Helmeted Blocky Fighter Holding a Pixel Sword Out Front

A blocky Minecraft style figure stands with a big cube head tilted slightly and a square body, holding a large pixelated sword out in front of it. The head has a thick layered helmet with maze-like line patterns on the top and sides, and the face shows square eyes, a nose block and a simple mouth shape. The chest, arms and legs are drawn as flat rectangular pieces with inner outlines, which look like armor plates. The feet have small rectangles near the bottom. A single curved ground line sits behind the figure. The sword's stair-step edges and grid inside the blade give you lots of little squares to fill in. Try coloring the armor in two or three shades of one color, then use a contrasting color for the blade. It's also a nice chance to talk about shading and how pixel art is built from tiny squares.