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PIXEL ART TUTORIAL: BASICS

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In this fast-paced tutorial, I show you the basics of making pixel art by walking you through the creation of a sprite. Sprites are the images in 2d games that represent the various objects in a game like your player character, monsters, items, etc. This tutorial is paired with a follow-up tutorial called PIXEL ART: COMMON MISTAKES. Metal Slug 3 (Arcade). SNK, 2000. Pixel art, also known as dot art in Japan, is a form of digital art where editing is done on the pixel level. It's primarily associated with the graphics of 80s and 90s video games, where commercial artists strained against limited memory and low resolutions to create increasingly eye-catching visuals. These days, it's still popular in games and as an artform in and of itself, despite the possibility of realistic 3d graphics. Why? Well, nostalgia aside, it remains a fun and rewarding challenge to create vibrant artwork within such tight constraints. In the same way we admire how a few brushstrokes from a trained hand can re

In this fast-paced tutorial, I show you the basics of making pixel art by walking you through the creation of a sprite. Sprites are the images in 2d games that represent the various objects in a game like your player character, monsters, items, etc. This tutorial is paired with a follow-up tutorial called PIXEL ART: COMMON MISTAKES. Metal Slug 3 (Arcade). SNK, 2000. Pixel art, also known as dot art in Japan, is a form of digital art where editing is done on the pixel level. It's primarily associated with the graphics of 80s and 90s video games, where commercial artists strained against limited

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