Pixeling isn't too hard. Just do your normal paint/CG stuff and give it a pixel border (1 pixel pencil). Or you can do it the other way around.

I want to do hats..but there is the lack of a clipping code. I hate it when hair pokes out in places they shouldn't Dx

Absolutely agreed. ^

@Fallen: Like this (though this is zoomed at 600x the actual size)
http://i51.tinypic.com/2ahzg8w.jpg
left doesn't have a pixel border.
middle has a pixel border, but it's not in the proper coloration.
right is the correct border and coloration.

I usually pixel border my stuff in black color, so I know where my pixels are going. Then I lock the transparency on the pixel border layer and recolor it. Not all of the artists on this site actually use this method though, and just use a quick brush along the outer edges.

I normally start my images at 3 times the size. So since it starts off at 300 pixels in height, I do the majority of the work in 900 pixels in height. If you have photoshop, there's a feature in the 'image size' options. After you've opened up a file with the avatar base, go to 'Image' and select 'image size'. Under 'resample image', select 'nearest neighbor'. And move it from 300 pixels in height to 900 pixels in height. That way, it doesn't blur the base as it resizes it. --And you do the same process when you shrink it back down.

It is tool shaded. But the outlining is pure pixeling. That's why it has the rough edges.

I don't know if gimp has something like that @0@...*is too lazy to go to her other laptop*. My other lappie has gimp on it.

Oh... o,o Alrighty then! The Harvest Moon background has a bit of a fuzzy edge, so I didn't notice the hard edges on anything else xD;

I've never attempted tool shading, but I've been pixeling for at least ... six..? years. @_@ Imo, it's way easier (lol how do I know? >A>). Total control over everything you're doing xD;

Some of the items don't have hard edges, especially those with auras, like those floating balls x'D.... Harvest moon should have the edges @0@!... *is curious* I'm going to look into that later xD

Pixeling isn't bad once you get into it. Nobody else uses my method (resizing the base and doing the art from there). I do it because my photoshop plus my tablet make it impossible to put in tiny details with brushes that are less than 5 pixels.