Pixel Joint Forum: help me

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Hello, my name is Chris and i am new to these forums, I am looking for help. I am super new to pixel art and currently trying to draw most of my pixel art using graph paper. But would like to know of any programs people could recomend that they make their pixel art in. (free programs) i am also trying to make a game, i heard gamemaker is a good program to start with, since it's free want to know if there are any others. My game is a platform game.
Also if you could cretique my work i that would be much appreciated

thanks so much for your time 

lol i don't know if its much better... 

Edited by PforPixel - 02 October 2012 at 11:42am

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PforPixel Seaman Joined: 01 October 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Topic: help me Posted: 01 October 2012 at 2:28pm
	Hello, my name is Chris and i am new to these forums, I am looking for help. I am super new to pixel art and currently trying to draw most of my pixel art using graph paper. But would like to know of any programs people could recomend that they make their pixel art in. (free programs) i am also trying to make a game, i heard gamemaker is a good program to start with, since it's free want to know if there are any others. My game is a platform game. Also if you could cretique my work i that would be much appreciated thanks so much for your time lol i don't know if its much better... Edited by PforPixel - 02 October 2012 at 11:42am
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cure Commander Joined: 23 March 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2859	Posted: 01 October 2012 at 3:20pm
	well, you should definitely update from graph paper. mspaint is free and probably already installed, grafx2 is a more capable program that is also free. a game is a huge investment, and if you have little to no pixel art experience then creating the assets for it is going to take a decade. we can't critique your work because the image is tiny and poor quality, and, like, it's on graph paper man c'mon.
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PforPixel Seaman Joined: 01 October 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 01 October 2012 at 4:12pm
	k ill try and reupload in ms paint. thanks for the reply
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PforPixel Seaman Joined: 01 October 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 01 October 2012 at 4:40pm
	If you have any more time can you tell me what i need to do to make this character better. He is a guy with a bucket on his head in a jump postion. I was using mario as a format.
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cure Commander Joined: 23 March 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2859	Posted: 01 October 2012 at 7:02pm
	at this tiny resolution, you'll need to worry more about getting very precise pixel clusters. what makes the mario sprite work is its simplicity, there are not many colors, they contrast well, and it is not overly detailed. if you're brand new to pixel art you may want to read pixeljoint's tutorial as well as the ramblethread over at pixelation.
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PforPixel Seaman Joined: 01 October 2012 Online Status: Offline Posts: 4	Posted: 17 October 2012 at 7:15am
	thanks can you show me a example?
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