okay, this took me a little longer than i wanted it to, but i've finally tracked down some really good art tutorials.
conveniantly, they are all aimed at unlimited adventures, and thus are applicable to dungeon craft without all the worries about limited pallettes.
icons-
http://www.frua.dns2go.com/pc/uanews/nlhtm04/combat.htm
http://www.frua.dns2go.com/pc/uanews/nlhtm13/icon.htm
http://www.frua.dns2go.com/pc/uanews/nlhtm14/combat.htm
character pics-
http://www.frua.dns2go.com/pc/uanews/nlhtm06/draw.htm
walls-
http://www.frua.dns2go.com/pc/uanews/nlhtm22/art01.htm
dungeons-
http://www.frua.dns2go.com/pc/uanews/nlhtm22/art03.htm
http://www.frua.dns2go.com/pc/uanews/nlhtm26/art.htm
i hope you found these as informative and helfpul as i did. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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