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Main tutorials:
So you wanna be a pixel artist?
Selective outlining
The basic hero
Portraits
Fighter sprites
Character details
Colouring techniques
Isometric
A Guide to Animation

Mini tutorials
The Grass Tile
Logs
Rocks
Brickwork
Spiky Hair
Wood

Epidemic: Sprite Tutorials
Jouni's Pixel Tutorial
Blackeye Software
Cartoon Animation
Vector Tutorial

Pixel Tutorials.


	Main tutorials So you wanna be a pixel artist? Tsugumo's excellent tutorial on tiles, 'eliminating the grid', shading, sprites and animation. Examining graphics used in other games and demonstrating techniques with his own artwork, this site contains a wealth of information for the budding pixel artist. View tutorial Selective outlining Blue_Munkee's clearly presented and easily understandable tutorial on 'selective outlining' (or sel-out) a technique used for smoothing the edges of sprites and making them viewable on different coloured backgrounds. View tutorial The basic hero An excellent introduction into creating hero sprites whether 16x16, 16x24 or 32x32, stOven shows examples of different styles and provides templates for body proportions and methods to their construction. View tutorial Portraits As one of the best sprite portrait artists I know, stOven gives us all some insight into how he creates his masterpieces. Starting with emotions, and dealing with facial proportions and skin tone stOven guides the reader through to the final stages of tweaking a portrait. View tutorial Fighter sprites Covering everything from conceptualisation, creating the outline, colour-blocking, and shading (with particular reference to Capcom style shading) and intermingled with a wealth of examples, step by step artwork and analysis of methods, stOven's tutorial site provides great reference material for anyone creating a static or animated character sprite. View tutorial Advanced Techniques for Character Details Tips and tricks for adding all those extra details to RPG character sprites. View tutorial Colouring techniques and shading Blue_Munkee's tutorial on coloring including information on Hue, Saturation and Lightness, A walkthrough shows an 'Eyeballing' method and the various stages for coloring and shading a sprite. View tutorial Isometric Zoggles' tutorial showing the mathemtics of isometric graphics, shape construction, colouring and shading, and some examples of different styles. View tutorial A Guide to Animation A couple of animation tutorials of a bouncing ball and producing an animated walk cycle. View tutorial

	Mini tutorials The Grass Tile St0ven's short tutorial on creating a good looking grass tile. View tutorial Logs BioMors' mini tutorial on creating logs and adding a bark texture. View tutorial Rocks BioMors' mini tutorial on creating rocks for use in a tile set. View tutorial Brickwork St0ven's mini tutorial on brickwork and stone walls. View tutorial Spiky Hair Blue_Munkee's short mini tutorial on pixelling spiky hair on sprites. View tutorial Wood Kable's short mini tutorial on pixelling wood textures. View tutorial

	Other tutorials around the web Epidemic: Sprite Tutorials A couple of short tutorials about shading and character form which may be useful to some people. Worth a look and a read at any rate and there are some nice graphics around the site. View tutorial Jouni's Pixel Tutorial Jouni's tutorial to pixel drawing. Helps with shades, noise, depths (scratches, buttons, etc..) and antialiasing. (And maybe with something else too, who knows? View tutorial Blackeye Software A game developers resource that's got a great sprite tutorial! View tutorial Cartoon Animation Animation tutorial from preston blair, it's a book that's so old that if someone posts it on the internet it doesnt damage anybody View tutorial Vector Tutorial A very informative tutorial on how to create vector pictures like George Panella (quickhoney.com) and Sven Stuber (vectorize.de), from the photo stage to the finishing touches. View tutorial

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