How can I learn to make pixel art?

svnsvn Member Posts: 445
edited November -1 in Art, Graphics, Music and Sound
I saw many pictures of pixel art in games I was playing recently. I got interested and thought it would be a cool way to start making computer game graphics. But I don't know where I can learn to make pixel art. Any suggestions?

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  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=Learn+to+Make+Pixel+Art

    ;)
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  • svnsvn Member Posts: 445
    Thanks, tenrdrmer. You know, you seem to be popping up a lot in all my forum threads.
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    Im just here way to freaking much. Just being funny with that not mean. BTW.
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  • FloridaGamesFloridaGames Member Posts: 328
    LOL, I love when you do that Tenrdrmer.
  • DhondonDhondon Member Posts: 717
    http://www.derekyu.com/?page_id=218

    Read it 1,2, 100 times. Great tut.
  • tenrdrmertenrdrmer Member, Sous Chef, Senior Sous-Chef Posts: 9,934
    ExplosiveApps said:
    LOL, I love when you do that Tenrdrmer.

    Thats actually the first time I have ever used LMGTFU. It just felt right this time around.
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  • eXtraTurnGameseXtraTurnGames Member Posts: 70
    dhondon said:
    http://www.derekyu.com/?page_id=218

    Read it 1,2, 100 times. Great tut.

    Thanks, that link is exactly what I was looking for :)

    However, I noticed he suggests using photoshop. Does anyone know of a good pixel art program for the ipad? Since I love using my ipad and I figure that tapping a box on the screen would be slightly faster than using a mouse on my laptop :)
  • ktfrightktfright Member Posts: 964
    ExtraTurnGames said:
    Thanks, that link is exactly what I was looking for :)

    However, I noticed he suggests using photoshop. Does anyone know of a good pixel art program for the ipad? Since I love using my ipad and I figure that tapping a box on the screen would be slightly faster than using a mouse on my laptop :)

    i dont know any iPad app that can do pixel art, but Pixen for the mac has helped me out alot.
  • JohnPapiomitisJohnPapiomitis Member Posts: 6,256
    Check out this program its awesome and extremly easy to use.. and free! :D



    http://piq.codeus.net/
  • niftydesignerniftydesigner Member Posts: 9
    Guess an editor could help:)

    Additionally, you might want to try this - it could help you learn faster, and come up with your own methods to do pixel art:

    1. Take an image (It'll be better if you take one which clearly separates the figure from the background, you might want to replace the background with white) in it,
    2. scale it down to about 40 pixel squared,
    3. save it a .gif image (Perceptual, No Dither) with a small number of colors (8 or 16,)
    4. now increase the contrast by manipulating the pixel colors (you may want to select the colors using the magic wand with the contiguous option checked off.)
    5. compare the image with the original 40x40 image, and see how the clarity increases with increasing contrast.

    Repeat this exercise with about 10 images, and you'll realize that you've really become proficient in handling those pixels. I think Photoshop is a good enough tool for this.

    (This is how I learned to do it, 10 years ago.)
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