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Published: 2005-12-10 23:06:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 192123; Favourites: 3754; Downloads: 9358
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Description Here is the tutorial i promissed.
It requires some basic Photoshop / Animation Shop knowledge...
I hope you like it!

edit: uh yea i made some mistakes:
- the bunny shadow in the second colum is in the wrong side
- misspelled photoshop
- hard to figure out the order of the things
sigh ._.; i tryed

Edit: 3 years have passed and now i see so many mistakes in this tutorial O_O;
Here's a much better one: [link]
And super nice website: [link]
And if that's not enough search for pixelart tutorials on deviantart and on google and on that website's forum
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Comments: 346

peroltz [2007-11-17 07:56:43 +0000 UTC]

Hei, i make my avatar aftr learning ur tutorial.
Its my first pixel animation..THANKS!!

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Cheila In reply to peroltz [2007-11-17 18:26:11 +0000 UTC]

Hehe nice! ^^ Try to make it 50x50 pixels so that it won't be streched

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peroltz [2007-11-17 07:55:00 +0000 UTC]

hei, I make my avatar after learning ur tutorial.
Its my first pixel animation. THANKS

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peroltz In reply to ??? [2007-11-17 07:52:55 +0000 UTC]

hei.. I made my avatar after learning ur tutorial..

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Rock-Cookie [2007-11-16 12:48:25 +0000 UTC]

It's Really Difficoult 4 me :/

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Rock-Cookie In reply to Rock-Cookie [2007-11-16 13:41:51 +0000 UTC]

I can't make it move xD

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XxWolfiexX [2007-11-12 14:52:10 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! x3 *faves*

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ferni06 [2007-11-10 04:57:23 +0000 UTC]

LOVED THE TUTORIAL, THANX

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Nohemi-Muniz [2007-11-05 22:21:37 +0000 UTC]

THANK YOU!!!

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animefan45674 In reply to ??? [2007-10-29 22:19:37 +0000 UTC]

nice tutorial! but how do you copy paste?

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sutapets In reply to ??? [2007-10-06 05:50:28 +0000 UTC]

You also misspelled 'brightness'

- s u t a p e t s

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Crystal-Feathers [2007-10-05 20:31:44 +0000 UTC]

Aw! It's so cute >w👍: 0 ⏩: 0

calgarc In reply to ??? [2007-09-26 16:30:09 +0000 UTC]

this is awesome.

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PiriJJ [2007-09-22 14:53:44 +0000 UTC]

Omg!! It's too cute!
I 've always want to make sth like that....
Thxs very much

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KisaFlare In reply to ??? [2007-09-19 22:02:57 +0000 UTC]

Awesome, this helped a lot. ^_^

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llamaer In reply to ??? [2007-09-16 20:42:26 +0000 UTC]

Ooh, that's very nice.

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eksart [2007-09-14 11:46:27 +0000 UTC]

Awesome tutorial

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HannahCookie [2007-09-09 14:15:31 +0000 UTC]

yayyy helpuful and cute ^^

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nickworcester In reply to ??? [2007-09-02 22:46:04 +0000 UTC]

thanks 4 da tip

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WolfGriffin In reply to ??? [2007-08-27 12:33:16 +0000 UTC]

This is very very nice. I am in the process of trying to learn how to do some pixel art myself. I would love to do a cartoon in with complete pixel characters. It would make my cartoons look more like a actual video game which is the look I wanted.

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Cheila In reply to WolfGriffin [2007-08-27 18:54:08 +0000 UTC]

Thank you~ ^^

You might like 's works

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Marcianek In reply to ??? [2007-08-24 12:04:11 +0000 UTC]

This is great! the final step look like a screen from gameboy maybe i would do something like that, that tutorialis very inspirationing

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bosyosy1015 In reply to ??? [2007-08-24 05:54:11 +0000 UTC]

What version of Photoshop is this?

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Cheila In reply to bosyosy1015 [2007-08-25 19:52:57 +0000 UTC]

Hm... I'm using CS now but i think i was using 7 when i made that tutorial, i'm not sure

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bosyosy1015 In reply to Cheila [2007-08-26 01:21:17 +0000 UTC]

Heh.. I am using 5 unfortunately.. x3 (Oh by the way, I love my Fb pet :3)

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standardpirategirl [2007-08-20 03:31:14 +0000 UTC]

I have photoshop.It is CS2.It that can work in Photoshop CS2?

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Cheila In reply to standardpirategirl [2007-08-20 18:10:45 +0000 UTC]

Yes, I'm using CS2 too ^^

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standardpirategirl In reply to Cheila [2007-08-29 09:27:36 +0000 UTC]

You know.I don't have Jasc Animation Shop.

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MyungEeJoo [2007-08-19 02:51:02 +0000 UTC]

kyoot OoO

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hadad In reply to ??? [2007-08-18 08:52:45 +0000 UTC]

very cool

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Lexanthefireelementa In reply to ??? [2007-08-08 02:05:45 +0000 UTC]

Problem is..............i DONT have photoshop....PERIOD........all I used for mine was paint.......seriously, thats it! I wish I knew some good shading tips for that.....

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Larwck In reply to Lexanthefireelementa [2007-08-18 20:07:02 +0000 UTC]

You're better off with paint. I use paint. You don't need any weird tricks to do pixel art, just learn the basics and you're away.

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Zullala In reply to ??? [2007-08-06 10:59:57 +0000 UTC]

I have a question. I hope you don't mind ^_^! I have been trying to make an animated sprite... I made is 44 frames long. After I saved one of the frames overlapped with another frame. Also A few frames went missing. But it compensated itself be slowing the frame rate down in that area. So i figured it just didn't want me to make it 44 frames long. Since ever time I tried to fix it it would do the same thing and crop it down to 39 frames. So I shortened it to 34 frames long and saved. It did it again! So I just don't know what to do. I shut my compy down. Tried to make a new one... nothing. do you think you know what the problem is? *this is the first animation I have ever made.* here is what it looks like. you can see right after the heart when she turns that something is wrong: [link] THANK YOU SO MUCH!

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Cheila In reply to Zullala [2007-08-09 01:22:44 +0000 UTC]

Wow 0_0 I have no idea!! What program are you using?

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Zullala In reply to Cheila [2007-08-09 03:39:55 +0000 UTC]

I'm using Jasc Animation Shop 3. I think maybe if I start from scratch and just use less frames and use the Display Time in the Frame Proportions that maybe, maybe that will work () I sure hope so. Wish me luck!

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Cheila In reply to Zullala [2007-08-09 23:57:01 +0000 UTC]

It's the same i'm using O_O; how strange...
Good luck!!

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Zullala In reply to Cheila [2007-08-10 03:18:48 +0000 UTC]

hehehe thanks. I like your animations btw. they are so cute =3. It's hard for me to think of things to make. I tend to think to big... then half way through somethine I relize I don't have the skill to finish ()

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fantasist In reply to ??? [2007-08-05 09:25:33 +0000 UTC]

hi i cant view your tutorial fully, it got cut off after it displays only the bunny. is there a missing link somewhere? i would very much like to see your tutorial, it looks cute and great!

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poppikun [2007-08-01 22:24:27 +0000 UTC]

I love little pixels stuff!!

Thank you for the tut

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BlueLurvesTre In reply to ??? [2007-08-01 07:20:02 +0000 UTC]

How do you get the animation thingy? :[
I can't find it... unless you're not on Photoshop anymore... then which program did you use, because I'm confuzzliedd :[[[

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Cheila In reply to BlueLurvesTre [2007-08-01 12:56:38 +0000 UTC]

Jasc Animation Shop
I wrote it in the coment, but forgot to write it in the picture...

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kittycatmanga In reply to ??? [2007-07-26 01:01:10 +0000 UTC]

yay!! usefull!

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icecreamontoast In reply to ??? [2007-07-18 08:10:05 +0000 UTC]

hey, thanks a heap for this, i 've always wanted to do pixel art
and now i know how!
the whole tut is done and looks really great
thanks a heap

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0oTakeItEasyo0 In reply to ??? [2007-07-16 14:08:40 +0000 UTC]

I love ur tutorial so cute fav

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Zortje In reply to ??? [2007-07-14 21:37:52 +0000 UTC]

Really nice guide

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Nocturnalist In reply to ??? [2007-07-14 18:40:55 +0000 UTC]

FINlLLY I FOUND A TUTORIAL ON PIXEL ART!!!!!!!!!!!!THANK YOU SO MUCH NOW I CAN START SOME MYSLELF...i have one question though...isnt ms paint easier to make everything?

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Cheila In reply to Nocturnalist [2007-07-15 02:37:16 +0000 UTC]

It's much more simple ^^ But i prefer photoshop because it has a lot more possibilities.

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Nocturnalist In reply to Cheila [2007-07-15 03:18:49 +0000 UTC]

k ill take that in stride thank you very much not i cant pratice pixel making ^^ you rock!!!

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Asyriu [2007-07-12 00:31:14 +0000 UTC]

So pretty~

Thanks for making this tutorial

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LeBronJames In reply to ??? [2007-07-06 18:15:33 +0000 UTC]

nice tutorial

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