Pixel Art Tutorials

Pixel Art Tutorials

Zi Isometric Pixel Art Tutorial - Roof
Pixel artist zi provides a very thorough tutorial on how to build a pixel art roof.

Rodder - Creating Isometric Circles
Rodder steps us through how to create circles in any perspective. Neat.

Bisque - Building a pixel house
Bisque creates a mushroom house from simple lineart to full color glory. Once you've taken in the amazing process check out more of Bisque's work at Pixel Joint and her spiffy website.
Bisque - Building a pixel house image

Pixelblink - Transparent GIF Tutorial
Pixelblink describes how to make your GIF transparent with a free graphics application!

Pixelblink - Part 03 - The Silent Face: A Progress
Pixelblink gives us an interesting and informative look at creating a face using good old fashioned pixel art.

Pixelblink - Part 02 - Building a Building
Pixelblink steps us through how to make our own isometric building. No spackle needed!

Pixelblink - Part 01 - Making a Cube
Pixelblink describes how to make a handy building block of isometric pixel art -- the beloved cube.

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Offsite Pixel Art Tutorials

Posted by Hulio-G at 10/2/2009 11:38:54 PM | 0 comments

Ever wondered how exactly people take advantage of photoshop? Pixel Artists can learn to use Photoshop for what they need in this straight-foward Pixel Art Photoshop Tutorial.


Posted by sedgemonkey at 2/6/2006 11:39:48 AM | 2 comments

A very visual and thorough pixel art tutorial broken down into ten easy steps.


Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:17:31 PM | 1 comments

Combining Flash and pixels.


Posted by sedgemonkey at 7/3/2006 1:52:29 PM | 1 comments

Craig Robinson of flipflopflyin has some pointers.


Posted by sedgemonkey at 6/30/2004 7:20:31 AM | 1 comments

A fantastic tutorial for any pixel artist available in English and Russian.


Posted by pixelblink at 8/10/2005 7:33:15 PM | 2 comments

Anti-Aliasing in pixelart... 'nuff said


Posted by jalonso at 6/25/2008 9:22:19 AM | 2 comments

A doller's realm. General tutorials for creating pixel dolls


Posted by ManningKrull at 8/29/2006 9:16:37 AM | 1 comments

Simple animation techniques for walking sprites using 2, 4, or 8 frames.


Posted by pixelblink at 8/10/2005 7:37:40 PM | 0 comments
A variety of pixel tutorials for your learning pleasure

Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:18:09 PM | 0 comments

Posted by pixelblink at 8/10/2005 7:34:16 PM | 0 comments
Antialiasing Tutorial

Posted by robotriot at 6/20/2009 2:46:22 PM | 0 comments

This tutorial demonstrates how to generate optimized tilesheet-layouts.


Posted by ceddo at 1/9/2007 11:11:59 AM | 1 comments
A little tutorial I made that covers the basics of pixel art. It's not much, but I think it can be very useful for beginners.

Posted by FrostedMayhem at 6/16/2009 8:37:14 AM | 0 comments

Covers a variety of tutorials to help you make your own pixel art/sprites of different inanimate objects.


Posted by pixelblink at 8/10/2005 7:22:52 PM | 2 comments
6 tutorials to get you started.

Posted by pixelblink at 8/10/2005 7:39:12 PM | 0 comments
variety of tutorials

Posted by pixelblink at 9/29/2006 12:42:04 AM | 0 comments
The gang over at Pixelation discuss their views on choosing the right colours/pallettes. A definite must read for anyone confused over choosing their own.

Posted by Morgengrauen at 8/4/2008 1:55:06 AM | 1 comments
This tutorial shows how to make a small set of rock tiles. The focus is not about painting the rocks, but to make seamless tiles. You will find the tutorial available in german, also.

Posted by mauricio-fidalgo at 9/1/2009 5:07:30 PM | 0 comments

Pixel art blog in portuguese.


General Art Tutorials

Posted by sedgemonkey at 2/4/2005 8:25:43 AM | 0 comments
The ultimate site for handy drawing and painting tutorials. Easy to navigate and good clear instruction.

Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 2:53:05 PM | 0 comments

Posted by sedgemonkey at 4/14/2004 12:38:54 PM | 2 comments
Learn how to draw faces, bodies, hair and more with this handy Manga tutorial site.

Posted by sedgemonkey at 4/14/2004 12:42:29 PM | 0 comments
A great way to learn some of the different merge tools in Illustrator.

Posted by sedgemonkey at 5/9/2006 3:55:18 PM | 0 comments
From sketch to finished digital illustration.

Posted by Ruediger at 1/11/2009 1:27:31 AM | 0 comments
Expressing all your creativity and inspiration always requires basic drawing skills. The exercises on this page show you how to train and improve exactly these basic drawing skills and techniques allowing you to be more creative than ever.

Posted by Talos at 4/28/2008 8:06:36 AM | 0 comments
An easy to follow guide to HTML.

Posted by sedgemonkey at 9/15/2005 3:19:46 PM | 0 comments

Posted by pixelblink at 9/10/2006 11:38:17 PM | 1 comments
A number of lighting and shading teachings along with colours, poses, etc. A great read!

Posted by sedgemonkey at 10/25/2004 7:44:57 AM | 0 comments
Lessons on using perspective, cutaways and pricing technical illustration.

Posted by Talos at 4/28/2008 8:56:13 PM | 0 comments
A total guide to web development.

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