Fastest way is study > apply. Study what you want to draw by copying something, and then apply what you've learned in a drawing from imagination. This applies to pixel art, traditional art, any art. These skills are entirely based in your knowledge of real world physics (which includes color theory, subsurface scattering, light sources, material behaviors, reflections, etc), muscle memory, anatomy, and your ability to visualize 3 dimensions. These skills can translate over to any medium - if you're adept at painting on paper, your skill will similarly show in your photoshop and pixel artworks.
Algenpfleger put it best:
http://www.saracasen.com/tag/algenpfleger/He went pro with just 2 years of studying.
Some train for decades to get as good. He knows what he's talking about.
For beginners, just do gesture studies. Lots, lots, lots of gesture studies. Look at a person, draw their gesture and form to the best of your ability, take 4 minutes max per pose. Quick lines, quick marks. This will force you to try new things in the interest of speeding up your process. Scared of drawing people? Just draw hundreds of them. Start by doing just 5 today.
Example:
Two websites that are good for gesture studies / poses:
https://www.quickposes.com/ http://www.posemaniacs.com/
Fastest way is study > apply. Study what you want to draw by copying something, and then apply what you've learned in a drawing from imagination. This applies to pixel art, traditional art, any art. These skills are entirely based in your knowledge of real world physics (which includes color theory, subsurface scattering, light sources, material behaviors, reflections, etc), muscle memory, anatomy, and your ability to visualize 3 dimensions. These skills can translate over to any medium - if you're adept at painting on paper, your skill will similarly show in your photoshop and pixel artworks.
Algenpfleger put it best: http://www.saracasen.com/tag/algenpfleger/
He went pro with just 2 years of studying. [i]Some train for decades to get as good.[/i] He knows what he's talking about.
For beginners, just do gesture studies. Lots, lots, lots of gesture studies. Look at a person, draw their gesture and form to the best of your ability, take 4 minutes max per pose. Quick lines, quick marks. This will force you to try new things in the interest of speeding up your process. Scared of drawing people? Just draw hundreds of them. Start by doing just 5 today.
Example: [img]https://s18.postimg.org/mut758g6h/chrome_2017-07-29_22-52-49.png[/img]
Two websites that are good for gesture studies / poses:
https://www.quickposes.com/
http://www.posemaniacs.com/