Hi everyone! I pre-apologize if there's a better thread for this, I tried searching, but couldn't find anything.
I like PIXEL ART! I like looking at it, I like talking about it, and occasionally I like making it! I wanted to make a thread to
I'll start by showing off a project I did a week or so back. Some of you may have seen slightly rougher drafts of these on Twitter. I fixed some pixels that I forgot to erase, and fixed problems with the transparency, so these are kinda the final version. It's Kaylee Pond, done in the style of a Pokemon Trainer (and her Dalek, Nina).
Normally when I do pixel-art I do it all from scratch, but because I was trying to make it look like a certain style, I decided to use official game-sprites as the base. Funny enough, I started out using the Female Player character Leaf, but couldn't make her curvy enough. After 4 hours of fiddling with it my editing program crashed and I decided to use the Diamond/Pearl/Platinum Beauty Trainer as a base for Kaylee. I adjusted her proportions her to make her curvier, as well as changing her hair color, and making her face less scowling and more smiling. For Nina I found a red dalek sprite on Google Image Search, then recolored it with Pikachu's yellow color palette. It's totally cheating.
I used to do all my pixel art in MSPaint, (GIMP infuriates me, and Paint is pretty intuitive) but since switching to Mac (also Paint changing its layout to use the Vista Ribbon and suck) I use Paintbrush. It's minimalist, like Paint, but supports transparencies.
So that's what I've been doing. I'd love to see what you all have been working on!
I like PIXEL ART! I like looking at it, I like talking about it, and occasionally I like making it! I wanted to make a thread to
- A) see if anyone else likes pixel art
2) talk about pixel art (i.e. programs to use, techniques, etc.)
III) show off our pixel art
Four) other
I'll start by showing off a project I did a week or so back. Some of you may have seen slightly rougher drafts of these on Twitter. I fixed some pixels that I forgot to erase, and fixed problems with the transparency, so these are kinda the final version. It's Kaylee Pond, done in the style of a Pokemon Trainer (and her Dalek, Nina).
Normally when I do pixel-art I do it all from scratch, but because I was trying to make it look like a certain style, I decided to use official game-sprites as the base. Funny enough, I started out using the Female Player character Leaf, but couldn't make her curvy enough. After 4 hours of fiddling with it my editing program crashed and I decided to use the Diamond/Pearl/Platinum Beauty Trainer as a base for Kaylee. I adjusted her proportions her to make her curvier, as well as changing her hair color, and making her face less scowling and more smiling. For Nina I found a red dalek sprite on Google Image Search, then recolored it with Pikachu's yellow color palette. It's totally cheating.
I used to do all my pixel art in MSPaint, (GIMP infuriates me, and Paint is pretty intuitive) but since switching to Mac (also Paint changing its layout to use the Vista Ribbon and suck) I use Paintbrush. It's minimalist, like Paint, but supports transparencies.
So that's what I've been doing. I'd love to see what you all have been working on!
I will always treasure it, thank you! 
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