Pixel art tutorial - shading / textures + examples

Thank you all for the favorite in advance!

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Here are examples of how to do pixel art shading and textures in different way than using the ugly dithering method!

I finally redid this "tutorial"! I added examples to the actual sheet, and I added a few more examples of texturing (sand, tree trunk / wood, bricks, fabric). I've spend like 1000000 hours on searching for proper examples, then cropping it, signing... I'm dead now
Of course these are just rough examples of only few of textures, not an exact way of how to do things. Also, I used only two colors, but don't hesitate to use more of them. And please do not copy the style of artists provided in examples!

And one more advice form me: watch some digital paintings as examples as well! They are not as different from pixel art as it seem to be!

Hope you like it!


Artworks used as a reference: (Deviation thumbs here)

Fish scales
 owl●Pixel: Betta Fish●mermaid babe●Owl●Keeper of the pearls
Long fur
Fox-wolf lineart●:CO: Don't touch the hair (400x400 pixelart)●Ciel - Pixel●Ruin Spirit●Anartia
Short fur
Blue Rose●EspressoCafe Animated Pixel Doll●Symphonic●Breathe Deep, Fall Down●{ArtTrade} - azzai Journal Doll
Feathers
sunshine.●:CO: Frozen heart●{ArtTrade} - azzai Journal Doll●Blue Rose●Black Phoenix
Snake scales
Snake Game teaser  ●Mermaid●Fiends of the Lower planes●Toothless pixel 'sticker'●Dragon Boss
tree top 1
A Dragon and His Princess ●Bridge to Eden●Cottontail Pixels●Eternal -screenshots-●Game Mockup
Tree top 2
Pixel Waterfall BG.  ●Countryside●Harmonia Screenshot●Running Through Amedet●Pirate Theme Sidescroller
Wood
Rapunzel●Legend Of The Hidden Temple●demons●roadkill market, unfinished●Pixel Vignette: Who are you?
Grass cartoon style
Art Trade: Polka-Pot  ●Pixel - Welcome Home Mockup●Spirit Master Background●Take a rest
Grass
Adventures with Al and Mary~ WHOOPS Oz is angry●Snake Game teaser●Mysterious One●Legend of Iya Starting Location●escape
Clouds
serenity●Distant Lands●Mysterious One●Pirate Theme Sidescroller●Caelum Citadel
Rock
Underwater●Stone pillars●Heaven●Rolling Stone Animation●Beach
Metal
Breakfast Kitis●045●M1911A1●Pixel Jungle Artillery●Stranded
Sand
Comission - desert background●045●Dream house●Caravan●roadkill market, unfinished
Stone bricks
Pub 1●Snowfall Wonder●Gothic Dieselpunk - Concept Mockup●Mosquito's Insomnia Title Scre●Platformer mockup[wip]
Fabric
Alone in the Dark: A Point and Click Adventure●Etoile pixel●Iso dresser and TV●Krile ffv for Final Fantasy Collab Brasil●Nath
Tree trunk
Mossy Marsh●Pixel Vignette: Nap time●escape●Fall Mockup●Mysterious One
Water
Water Ball Icon●Retro Teal●Just a break - Gift●Iso-Tile Testing (WIP)