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Pixel Art Guide

A curated collection of resources and tutorials for learning and creating pixel art, covering topics from basics to advanced techniques.

Curated list of everything awesome around pixel art.

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Awesome Pixel Art / Tutorials / Basics

Introduction to pixel art
Creating a cube
Creating round objects
Outline basics
Outline colors
Getting started from scratch with Aseprite

Awesome Pixel Art / Tutorials / Color

Creating a color palette
Color palette and HSL
Moawling's color palette process

Awesome Pixel Art / Tutorials / Animation

Walking animation cycle in games
Tips for animating 2D games

Awesome Pixel Art / Books

Pixel logicPixel Logic is an in-depth pixel art tutorial book
Make Your Own Pixel ArtWalks you step-by-step through the available tools, pixel art techniques, the importance of shapes, colors, shading, and how to turn your art into animation

Awesome Pixel Art / Inspiration / Games

Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's IslandPlay as Yoshi carrying Baby Mario, platforming through a dangerous world. The painted feel and soft pastel colors create an hearth-warming handmade style that breathes the charm of a children’s book
FEZExplore a 2D retrofuturistic world by rotating in the third dimension. The minimalistic style, bright vibrant colors and dynamic lighting bring the 16-bit era into the future
Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EPLaid back adventure in a bronze age mountain wilderness. Dreamy soft colors in a living world affected by moon phases
Shovel Knight: Treasure TroveClassic action adventure with an 8-bit retro aesthetic, taking the looks of a modern NES game
Hyper Light DrifterTop-down action in a sci-fi world that radiates light and warmth. Using a colorful palette and kaleidoscopic neon yet setting a grim ambiance
OwlboyExplore a detailed steampunk world in the clouds. With it's range of endearing animations and expressions the world and it's characters come to life
Stardew ValleyManage a farm from a top-down perspective and engage with a charming and cheerful world in 16-bit
StarboundTravel across vibrant, colorful and expansive galaxies, including creative dynamic animations
Void GolfShoot giant pieces of space rock into black holes, using gravitational fields, physics-defying walls and wormholes in a minimalist top-down view
MinitWith a minimalistic design (only two colors palette). Minit is an adventure where each exploration journey is limited to 60 seconds

Awesome Pixel Art / Inspiration / Videos

Sean Browning - Pixel Art Animation Reel 2018A collection of Sean Browning's pixel animations, ranging from simple scenes to recreations of popular shows like Steven's Universe and RWBY
Pixel Paul - An Interview with Pixel Artist and Animator Paul VeerPaul Veer, a professional pixel artist with work on games such as Super Crate Box, shares his interest in pixel art as well as his workflow and style breakdown
MortMort channelCreative videos & streams including tips, discussions and tutorials

Awesome Pixel Art / Inspiration / Other

Lospec palette listCollection of color palettes for pixel art with examples and artist information

Awesome Pixel Art / Community / Artists

eBoyGerman, pixel art group founded in 1997 by Kai Vermehr, Steffen Sauerteig and Svend Smital. They are regarded as the “Godfathers of Pixel Art”
Paul RobertsonAustralian, creating cute, sometimes cosmic and psychedelic, and sometimes weird nightmarish pixel art
SyosaJapanese, girlish style using bright and organic color palettes creating cute humans and animals
Thomas FeichtmeirAustralian, dark and mature: fan of knights, dinosaurs, pirates, epic beasts, anatomy and history as well as everything twisted and weird
Toyoi YuutaAustralian, capturing small animated scenes of everyday life in unsaturated colors
SlynyrdAmerican, game designer with tons of material, game specific knowledge and mini-tutorials

Awesome Pixel Art / Community / Hubs

Reddit /r/PixelArt
Pixelation
Pixel Joint

Awesome Pixel Art / Tools / Editors

AsepritePaid and source-available, works on Linux, macOS and Windows. Awesome UI with a lot of nifty tools to ease pixel art creation
PixenPaid, works on macOS and iOS. Superb OS integration, create pixel art on a tablet using pressure-sensitive drawing
Pro MotionPaid with trial, works on Windows. Advanced features tailored to creating pixel art for games
GIMPOpen source and free, works on Linux, macOS and Windows. Not specifically for creating pixel art but is more than capable to do so
PixelCraftOpen source and free, works in the browser. Easy to try out in the browser and as a PWA offline
rxOpen source and free, works on Linux, macOS and Windows. Minimalist and keyboard driven with animation support
WobblepaintPico8 editor that give life to pixel art with a little wobble

Awesome Pixel Art / Tools / Miscellaneous

BroiderMake 9-patch borders, export as CSS
pixeldudesmakerSmall character generator, including basic animation

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