I know a few people on a forum that I visit who do some work for a guy who's making a game, and I think that they get paid pretty decently(something like $40-50 for a five framed sprite, I don't really know) The style they're doing it in is a bit basic compared to what they normally do, but it takes them a lot of time and definitely requires some skills.

I haven't done any paid pixel work before, but the article seems like it has the right idea. I think that a lot of people who aren't too involved with pixel art don't realize how much time and effort goes into it. I remember when I was making a basic sprite for someone to be nice, and I ended up losing my work and had to start from the beginning. The guy I was helping basically said that it wasn't hard and wouldn't take much time to remake it, so I should make it again. I had already put a lot of time into it, and didn't really feel like making it all again since it wasn't very fun and the way he acted made it even less fun for me. I don't think he ever finished the project anyway. I remember he contacted some other people a few years before that to do something similar and it never took off.

Nice article and website though. I'd like to make art for a game sometime, but I feel like I need to really have a connection to the project to enjoy doing it