any tips/resources for someone wanting to get into pixel art that has no clue?
I’m about to run out the door (so I might expand on the answer later), but the one-liner is this:
http://www.retronator.com/gettingstarted
Alright, I’m back, so here’s more info:
On the above link you will find a prototype version of my tutorial for complete beginners in pixel art. It goes on for 7 days and takes about 15 minutes a day. You can complete it at your convenience.
It’s got a few rough edges, especially the jump from day 6->7 is too much for most people. So a lot will need to be adjusted, but that’s the best you can get from me at this point.
However, there are other great places to get started as well. I love the more action-oriented approach where I give you concrete things to do, but you have plenty of tutorials that explain pixel art in general (it’s up to you to put them into practice).
Pixel Art Tutorial by Cure, good intro article that explains what pixel art is and isn’t including all the pixel art-specific terminology.
So You Want to be a Pixel Artist by Tsugumo, a lot of good reading and then on chapter 8 and 9 you get into actually making a sprite.
On that same topic, Pixel Art Tutorial by Derek Yu is also one of the best for sprite drawing process, but assumes you already know how to draw a character.
For more specific topics, I have these three slides in the even rougher prototype of a daily drawing plan.
This last slide is where you will find links to important things to study.
Definitely follow @pixelartus for lots of pixel art features (more than I can put out :)), but you definitely need to check out his List of Pixel Art Tutorials.
I recently started saving tutorials I come by on Pinterest so you can take a peek at this board for completely unordered random topics: Pixel Art Tutorials
Finally, I am making a video game called Pixel Art Academy that will put all these tutorials to good use in point-and-click adventure storylines and there will be an in-game virtual library with all the knowledge.
If you want to support the development, consider pre-ordering the game. It is what keeps Retronator going. Thank you!
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