Pixel Art Tutorials

Zi Isometric Pixel Art Tutorial - Roof
Pixel artist zi provides a very thorough tutorial on how to build a pixel art roof.

Rodder - Creating Isometric Circles
Rodder steps us through how to create circles in any perspective. Neat.

Bisque - Building a pixel house
Bisque creates a mushroom house from simple lineart to full color glory. Once you've taken in the amazing process check out more of Bisque's work at Pixel Joint and her spiffy website.
Bisque - Building a pixel house image

Pixelblink - Transparent GIF Tutorial
Pixelblink describes how to make your GIF transparent with a free graphics application!

Pixelblink - Part 02 - Building a Building
Pixelblink steps us through how to make our own isometric building. No spackle needed!

Pixelblink - Part 03 - The Silent Face: A Progress
Pixelblink gives us an interesting and informative look at creating a face using good old fashioned pixel art.

Pixelblink - Part 01 - Making a Cube
Pixelblink describes how to make a handy building block of isometric pixel art -- the beloved cube.

Contact us if you want to post your tutorials here at Pixel Joint or if you have a link to a good tutorial.

Offsite Pixel Art Tutorials

Posted by Hulio-G @ 10/2/2009 23:39

Ever wondered how exactly people take advantage of photoshop? Pixel Artists can learn to use Photoshop for what they need in this straight-foward Pixel Art Photoshop Tutorial.


Posted by avo @ 9/11/2010 23:00

 Very big and nice pixel art tutorial, by Fil Razorback. English translation.


Posted by TheRaven81 @ 2/2/2015 09:12
I found his tutorial on his tumblr blog, and the other link on this site seems to be dead, so I posted this link so you can use it instead.

Posted by sedgemonkey @ 9/15/2005 15:18

Combining Flash and pixels.


Posted by sedgemonkey @ 6/30/2004 07:21

A fantastic tutorial for any pixel artist available in English and Russian.


Posted by pixelblink @ 8/10/2005 19:33

Anti-Aliasing in pixelart... 'nuff said


Posted by Frost @ 12/9/2009 23:03

Pretty good oldschoolish pixelling turorial with some handy tips and trix.


Posted by MIERDINSKY @ 6/19/2016 10:07

Creating a zombie sprite using Photoshop. Intuitive color palette, but surely improve the appearance of many pixel parts of the world, or even the entire planet.
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Haciendo el sprite de un zombie en pixel art con Photoshop se ve el manejo a ojímetro (hijuepuercazos) o muy intuitiva de la paleta de color, pero de seguro mejorará el aspecto de muchas piezas pixel del mundo, o incluso del planeta entero.

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Posted by torridgristle @ 10/21/2018 11:16

Clean arrangements of edges and lines for isometric pixel art and a run down on slopes, dips, bumps, holes, and how to clearly convey a 3D world in isometric pixel art.


Posted by torridgristle @ 10/21/2018 11:11

BeOS icons' unique spin on isometric pixel art.


Posted by 8 Bit Dreams @ 3/26/2015 08:58

This massive pixel art tutorial is written by Fil Razorback from LesForges.org. You can find the original tutorials here. A big thank you to Fil Razorback for allowing OpenGameArt.org to translate these tutorials and archive them here!


Posted by pixelblink @ 8/10/2005 19:34
Antialiasing Tutorial

Posted by skeddles @ 4/6/2015 09:56

Isometric grids can be very helpful for creating isometric pixel art. They will help you draw straight lines and keep your objects aligned. Here I will teach you how to create your own.


Posted by vampy_09 @ 10/13/2013 00:58

On this web page your going to find a tutorial about rocks and stone textures. Simple and direct.

 


Posted by Vanawy @ 9/10/2016 06:25

Posted by ChilliCheeseChicken @ 10/23/2013 00:28

 Great tutorial touching on most major problems with rookie art.


Posted by FrostedMayhem @ 6/16/2009 08:37

Covers a variety of tutorials to help you make your own pixel art/sprites of different inanimate objects.


Posted by PyroFrosty @ 2/19/2014 22:52

A page that includes 30 different pixel art and related guides.


Posted by pixelblink @ 8/10/2005 19:23

6 tutorials to get you started.


Posted by cirras @ 4/3/2013 20:02

 Learn to pixel isometric Endless-Online style art.


Posted by Lone Scout @ 3/31/2015 09:17

A basic introduction to pixel art, featuring tips, tools, and techniques for beginners who are new to the medium.

See also his tutorials linked at the bottom of his post.


Posted by mioscene @ 9/16/2017 03:10

A large set of short tutorials dealing with pixel art fundamentals, animation, and game design!


Posted by jalonso @ 10/1/2010 06:17

Jon Purdy (evincarofautumn) & Kevin Chaloux (Kaiseto) of Purloux Studios have made one of the easiest and comprehensible pixelart basics tutorial to be found. It covers all the basics, from lineart, coloring, specific techniques, and opinions on creating pixelart.

"If you are new to pixelart and can ony read one tutorial, this is the one."

At the end of the Anti-Aliasing (AA) section is a link to their comprehensive Anti-Aliasing tutorial which is a must see/read. It is a detailed overview of the theory/process of AA. It is comprehensive enough for beginners who understand nothing or little about AA.


Posted by Morgengrauen @ 8/4/2008 01:55
This tutorial shows how to make a small set of rock tiles. The focus is not about painting the rocks, but to make seamless tiles. You will find the tutorial available in german, also.

Posted by mauricio-fidalgo @ 9/1/2009 17:08

Pixel art blog in portuguese.


Posted by Lone Scout @ 3/25/2015 17:56

A series of tutorials for making (mostly) isometric pixel art. It covers the basics, to more complex structures. Good to practice already existing skills.


General Art Tutorials

Posted by avo @ 9/11/2010 23:00

 Very big and nice pixel art tutorial, by Fil Razorback. English translation.


Posted by sedgemonkey @ 9/15/2005 14:53

Posted by Wu! @ 5/3/2009 11:14

This is less a tutorial on pixel art, but on how to create realistic explosions.

For that, this tutorial goes very detailed into the phsics of explosion, since it is a flash-based tutorial, you also get to learn a lot about animating a decent explosion, with a little humour.

highly recommendable


Posted by Nessiah @ 4/14/2013 11:32

 A set of pixel tutorials from Despain that explains how to create game making assets. It has the basics, building your own template and animation tutorials. 


Posted by Psiweapon @ 4/1/2016 19:00

GrafX2 is a great open-source program for editing indexed-color images.

It's a spiritual successor to Deluxe Paint and Brilliance, which were industry standards in the 90's. But that makes the interface quite non-standard for current times, and together with the lack of tutorials many potential users can be put off.

That's why I made this tutorial covering the basics of the interface, to help easing the learning curve for prospective users.

Covering:

-General description of the interface.
-Mouse uses.
-Layers and animation features.
-Spare page feature.
-How to access in-program help.
-How to access and redefine keybindings.

More to come, make sure to leave your feedback in the comments so I can take it into account and hopefully make upcoming tutorials better :)


Posted by Nessiah @ 4/14/2013 11:25

 One of the best tutorials I had ever seen. She has comprehensive guides on Human and Animal Anatomy, Emotion Charts, Color Theory and some unique ones like Arabesque. She's provides really nice references and worth the look.


Posted by Mandrill @ 6/2/2015 10:18

Hello everybody,

I want to give back some of the knowledge I have gathered the last few years raoming PJ with all its brilliant art. It covers my take on doing a small piece of pixel art (64x45) from concept, over creating a palette, to pixelling. It is not much, but it may be of help to one or two pixel lovers out there.

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Posted by jalonso @ 12/14/2007 20:44

Take Paint further with this gem.
Ever wondered how to scale, clone and make custom sized brushed?
These tips may help. Chapter 2 is useful for creating doublewide pixelart.


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Posted by jalonso @ 10/1/2010 06:17

Jon Purdy (evincarofautumn) & Kevin Chaloux (Kaiseto) of Purloux Studios have made one of the easiest and comprehensible pixelart basics tutorial to be found. It covers all the basics, from lineart, coloring, specific techniques, and opinions on creating pixelart.

"If you are new to pixelart and can ony read one tutorial, this is the one."

At the end of the Anti-Aliasing (AA) section is a link to their comprehensive Anti-Aliasing tutorial which is a must see/read. It is a detailed overview of the theory/process of AA. It is comprehensive enough for beginners who understand nothing or little about AA.


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