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Pixel Art Tutorials

April 30, 2007 by Oli · 14 Comments [Post to Twitter][Post to Yahoo Buzz][Post to Digg][Post to Reddit][Post to StumbleUpon]




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!

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Love Pixel - The portfolio of Jason Huang

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Pixel Joint - Community for Pixel Artists with forums, galleries etc

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Pixel Tutorials


Derek Yu - Ten part in-depth pixel tutorial using photoshop

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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!

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Matriax Pixel Art Tutorials - A collection of different tutorials

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The complete guide to Isometric Pixel Art - Excelent tutorial on isometric pixel art

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Flip Flop Flying - Pixel head tutorial

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Pixel Freak - This tutorial will try to help you create pixel art, Isometric Pixel Art - the word isometric means “of equal measure”

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Sprite Art - A collection of tutorials from various artists

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Pixel Patterns - Create tilable patterns

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Drububu - Pixel Art Tutorial

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GJ Designs - A number of pixel art tutorials

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Zoggles - A number of pixel art tutorials

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Comments

14 Responses to “Pixel Art Tutorials”
  1. Ines says:

    Great collection!

  2. Josh Buckley says:

    Nice one, i’ll start to look into these soon

  3. Mike says:

    Great roundup.

  4. Oli says:

    Thanks.

    I’m working on a unique pixel tutorial for this blog at the moment, but as you know - pixel stuff takes a while!

  5. Niall says:

    Great list list of sites there, thanks!

  6. russoregan says:

    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

    http://www.freewebs.com/russoregan

  7. Outdoor man says:

    cool i like it, but some tut are hard

  8. oli says:

    Yep it takes a lot of patience to create pixel art, the results are worth it though.

  9. Roberto says:

    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!

  10. 3D says:

    I think I will never be a great 3D designer

  11. Nice collection Thanks .

  12. gura says:

    just what i needed.. whew.. i always feel down when i enter the pixel joints..

  13. psdtemplates says:

    Just what i was looking for. Thank you !

  14. Justin Dupre says:

    Excellent link choices. I will be putting a link to this page on my blog as well!

    http://www.how2art.blogspot.com

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