Little guide to pixel art
It’s been years I did not touch anything related to pixel art, but recently I started to follow back pixel art. However, I see more and more people are joining the field. Especially the youngest one. I still like how e-Boy update their pixel art one by one and combining them into a big city. I wish to do a pixel city too, should start today and see when can I finish the whole city
Anyway, in order to master some pixel graphic isn’t hard at all. As long as you have to logic on drawing by hand, you’ll definitely can pick up this art in no time with a little guide. Anyway here are some “theory” on how to draw pixel. It is totally up to your preference on choosing the right pixel program, Photoshop is the one recommended, Illustrator don’t work at all, forget it. As for me, I like to use Microsoft Paint to do this.
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This is if you’re drawing an isomatical object, be it a box, building or human figure. 2-dot-end I would say. Very simple right? But this does not apply to all the pixel graphic though, don’t be misunderstand on the theory, this is a simple guide.
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To draw a simple box, the corner is the key. The line on front could cause you a weird shape.
Pixel art need some practice. Honestly, this is the art that require so much time than any other computer art. Be patience! I’ve been drawing and deleting more or less a hundred pieces of pixel art!