Well, i've set out tonight to learn how to do pixel art, the right way. As in, I know the basics, 1 px shape, all that good stuff, but how to do the "actual" stuff. AA, dithering, those things.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyways, i'll be posting my "progress" you could say of what i'm doing. So far I have gone through a few tutorials on http://www.spriteart.com (amazing site), so here's some stuff that set up for me creating a 'lil sprite head. (which isn't too great, but planning on giving him a body :D)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first thing I did, Dithering. Basicly, it's using only 2 colors to effectivly show off many shades. It's deffinitly a technique i'm going to be using, as I'm trying to not use too many colors :D.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I then did this. Silly, huh? It's a circle, wow you must think. No, the reason I followed this tutorial was simple, to learn how to make effective and clean lines. To be honest, I think this one helped a lot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I than did some tiles. Mostly for practice, incase I want to try and ISO Sprite, but also I tried out a bunch of the different dithering methods (used 2 colors, the BG one and a darker one :))

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And finaly, the 'lil guy I made. Yes, the avatar is only 32x32, but I tried to make all of these as small as possible (except the tile is 64x64, so I could do more). This way I can practice putting detail into a smaller image.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, so far, not much, but I decided to be smart on this one. I'm not going to jump right in and try for a full sprite, nor am I just going to start with line art. When this is all finished, this sprite mostly, I will probaly work on a full signature. (he isn't realy detailed... much yet, I need to work on his shading more.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyways, thought I would post this, mostly incase anyone is currious what I, as a pixel newbie, am doing to learn the process. :)

Looks like you're still practicing and figuring it out, so good luck. So far, from the head pic, the hair looks good but the face lacks some shading.

Looks like you're still practicing and figuring it out, so good luck. So far, from the head pic, the hair looks good but the face lacks some shading.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, I need all the practice I can get to be honest. On paper, I can usualy draw fine (with a reference), but when you translate that to drawing with a mouse... eek.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm going to try and shade the face some more in a few probaly. Think I was trying to do some dithering, but didn't locate a light point much at all. :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May do a quick cube too, just to practice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:)