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Step by Step : My Pixel Basics

I've had people from time to time ask me how I pixel, and I've never really been sure how to explain. It hasn't been until the past few years that i've really thought too much about what I was doing beyond experimenting and learning new things. I think I've rounded out some basic guidelines I usually follow and a friend wanted some advice so I decided to attempt some sort of explanation

Below are some step by step images and commentary. Please note that there is no one right way to create a piece of art. This Step by Step is meant only to impart some understanding of how I do things

. In Pixel art alone there are many many 'styles'. I encourage anyone reading to look up more than one tutorial and seek critique if trying to learn their own pixel style.
Please excuse any spelling mistakes, and take note that I use Photoshop 7.0, but the same principals sh

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Tutorial - GIF Animationby =firstfear

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I recieved a request on Tumblr for a tutorial on how I animate things with a program called Imageready. Imageready comes packaged with earlier versions of Photoshop (I use 7.0).

Although this tutorial was written for Imageready most steps can easily apply to newer versions of Photoshop as well which have Animation capabilities built right in (Window>Animation)

Unfortunately I cannot instruct you on how to Animate in any other programs, I'm sorry!

Here is the finished example GIF!

~~love 0 0~~

joy 1 1

~~wow 0 0~~

~~mad 0 0~~

~~sad 0 0~~

~~fear 0 0~~

~~neutral 0 0~~

~askkagamine-rin Apr 19, 2013 New member Hobbyist Digital Artist

Photoshop elements or photoshop only?

=firstfear Apr 19, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

i have no idea unfortunately. I use only Photoshop and Imageready. I have never once opened or seen Elements

~askkagamine-rin Apr 19, 2013 New member Hobbyist Digital Artist

~fROSEn24 Jan 3, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

i dunno how to make my gif smaller for when i need to upload it on deviantart

=firstfear Jan 3, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

that would depend on the program you're using and the quality setting or the number of frames the animation has, or the number of colours in the animation..there are different factors that attribute to save quality. In order to offer you with advice I would need more information on your specific setup.

!PokeShippings99 Nov 9, 2012

Thank you so much! This tutorial helps A LOT!

=Eradrom Sep 16, 2012 Student General Artist

thank you a million times!!! I had to look up the counter part of image ready since i use Photoshop cs5, his saved me a lot of time and effort. Now I know how to do what I love on Photoshop thanks to you!!!

=firstfear Sep 23, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

no problem!

I'm glad this was helpful ^^. I have CS5 too but it makes my computer chug so i normally stick to PS7 and Imageready for animation. Thankfully though the newer versions of Photoshop past 7.0 have the imageready functions built right in to photoshop instead of being in a separate program :3

~Teremiao Aug 25, 2012 Professional Digital Artist

Thank you so much!

~xxASKxx Jun 13, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

Thank you :3

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