Pixel Joint Forum: Seeking Mentor/How to best learn Pixel Art?

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   I have decided to learn pixel art. I already done some basic stuff:

I've done more too. I want to learn how to make pokemon emerald/ruby/saphire style pixel art. If anyone is available and wants to learn me, that would be the very best. Otherwise, perhaps you've got some tips on how to learn it. Is the best to replicate existing sprites?

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Burnskagen Seaman Joined: 03 June 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: Seeking Mentor/How to best learn Pixel Art? Posted: 13 June 2011 at 9:30am
	I have decided to learn pixel art. I already done some basic stuff: I've done more too. I want to learn how to make pokemon emerald/ruby/saphire style pixel art. If anyone is available and wants to learn me, that would be the very best. Otherwise, perhaps you've got some tips on how to learn it. Is the best to replicate existing sprites?
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cure Commander Joined: 23 March 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2859	Posted: 13 June 2011 at 6:30pm
	check the tutorial stickied at the top of this forum, I think that's as good a place to start as any
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aokage Seaman Joined: 21 November 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Posted: 18 June 2011 at 6:03pm
	I'm looking for help, too.. Edited by aokage - 18 June 2011 at 6:19pm
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cure Commander Joined: 23 March 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2859	Posted: 18 June 2011 at 8:01pm
	I assume EyeCraft won't mind me reposting this here. It's his response to similar inquires over at Pixelation: As for mentoring, I don't really have the time to offer myself up. But keep in mind the point of this forum; it's a place to get feedback and advice on your work. What's to stop you from working on something and showing it to the community where you can get feedback from everyone? This has a number of advantages: - It distributes the time demands over the community, instead of a single person - You gain advice from multiple perspectives, reducing the chance of something being missed/inaccurate - It makes the advice and process viewable by other people, so they may benefit as well Aside from that, I can give you some advice that is going to be useful no matter what you choose to do: - Build up your art fundamentals by reading art/drawing books and working in traditional media (pencil/paper). Pixel art is just another medium of art, and relies on art fundamentals just as much as any other media. If you have trouble drawing a pig, it makes sense to practice drawing. - For an excellent primer in pixel-art-specific considerations, read this.
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