i'm preety new to pixel art in general, and i honestly don't know where to start. what i want to do is tilesets, and also portraits, specifically, portraits in two colors. however, i've tried my hand at a set of eyes, and it's ridiculously difficult. the shapes that i come up with don't look natural or smooth, and my tiles are not even worth bringing up. to make matters worse, i can't figure out how to upload things i made in GraphicsGale, because my images don't appear in an upload box. so, my question is: where should i start? should i try to work from a reference pic, or should i do freehand?

Here's a good start. Click on link, then click on the portraits.

*giggles* I've still got the back door key to stovetop's place.