go here to get your art ripped apart and then built back up even better. The people at ConceptArt.org focus on improvement of artwork, regardless of if you're just starting out or you're a professional. As long as you go in with a humble attitude, people are generally very pleasant and helpful.