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zara-leventhal In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 23:49:19 +0000 UTC]

I've always wondered how this is done! Thank you so much!

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firstfear In reply to zara-leventhal [2012-01-09 20:03:02 +0000 UTC]

no problem! <3

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NasikaSakura In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 23:45:06 +0000 UTC]

You're so nifty with computers. :3

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firstfear In reply to NasikaSakura [2012-01-09 20:03:32 +0000 UTC]

^-^

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jadecillustrations In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 23:37:58 +0000 UTC]

This is awesome, thanks so much ;u;

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firstfear In reply to jadecillustrations [2012-01-09 20:03:21 +0000 UTC]

no problem at all! I'm glad the information might be useful ^^ <3

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Sarablack10 In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 23:14:46 +0000 UTC]

that's so helpful, usually my resizings look like crap. thank you!

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TsukiOhkami In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 23:07:44 +0000 UTC]

This is excellent, thank you. I have a question though; how do you make pixel art, and, what programs/things/whatever should you use to make them? (I'm really new at this).

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firstfear In reply to TsukiOhkami [2012-01-08 23:13:26 +0000 UTC]

Pixel art can be created in many different programs . So long as the program has a 'pencil' tool you can make pixel art.

Pixel art is made using the pencil tool set to 1px. You can't use the paintbrush, or any filters..no dodge and burn..etc . Every pixel is placed with intent and by hand.

A Site called PixelJoint is a good place to start if you're looking for advice. They have a forum where people help those who are new to the art form ^^ -> [link]

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TsukiOhkami In reply to firstfear [2012-01-08 23:25:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you very much.

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firstfear In reply to TsukiOhkami [2012-01-09 19:27:59 +0000 UTC]

no problem ^-^ <3

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MarikBentusi In reply to TsukiOhkami [2012-01-09 00:12:25 +0000 UTC]

Not a pixel artist myself, but when I'm new at something I usually search for tutorials, either on YouTube or - if it's art-related - here on dA.

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TsukiOhkami In reply to MarikBentusi [2012-01-09 01:04:36 +0000 UTC]

Yeah same, but I just crossed this tutorial and it sparked a sudden interest, so I just spontaneously asked.

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Mini-Umbrella In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 23:04:24 +0000 UTC]

Nice! this is so helpful, no more using MS paint for re-sizing

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firstfear In reply to Mini-Umbrella [2012-01-08 23:07:24 +0000 UTC]

oh god I can't imagine the turmoil of trying to resize pixel art in MSP xD

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Effrey In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 22:55:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot for the tutorial, I think this will work for icons

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Certified-Sidekick In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 22:40:31 +0000 UTC]

at Last, thank you for sharing the secret

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lohauu In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 22:36:36 +0000 UTC]

this is seriously one of the most helpful/useful tutorials i have ever come across
thank you so much for sharing this!

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endeppa In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 22:10:42 +0000 UTC]

kthx

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bringerzl In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 21:55:51 +0000 UTC]

This was really helpful.

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Nomikyo-chan In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 21:37:50 +0000 UTC]

neat! I'm doing a lot of pixel art and I didn't know how to properly resise it so this tut will help me a lot : >

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Rebel-Mel In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 21:26:42 +0000 UTC]

I always wondered how this was done! Thank you for sharing!

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PD-Black-Dragon In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 21:26:16 +0000 UTC]

I never could figure out how to do this and now that I do, it should help a lot! Thanks for making this and keep up the great work!

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blasianonna In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 21:24:38 +0000 UTC]

Very helpful! Thank you!

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gillianivyart In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 21:16:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for knowledge.

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maytel In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 21:04:54 +0000 UTC]

I didn't know that! that's good to know

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Clarisechan In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 20:53:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for this!

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oOAngeliceOo In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 20:37:47 +0000 UTC]

Wow, thank you so much, I've been struggling with this ever since... always. The trick I use is to put the final image in indexed color mode, then you can resize it any way you want and keep the crispness.

Do you happen to know how to do the same with rotations ? When using free transform, things get all blurry

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Codephluegl In reply to oOAngeliceOo [2012-01-09 00:00:37 +0000 UTC]

Well in gimp at least the free transform tool too has the option "interpolation" and there you can also choose between "cubic"(I guess that's "bicubic" in PS), "none" (that should be "nearest neighbor" in PS) and other stuff. But with rotations unequal to multitudes of 90° you get the same problem as in resizing when you don't use multitudes of 100%. Your lines thickness will get fucked up. You might get better results, if you scale up your image size to 200 or 300% first, but this still will look weird since you now will see the initial pixels stretched out to around 3x3 pixel areas.

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oOAngeliceOo In reply to Codephluegl [2012-01-09 00:07:39 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a lot for the detailed answer ! Very useful

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Quick-Step In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 20:32:55 +0000 UTC]

hmmm handy..

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GiuDatte In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 20:12:13 +0000 UTC]

OMG THIS IS VERY USEFUL! Thank you so much! ;A;

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EbolaSparkleBear In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 20:08:44 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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PepoFaec In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 20:04:26 +0000 UTC]

Hi-- I love you iAi I love you so much. I've been fighting with this ever since 2004 and you've cleared it up in just a few steps. Good lord you've saved me so much work I could cry iUi <3 <3

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Twoohten In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 19:50:58 +0000 UTC]

I'm with everyone else, I didn't even think it was possible. I always imagined people either pixeled it big, or spent time zooming in and print screening or something!

Thanks for this!

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MagneticSkye In reply to Twoohten [2012-01-08 20:44:33 +0000 UTC]

oh me too! i wouldnt even print screen it, though - i would just redo the entire thing o___o

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Twoohten In reply to MagneticSkye [2012-01-08 21:10:24 +0000 UTC]

It seems so silly now that's here in front of us right.

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AkiraRodhernan In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 19:50:46 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! <3

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peachbiscuit In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 19:49:21 +0000 UTC]

pretty <3

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Abblecrumble In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 19:48:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for sharing! ♥

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Ribbonheart In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 19:43:28 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow! A whole new world opened up for me x_x I never knew that you could ever do this! Wow!

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Amatasu In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 19:30:19 +0000 UTC]

OMG thank you soso much for making this! Q A Q <3333

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tsuta In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 19:29:08 +0000 UTC]

wow i never knew this this is a cool thing to know!

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Bubbleslou In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 19:27:37 +0000 UTC]

OMG I needed this help so much! ;o; Thank you for making this

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wrolin In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 19:24:34 +0000 UTC]

OH MY GOD
this saved my ass
srsly
I DIDNT EVEN KNOW IT WAS POSSIBLE ; A ;

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
thank you so much * 3 *

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steffne In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 19:01:05 +0000 UTC]

I never even realised this was possible x__x;
Thanks for the tutorial o:

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Kiss-the-Iconist In reply to ??? [2012-01-08 19:00:39 +0000 UTC]

This might help me in the future with my icons. Thank you.

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