well firstly, which aspect of pixel art are you trying to learn? There's the isometric scene, sprites, and general freeform. I could tell you how to progress in isometric to a certain extent but, everything else is stuff I'm still learning.

As for colours, you should look up some resources and essays on colour theory, etc. PJ's main site has an EXTENSIVE list of tutorials and resources for pretty much everything you want to learn. If you can't find it there, surf around.

Long story short, I can't give you the 1-2-3 of pixel art becuase there really isn't any as far as I know. Everything is learned by practice and, mostly, patience.

I would like to learn isometric and sprite designs... freeform would be fun, but not as important to me.

I would love to pick up some tips for isometric... anything I can learn I will...

That's just it... I have surfed all over... Most of the tutorials with the best looking pixelart are in a language I do not know... (technically, the only one I DO know is english) Since I am still new to all this, I was hoping the more advanced pixellers had their own little reference sites / tutorial sites that only they knew of. Something they would be willing to share.

That is fair... It's not so much a 1-2-3 that I was hoping for as a direction to learning... Like you should learn lineart first... Then colors... then shading... and here are the best websites / tutorials / books for each...

So... all that to say... whatever you think would help someone new to this, please tell me...

p.s. I have been through all the tutorial links at this site (which btw are the best collections of links that actually work, and quality of information at the actual sites that I have found yet) and I still feel like I am missing something...

i think the best things to learn first are to make shapes, like making a good orb or a conus

so i;d say try lines and shading first, then move on to colourtheory, an then things like anatomy and details