Credits

Version 0.5 (Last Update: 4-14-02)

Copyright © 2002 Preston Kyle Mays pkmays@lycos.com

Permission is granted to copy and distribute this document for non-commercial use, free of charge, as long as it's not altered in anyway without permission and that credit is given to the author.

Introduction

This document describes various techniques for choosing the appropriate colors when creating pixel art. Only techniques of choosing the colors themselves are covered here. The actual process of drawing, shading, outlining, etc., are not. All the information was gathered using Paint Shop Pro (PSP) 7.04, see Notes for info about differences in Photoshop (PS).

• Color Primer
• Eyeballing
• Gray
• Modified Gray
• Multiply
• Modified Multiply
• Opacity
• Notes