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I need some help. I wanna get into pixel art REALLY badly and I don't know where or how to start. What programs do I need and how do I actually make Pixel art? Any videos or anyone that can Skype and help me?

If you have a windows OS



While it seems like something to avoid like the plague, MS Paint is actually a very versatile tool. Just zoom down, start blotting pixels with the pencil/paintbrush and AWAY YOU GO!

However... New Versions of MS Paint aren't as good at Pixel art

Luckily... There is a downloadable Windows XP Version
http://www.mspaintxp.com/ *credit to Recme for link*

Happy Spriting

it can be done with any graphics editor that supports per-pixel editing.

photoshop even could be used, although using that for pixel art is a tad questionable in the majority of cases.

I personally use paint dot net

there's honestly too many programs out there to list, so really, find one you're comfortable with and use that.

Kinda similar to software development, there are all kinds of code editors and development tools, and each programmer tends to have a preference towards certain ones.

I can also recommend Piskel (which is free), and aseprite (which isn't free if you want the latest versions, but it is pretty inexpensive at $15). Both were made for creating pixel art, and are pretty good.

My friend showed me piskel.
However, I'm a tad disappointed with how some of the features actually work.
(for example, color palette isn't actually bound in any way to the pixel data, unless there's something I missed.)

Asperite I know literally nothing about besides it exists, so no comment, there.

(05-11-2016, 08:44 PM)Hiynastrike Wrote: [ -> ]While it seems like something to avoid like the plague, MS Paint is actually a very versatile tool. Just zoom down, start blotting pixels with the pencil/paintbrush and AWAY YOU GO!

However... New Versions of MS Paint aren't as good at Pixel art

Luckily... There is a downloadable Windows XP Version
http://www.mspaintxp.com/ *credit to Recme for link*

Happy Spriting

Yep. I use also MS Paint.   But as you would learn different style sprites as example. Megaman 1 6 to Megaman 7. You might to good seen how the graphics looks. And then you can make your own custom game style again. Please do not edits.  You must learn it from scratch.    scratch means for self maded sprite.  Edits is only used for as your Megaman protagonist has take her soul or biometal I mean how do it.  But here is an advice to how to make your own known game style.