2D will never die

Vector to Pixel 2: Making sprites in Illustrator

Or, “The masochist’s guide to making pixel art in a vector program.”

Video walkthrough: Cleaning lines with Threshold

Here’s a quick trick for taking your drawn lines and reducing them to sprite size with much easier and faster cleanup. (Flash player required)

Picking the best colors for your sprite

It’s always been a challenge for me, but a few tricks can make it easier than you think.

“Fix my sprite!” Volume 1

Volume 1: “Too much detail, too little fun”
How building your sprite with too much attention to detail strains the eye and the artist

The Making Of: Tekken Megaman sprite

“Speed Spriting in Photoshop” revisited

Give your sprites depth with sub-pixel animation

Animating your clunky pixels smoothly and subtly

Difficulty: Basic

Vector to pixel: Building your sprites in Adobe Illustrator

Vector artists who want to build sprites in their favorite programs. Impossible, right? Think again.

Difficulty: Basic

Spriting basics: Anti-aliasing

It’s probably one of the first lessons you’d learn from most pixeling tutorials, so here’s some quick examples to get you thinking about this useful technique.

Difficulty: Basic

Pixel a Capcom Background

Imitate Capcom’s 50% dithering style to pixel a street fighter or marvel stage.

Difficulty: Hard

Speed Spriting in Photoshop

Got the basics down and want to start producing stuff faster? Try this Photoshop trick and save yourself tons of coloring work.

Difficulty: Medium

A Basic Sprite Tutorial

Turn your drawing into pixel art using simple Photoshop or GIMP tricks

Difficulty: Basic

Starting with the Basics: Workflow

Here’s a few guidelines to help you spend time working with tiny dots while making sure your eyes don’t melt.

Difficulty: Basic

Starting with the Basics: Tools

If you’re a pixel artist stuck on a bare-bones image editor because it’s all you know, read on to discover the options you have for speeding your work up, making the process more enjoyable, and getting better results.

Difficulty: Basic