Rotate pixel art image
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Topic: Rotate pixel art image
Posted By: Vallo92
Subject: Rotate pixel art image
Date Posted: 19 March 2016 at 10:11am
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Hello,
I am a user who is approaching the pixel art. I created a small picture, but I'm having trouble tu rotate this of 45°. This is a image: 
Someone can help me? |
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 19 March 2016 at 10:26am
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What app do you use? ------------- |
Posted By: eishiya
Date Posted: 19 March 2016 at 10:32am
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There's no automatic way to do it well, if that's what you're asking. In addition, its symmetry is about a half-pixel rather than a full pixel, so it can't have a pixel-perfect rotation equivalent, the rotated version would have to be a half a pixel wider or narrower. Here is my interpretation, done in ~2 minutes, just to show you how easy it is to redraw it, since all of the lines are in increments of 45 degrees in the original:  I think it might work better to make it a pixel wider, that'll allow for the overlaps to be closer to how the original looks. I'll leave that up to you - do your own pixel art xP |
Posted By: Vallo92
Date Posted: 19 March 2016 at 11:34am
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Originally posted by jalonso
What app do you use? I use Pyxel Edit. Originally posted by eishiya
There's no automatic way to do it well, if that's what you're asking. In addition, its symmetry is about a half-pixel rather than a full pixel, so it can't have a pixel-perfect rotation equivalent, the rotated version would have to be a half a pixel wider or narrower.Here is my interpretation, done in ~2 minutes, just to show you how easy it is to redraw it, since all of the lines are in increments of 45 degrees in the original: I think it might work better to make it a pixel wider, that'll allow for the overlaps to be closer to how the original looks. I'll leave that up to you - do your own pixel art xP
I just approached the pixel art and I know good techniques. How should I edit my original sprite to later create a "perfect rotation"? Thanks again for the answers! |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 19 March 2016 at 3:49pm
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Originally posted by Vallo92
Originally posted by jalonso
What app do you use? I use Pyxel Edit. Not a Pyxel Edit user so I can't help. As already posted this is very easy to just remake so don't be lazy. Matter of fact, why not make a 360 rotation animation  ------------- |
Posted By: Psiweapon
Date Posted: 06 April 2016 at 7:24am
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Agreeing that it's easy and quick enough to draw not to need mechanical rotation. But if you're dead set on rotation tools, GrafX2 has fixed-angle and free- angle rotation. But it will look bad at first, you'll have to polish it it afterwards. Come on, just draw it again, one of the things pixel art is about is doing stuff yourself instead of having a machine doing them for you. |