Karlestonchew 2022-08-01 13:26:39

It's hard to judge the floor tiles just by themselves but I don't think they're necessarily bad, the problem might actually be fitting them into the rest of the setting in the game. Do the assets that are on those tiles have a shadow, also adding a shadow along the edge of the map can help too. Another thing especially for games is sticking to one palette for the whole thing, assets made in a different color palette will stick out like a sore thumb if the background's palette is different. Take a step back and look at the big picture and see what parts don't work and fix them, don't focus on one thing alone. One of the hardest things for most people in art is colors and it's especially important in pixel art.

I don't have any specific tutorials to show you but some videos from AdamCYounis on youtube have helped me in the past. My advice (which I think is applicable to most art) is to focus on and understand contrast. Take something you're working on and turn the saturation to 0 so it's in black and white, does it still look good? Next time you want to practice pixel art use an already made palette (lospec has great a page for finding and sharing palettes), then use a reference and focus on matching the contrast in the reference. Are your shadows are dark as the reference? Are your highlights as light as the reference? and so on. Keep it up, you'll be surprised how fast you figure things out!