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Noob software question

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Category: The Lounge
Forum Name: Resources and Support
Forum Discription: Help your fellow pixel artists out with links to good tutorials, other forums, software, fonts, etc. Bugs and support issues should go here as well.
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Printed Date: 13 September 2025 at 12:22pm


Topic: Noob software question
Posted By: ChosenFew
Subject: Noob software question
Date Posted: 01 June 2012 at 1:36am
Hello everybody,
 
I am totally new to pixel art, but i know one thing for sure. This is the artstyle i wish to master:
http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/35632.htm - http://www.pixeljoint.com/pixelart/35632.htm
 
Can somebody give me a hint of the program that was used to create this tiles? I'm now learning Grafx2. Is this the correct tool for this purpose.
 
Thank you very much.
 
Bastiaan


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Posted By: yrizoud
Date Posted: 01 June 2012 at 6:36am
He very likely used Cosmigo Pro Motion (78$), which is basically the industry standard for people who make a living of pixel art. Still you should be aware that he probably spent 95% time painting with the single pixel brush or picking a color from the palette.
What matters is that you can use a program where you're comfortable zooming, scrolling, drawing, picking colors. Keyboard shortcuts (and mouse wheel etc.) are very important if you don't want to waste time moving your mouse from the drawing area to toolbars and back.
I'm the current coder of Grafx2 and I can confirm it's one of the right tools for such game graphics.

By the way, you may want to also check http://www.pixeljoint.com/p/7846.htm?sec=icons&pg=2 - Mrmo Tarius 's works, he has improved tremendously in the last year and I find his way of mixing colors similar to Helm's and Ptoing's. Mrmo's pieces being smaller and simpler, you may find them easier to study and learn from.


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