Pixel Art

I'm new to the whole gfx scene, i cant do much more atm than play with the filters in cs but i wanna try to do some pixel art, maybe even submit some for rs gallery, but for now, just practicing

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comments/suggestions appreciated! trying to figure out how to draw the arms, ya know...good >_<