Pixel art is a technique that appeared when the early 2d computer games first appeared, the technique then seemed to disappear when 3d games became popular. Now with mobile gaming and a thirst for retro-cool, pixels are coming back. In this article we will take a look at some examples of great pixel art and then learn some of the techniques involved – all you need is any graphics program from MS Paint to Photoshop and lots of patience. Lets get cracking …
Examples of Pixel Art
Eboy – The masters of Pixel Art, browse their portfolio and buy some posters!
Love Pixel – The portfolio of Jason Huang
Pixel Joint – Community for Pixel Artists with forums, galleries etc
Pixel Tutorials
Derek Yu – Ten part in-depth pixel tutorial using photoshop
Mark’s Pixel Art Tutorial – This guide is intended for those new to working with pixels – if you already know what you’re doing, you shouldn’t be here!
Matriax Pixel Art Tutorials – A collection of different tutorials
The complete guide to Isometric Pixel Art – Excelent tutorial on isometric pixel art
Flip Flop Flying – Pixel head tutorial
Pixel Freak – This tutorial will try to help you create pixel art, Isometric Pixel Art – the word isometric means “of equal measure”
Sprite Art – A collection of tutorials from various artists
Pixel Patterns – Create tilable patterns
Drububu – Pixel Art Tutorial
GJ Designs – A number of pixel art tutorials
Zoggles – A number of pixel art tutorials
Great collection!
Nice one, i’ll start to look into these soon
Great roundup.
Thanks.
I’m working on a unique pixel tutorial for this blog at the moment, but as you know – pixel stuff takes a while!
Great list list of sites there, thanks!
hi, great list of sites here, and some good pics too, im a bit more in to the Bryce stuff, but their is a lot of good stuff here……
russoregan
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cool i like it, but some tut are hard
Yep it takes a lot of patience to create pixel art, the results are worth it though.
Ah! This brings me back to the late ’80s when I had first started creating pixel art on the now defunct Amiga 500 computer.. using Deluxe Paint. It’s heart-warming to know that there is a revival for this type of “lost” technique.
Thanks for the article!
I think I will never be a great 3D designer
Nice collection Thanks .
just what i needed.. whew.. i always feel down when i enter the pixel joints..
Just what i was looking for. Thank you !
Excellent link choices. I will be putting a link to this page on my blog as well!
http://www.how2art.blogspot.com