So, I've been trying to find a resource on how to make human sprites for use in game design. I got bitten by a dog a while back right where my thumb connects to the rest of my hand and I think it healed poorly, as drawing for more than 20-30 minutes causes a lot of pain.  So, I can't really get the practice in to improve my hand drawing and thought maybe I could do pixel art instead as that uses a mouse.

I started to search online for pixel art tutorials and practically every one I can find seems to always start with "Step one, take line art from a drawing you already finished..."

Which of course I can't do. Do any of you know of a good tutorial on making sprites that doesn't involve using an actual pen and paper? (i have found a few good ones for inanimate objects, but never human sprites)


Edited by galdon - 03 March 2013 at 5:54am

My problem isn't with paper as a medium as much as with a pen as a tool. I start getting severe pain at the base of my thumb from holding a pen.

I understand that apps are just tools, but I wasn't asking for an app, i was asking about if there are any tutorials that don't rely on pre-finished line art as the first step.

This tutorial helped me out alot.
http://gas13.ru/v3/tutorials/sywtbapa_world_of_sprites.php

Also, you should check out some spriting videos on YouTube. Basically, you can do it like you would on paper, drawing a stick figure to plot out the sprites body, use another color to draw a rough body and then continue with that until you have a perfect sprite. I hope this helps.