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So, I think I said I'd make one months ago,
and now I finally have many months later =v=;
I'm sorry if its not very good/unclear OTL;
It's my first real shot at a tutorial and I'm a pixel noob myself

Also, please excuse any typos and grammatical mistakes
since I'm grammatically challenged orz //sobs

ahhh ya, I hope this is useful ; v ;

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Comments: 241

Toteruu In reply to ??? [2012-03-30 03:32:11 +0000 UTC]

ooooh //takes your pro skills

ah instead of zooming in+out try going to Window (on top bar thing) > Arrange > New Window for
and ITS A FLOATY BOXXX //but it might not wrok because i have CS4 OTL;;

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FrozenTimez In reply to Toteruu [2012-03-30 05:13:14 +0000 UTC]

asdfgds homg I didn't know photoshop could do that!!
That's so cool thank you so much for telling me * Q *!!
It most certainly does work for CS3 <3333

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Toteruu In reply to FrozenTimez [2012-03-30 21:20:32 +0000 UTC]

glad it helps <3333

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heartbleep [2012-03-29 20:57:36 +0000 UTC]

looks so hard hngg;;;

lovely tutorial! (* ̄▽ ̄*)

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FrozenTimez In reply to heartbleep [2012-03-29 23:10:41 +0000 UTC]

Thank you ; v ;!

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Knightz22 In reply to ??? [2012-03-29 19:08:21 +0000 UTC]

Mhaha, Now I know all your secrets~ CB

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FrozenTimez In reply to Knightz22 [2012-03-29 23:10:12 +0000 UTC]

dohoho are you sure you know all of them?

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Knightz22 In reply to FrozenTimez [2012-03-29 23:59:24 +0000 UTC]

....SONVIA....I will find them out... yes all of them. IB<

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FrozenTimez In reply to Knightz22 [2012-03-30 01:32:40 +0000 UTC]

...challenge accepted
//flees so you will never find them

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Knightz22 In reply to FrozenTimez [2012-03-30 15:58:12 +0000 UTC]

*Rage glomps you off a cliff* DB<

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Faiell In reply to ??? [2012-03-29 18:55:57 +0000 UTC]

uwahhh thanks so muchh frozennn
Maybe I'll try to do this sometime
I feel like I'm too impatient though aldskfja

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FrozenTimez In reply to Faiell [2012-03-29 23:09:13 +0000 UTC]

I'm sure you'd make awesome icons * o *!

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Marios-Tri4ce In reply to ??? [2012-03-29 17:42:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Very, very helpful tutorial!

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FrozenTimez In reply to Marios-Tri4ce [2012-03-29 18:38:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! And no problem > v 👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Anonymous-shade In reply to ??? [2012-03-29 14:41:55 +0000 UTC]

This looks like Riku!

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FrozenTimez In reply to Anonymous-shade [2012-03-29 18:10:04 +0000 UTC]

lol really xD?

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Anonymous-shade In reply to FrozenTimez [2012-03-29 21:16:06 +0000 UTC]

yes. . .

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Rumakashi In reply to ??? [2012-03-29 14:26:40 +0000 UTC]

Wow, this is very useful for pixel artists.

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FrozenTimez In reply to Rumakashi [2012-03-29 18:10:28 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! I'm really glad to hear that ; v ;

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SaikoStation In reply to ??? [2012-03-29 14:02:48 +0000 UTC]

I'll definitely have a go with this! <2

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FrozenTimez In reply to SaikoStation [2012-03-29 18:11:09 +0000 UTC]

Good luck > 7 👍: 0 ⏩: 0

RieBrehd In reply to ??? [2012-03-29 13:31:00 +0000 UTC]


Your knowledge!! I will absorb all of it!!!

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FrozenTimez In reply to RieBrehd [2012-03-29 18:11:32 +0000 UTC]

NU, IT'LL TAINT YOUR MIND

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RieBrehd In reply to FrozenTimez [2012-03-30 03:24:52 +0000 UTC]

Taint what mind
B-but this tutorial. ME. GUSTA.

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Enginefangirl4ever In reply to ??? [2012-03-29 13:19:21 +0000 UTC]

What program is this?

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FrozenTimez In reply to Enginefangirl4ever [2012-03-29 18:11:44 +0000 UTC]

Photoshop CS3 :>

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Enginefangirl4ever In reply to FrozenTimez [2012-03-29 21:18:29 +0000 UTC]

Thanks ^^

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mjkroes In reply to ??? [2012-03-29 13:15:17 +0000 UTC]

I don't know how to pixel and I have been wondering for a while now coz I want to give it a shot.
Thank you for this tutorial. I think it made a lot of sense and I might try one now ^u^

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FrozenTimez In reply to mjkroes [2012-03-29 18:13:14 +0000 UTC]

baww you're welcome!
I'm glad it made sense ; 7 ;!
good luck with making one > v < <333

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mjkroes In reply to FrozenTimez [2012-03-30 02:22:59 +0000 UTC]

^U^ I'm not very good yet.
The shape of the head bothers me maybe I will fix it *shurgs* and I couldn't get the pose right so I used yours as a reference....OTL
What do you think? *head tilt*
(<--- is first attempt at pixel art ^u^)

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FrozenTimez In reply to mjkroes [2012-03-30 05:11:25 +0000 UTC]

Practice makes perfect c; <3
I think its great for your first try * 7 *!
Awesome job!
My first attempt was indescribably terrible;

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mjkroes In reply to FrozenTimez [2012-03-30 05:26:52 +0000 UTC]

Yup, I will keep practicing because I like pixel Icons... >u>
THANK YOU~! <3 It was because of your fabulous tutorial~! lol
I would love to see it. I'm sure it's not that bad.

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FrozenTimez In reply to mjkroes [2012-03-30 19:49:20 +0000 UTC]

No problem c;! <33
lololol absolutely not xD
My first attempt is forever locked away somewhere =v=;

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mjkroes In reply to FrozenTimez [2012-03-30 23:51:55 +0000 UTC]

^u^ LOL //sad face// but I wanted to see it T3T. hehe.

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mjkroes In reply to mjkroes [2012-03-29 15:33:24 +0000 UTC]

I tried it out what do you think???
(I hate the shape of the head but I spent ages on it so I gave up a little...OTL)

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PrincessPyon In reply to ??? [2012-03-29 13:12:20 +0000 UTC]

this is really helpful thanks!

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FrozenTimez In reply to PrincessPyon [2012-03-29 18:13:50 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, and thank you > v 👍: 0 ⏩: 0

flygonmaster66 In reply to ??? [2012-03-29 13:07:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for this tutorial! It was very helpful!

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FrozenTimez In reply to flygonmaster66 [2012-03-29 18:14:21 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, and thank you ; v ; <333

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flygonmaster66 In reply to FrozenTimez [2012-03-29 19:34:47 +0000 UTC]

Can these techniques be applied to regular spriting, like for fakemon and the like?

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FrozenTimez In reply to flygonmaster66 [2012-03-29 23:07:04 +0000 UTC]

I've actually never done regular spriting before, so I don't know =v=;;

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flygonmaster66 In reply to FrozenTimez [2012-03-29 23:43:58 +0000 UTC]

Oh, LOL. Then I'll go n' test it out!

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FrozenTimez In reply to flygonmaster66 [2012-03-30 01:31:28 +0000 UTC]

lol tell me how it goes xD!

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flygonmaster66 In reply to FrozenTimez [2012-03-30 01:34:35 +0000 UTC]

So far it's really awesome!

And %20 cooler

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Yume98 In reply to ??? [2012-03-29 12:33:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a bunch! Very helpful!

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FrozenTimez In reply to Yume98 [2012-03-29 18:15:00 +0000 UTC]

hnng thank you, and you're welcome > v 👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Yume98 In reply to FrozenTimez [2012-04-03 12:30:08 +0000 UTC]

Welcome!

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XkingpenX In reply to ??? [2012-03-29 12:29:48 +0000 UTC]

I think you did very well, regardless of whether this was your first try at something like this

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FrozenTimez In reply to XkingpenX [2012-03-29 18:15:53 +0000 UTC]

thank you QvQ!
I'm really happy to hear that ; 7 ;

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XkingpenX In reply to FrozenTimez [2012-04-02 00:48:23 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome, in fact I plan on using this tutorial to make my new one, sometime soon~!

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