Pixel Joint Forum: Linux Pixel Art Programs

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   Let me tell you a tale of woe, of a british boy who liked to make games. He liked to make games so much that he started to learn how to make his own sprites from scratch. This transported him to the magical world of pixel art. Years passed and slowly he improved, but as fate would have it, life had other plans. He had to travel far far away to lands of Canada and was forced to abandon his beloved graphics gale and take up a new life under the protective bosum of Linux.

I've tried running Graphics Gale (and the partialy translated iDraw) under WINE, but they just lag too much and have this natty habit of crashing when I try and use the copy command. GIMP just doesn't cut it, it's like trying to do an elegent job of breaking an acorn with a sledgehammer. I would preffer something that comes as an RPM, as my build of Linux (Mandrake) seems actively resists compiling anything from scratch.

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titch Seaman Joined: 02 August 2006 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Topic: Linux Pixel Art Programs Posted: 02 August 2006 at 9:55pm
	Let me tell you a tale of woe, of a british boy who liked to make games. He liked to make games so much that he started to learn how to make his own sprites from scratch. This transported him to the magical world of pixel art. Years passed and slowly he improved, but as fate would have it, life had other plans. He had to travel far far away to lands of Canada and was forced to abandon his beloved graphics gale and take up a new life under the protective bosum of Linux. I've tried running Graphics Gale (and the partialy translated iDraw) under WINE, but they just lag too much and have this natty habit of crashing when I try and use the copy command. GIMP just doesn't cut it, it's like trying to do an elegent job of breaking an acorn with a sledgehammer. I would preffer something that comes as an RPM, as my build of Linux (Mandrake) seems actively resists compiling anything from scratch.
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neota Commander Joined: 27 November 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 158	Posted: 17 August 2006 at 6:29pm
	See ice9's post in the 'software for pixeling' thread: http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=2&PN=2 I think MTPaint is what you're looking for (and it has this interesting feature where you can change drawing color in the middle of painting) Though, recent improvements in the 2.3.x series GIMP have improved its pixeling capabilities: clipboard brush like DeluxePaint next/prev color in palette actions colormap arrangement plug-in palette editor follows the current palette Which personally are a great help, though I've always found GIMP capable; all of the art in my gallery was made using it. I've also used mandrake for several years, and I've compiled plenty of stuff under it, so I think that that problem just comes from the way you've set it up.
	absolutely.
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