**NOTE** The second Retro Style Tutorial is out now! It gives you a quick rundown of how to do backgrounds in Retro Style.
View it here: http://www.newgrounds.com /portal/view/446649 **END NOTE**
I know this one is pretty short but there will be several tutorials in this series.
Don't worry.
Practice drawing and post your work in the forum thread I started. You can find it here http://www.newgrounds.com /bbs/topic.php?id=535681
or on the last page of this tutorial.