I want to start drawing pixel art so I drew a dodo bird. Please

Not bad. Looks like a cross between a Dodo and an ostritch.

Did you use any blur effects? Seems tedious to place all those shades of pixels individually like that.

>>2606021

Start over by erasing everything but the outlines and pick a light source. Use a limited palette. The gradients looks bad and do not make any sense.

>>2606021
It looks like the sprite of a shitty dos game.
Get good at art -> do pixel art.

>>2606021
Do not outline with black. Use limited palette. Less is more.

Use limited space. Less is more.

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>>2606021
>Dat fucking gradient.

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>>2606021
Look at pic related and come back.

Volume. Texture. Goddamit.

make a fuckload(!) more, look for inspiration, study (other pixel art, fundamentals)