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ERDJIE β PIXEL ART TUTORIAL USING PAINT TOOL SAI + FILE
Published: 2013-11-29 14:01:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 80681; Favourites: 1949; Downloads: 1418
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*wipes*
Lots of work here!! Finally, I am done with this wordy kind of tutorial. lololol.
I hope you appreciate how I shared my knowledge of doing pixel art.
I tell you pixel art is fun! I enjoy doing it so you should be too. There
may be lots of things to remember but as you find your style and fix it
a little more, you will enjoy it.
Special thanks to =acornbutt who let me use his adorb OC
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Oh! I get it now, thank you for the clear explanation! ovo
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Wish I would've found this before I started making pixel sprite sheets of my OC.Β
I did this with one of the motions (standing still) and the difference is amazing...
imgur.com/49Jw1ih
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thanks for this great tutorial! It was really clear and easy to understand with the pictures and the end result is really beautiful.
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You are very welcomed. Now to find a tutorial on how to properly animate pixel art >w<9
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Sorry if it's just me but when I use the binary tool it looks way thicker than yours ;;;
When I look at everyone's pixels actually, it kinda looks like their lines are thinner and cleaner than mine's = A = ;;;Β
Is it just me??
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Um, question, so I did up until step 3 following the directions perfectly. The settings, the folders, everything. I was ready to bucket the base colors but it only fills it in if I do it on the same layer as my lineart. What do I do?
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You should put your line-layer above from the base color group. Make sure your bucket setting is like this:
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EDIT: Nevermind, I got it, god, I'm such an idiot sometimes. D: I forgot to put the flat color-group in the Pixel-folder.
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It was the order of my layers, thank you so much for the help!!
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hey so I've been checking out your pixel art on here because I really want to start trying to do pixel art. But I have a lot of questions and so far your tutorial is the only one thats been any help. My main question is if you have a set image area like a picture has to be like 15x19 can you make pixel art like that? could you possibly like make the size of the picture bigger but keep all the pixel goodness to it? So I guess what I'm asking is can take a 1x1 drawing and make it bigger and keep it looking pixely?Β
is there something I am missing?
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by saying 1x1, you mean pixel points or inches?Β
You can set your pixel in a larger size, but in equal ratio of length and width (e.g. original size is 100x200 I can adjust it to 200x400),
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like with out it becoming blurry and horrible looking,.
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You can only adjust its size in photoshop, one rule is you have to set it to the "Nearest Neighbor".
Another thing, you can only increase it size, it's impossible to make it a smaller one.
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ok that sorta makes sense. So lets say you take the 1x1 drawing like in your tutorial after you have drawn it and lined it and all that Can you take it to photoshop and increase its size and keep it looking the same with out it getting blurry like it does in sai?
Also sorry im very new to this, but what tool do you use for the sketch to start with?
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Yupp, Sai is just for painting limited with optimization setting.Β
I use any brush for sketching. :>>
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You actually helped me out like a lot last night thanks so much!Β
The two little pixel gifs I have made so far areΒ
Rose Quartz from Steven Universe:Β madbunny1010.tumblr.com/post/1β¦
AND
CookieCat from steven universe:Β madbunny1010.tumblr.com/post/1β¦
THANKS SO MUCH!! I know they aren't the best but im just starting out and Im super proud of them and really thankful of you for dealing with me and my dumb questions lolΒ
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Wow! This is really impressive! Really good job for a starter on creating pixel art.Β
Thank you for sharing this with me :>>>
I am very happy that I was able to help.Β I hope you also enjoy it like I do.Β
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yeah its really fun lol
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but when i export it as an jpg it looks all fuzzy.
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Do not save them as jpg! Its better if you export it as png ;;
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this probably sounds really lame but
how do you make the background transparent? ;;A;;
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Save it as PNG - 32bpp RGBΒ
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isnt a little option supposed to pop up when you do save as with png??
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it doesnt show up for me ;;
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Maybe you are using an earlier version of SAI. :/
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What it's in the purchase file? Sorry for the dumb question
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The .sai file of pixel art I featured on this tutorial.
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OMGLOB BIG MISTAKE I JUST DOWNLOADED IT
I HATE MY LIFE Β T___T
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I'm sorry, excuse me, because I'm new to SAI, where will I do step 2? Which layer? LOL
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wait i dont have a binary pen, i have a legacy pen
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ItΒ΄s the same thing.
Duplicate it, set one with full opacity for binary pen, and the other with zero opacity for the binary eraser.
Also, bucket set to "color difference" 0, and no anti-aliasing for binary bucket.
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Weird question, how exactly do you raise the 'quality'/resolution of the picture? Not the actually look of the picture but the graphics -
ie. alphaawsm.deviantart.com/art/P⦠- It looks a bit weird, as if it's quality turned to 240p...
Help pls?
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Did you save it as .gif in photoshop? If not, then you should do it since the gif format only
counts for pixel amount (max. is 255 colors in a palette) instead of optimizing resolution (PNG, BMP, JPG. etc.)
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Ugh... I dont own Photoshop, so I can't really do that, can I?
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Hey, uh, my binary tool erases than draw on paint tool sai, and I am not using the transparent color, why is it doing it? ono
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Check the density , that works for me anyway
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Thank you for the tutorial. What is the brush setting used for the sketch ?
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Same as brush tool, just make it smaller. Β :>>
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this has helped me so much TTwTT thank you I can't wait to upload my first pixel art
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thanks for the wonderful tutorial ^u^
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Thank you so much for the tutorialΒ 
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This tutorial is fantastic and just what i needed to get started on using Sai for my animations.Β
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