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The beginning...
aka how to start with pixel art

After I got a Daily Deviation for How to make a victorian house? I decided to make a tutorial series about pixel art. As always you have to start from the beginning and this is it, tutorial about how to start with pixel art. As some of you don't have a photoshop then I decided to make this tutorial about pixel art and MS Paint. I hope you enjoy it.

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Vanmall Pixel Art Tutorial Series Guide

Pixel Art Basics
How to start with pixel art
Difference between isometric and non-isometric pixel art
How to dither in pixel art
How to make shadows and light sources in pixel art
How to add textures to pixel art
How to make a pixel transparency
How to save pixel art
How to make round objects in pixel art
How to use reference in pixel art
How to replace colors easily (MS Paint)

Pixel Art Exterior
How to make a victorian house?
How to make a pixel tree
How to make a pixel roof
How to make a pixel house 1
How to make a pixel house 2

Pixel Art Interior
How to make a pixel bed
How to make a pixel chair
How to make a pixel table
How to make a pixel couch
How to make a pixel tile
How to make a pixel countertop
How to make a pixel refrigerator
How to make a pixel bar stool
How to make a pixel stove
How to make a pixel flowerpot
How to make a pixel lamp
How to make a pixel nightstand
How to make a pixel aquarium
How to make a pixel fireplace
How to make a pixel cupboard
How to make a pixel carpet
How to make pixel curtains
How to make a pixel kitchen
How to make a pixel bedroom
How to make a pixel living room

Pixel Art Characters
How to make a pixel eminem 1
How to make a pixel eminem 2
How to make a small pixel character/sprite

Pixel Art Text
How to make pixel text

Pixel Art Objects
How to make a pixel gemstone
How to make a pixel flower

Pixel Art Premium
Basics of Pixel Art

Pixel Art Tutorial Series is currently the most popular thing on my page. The idea behind this is to take suggestions from the community and try to make a tutorial out of these things, helping out fellow deviants along the way. You can also find my pixel art tutorials in groups like #TutorialsForYou , #TutorialsClub and #PixelCommunity .
Here is a list of tutorials in my Pixel Art Tutorial Series, tutorials which are underlined and bold are already ready tutorials that you can read, other tutorials without the underline are tutorials that will be posted in deviantART in near future.
You can also suggest new pixel art tutorial series by commenting on my profile page, on these tutorials or by sending me a note.
Enjoy!
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vanmall In reply to ??? [2014-10-29 14:12:40 +0000 UTC]

Unfortunately yes.

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DylanDylan54321 [2014-07-16 14:29:51 +0000 UTC]

Is MS Paint the same as Paint on Windows 7 OS' nowadays?

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vanmall In reply to DylanDylan54321 [2014-10-29 14:14:17 +0000 UTC]

Nope. Unfortunately not.

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Maybewink In reply to vanmall [2015-02-22 17:48:42 +0000 UTC]

Everything changed. Like the good old eraser trick on MS Paint, where you could erase and sample at the same time or something like that.Β 

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ZerIsNotArtistic [2014-05-31 11:14:54 +0000 UTC]

Look at wat i made!Β zerisnotartistic.deviantart.co…

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vanmall In reply to ZerIsNotArtistic [2014-10-29 15:04:59 +0000 UTC]

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SeungSoo In reply to ??? [2014-05-17 03:40:58 +0000 UTC]

I did it !!! Thank you so much for doing this!!!Β Β Β My Cube Β Β 

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CunningChicken [2014-04-11 08:29:02 +0000 UTC]

Wow this is great because I don't have super fancy programs on my computer and you have the same version of Paint as me. BIG thanks.
Seriously.

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AliyahTheARTist In reply to ??? [2014-04-05 21:07:21 +0000 UTC]

Ugh. Should've thought of this before going out to buy photoshop cs6. Well now I'll be using it for editing. -_-

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vanmall In reply to AliyahTheARTist [2014-04-07 07:50:06 +0000 UTC]

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SnailXI [2014-04-04 19:25:13 +0000 UTC]

This is how mine turned out:Β snailxi.deviantart.com/art/Pix…

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vanmall In reply to SnailXI [2014-04-07 07:50:19 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

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Hsupert [2014-03-31 01:50:36 +0000 UTC]

lookie what I made!! [link]

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vanmall In reply to Hsupert [2014-04-07 07:50:35 +0000 UTC]

Looks good.

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Hime-Oozora In reply to ??? [2014-03-24 08:13:30 +0000 UTC]

That was really fun to draw! Can't wait to learn more!
im64.gulfup.com/wiO0AG.png

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vanmall In reply to Hime-Oozora [2014-04-07 07:51:15 +0000 UTC]

Nice.

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unpr0gr4mm3d [2014-03-23 23:18:41 +0000 UTC]

thank you!
sta.sh/0vs7ih2mp2b

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vanmall In reply to unpr0gr4mm3d [2014-04-07 07:51:27 +0000 UTC]

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Rebeccaesque [2014-03-15 23:29:46 +0000 UTC]

Β  I pretty much got the idea! Now my neck hurts but I made a cube thingy yayayay

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vanmall In reply to Rebeccaesque [2014-04-07 07:52:22 +0000 UTC]

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PleaseStayAwayFrom69 [2014-03-15 14:34:18 +0000 UTC]

Look at what I did

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vanmall In reply to PleaseStayAwayFrom69 [2014-04-07 07:52:36 +0000 UTC]

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TeddyBearsCry [2014-03-02 19:49:26 +0000 UTC]

i did it *O*

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BackPanda In reply to ??? [2014-02-26 18:28:20 +0000 UTC]

You sir are an amazing person, thanks for this. I needed this, a good very basic start that doesn't require a tonne of skill yet.


You sir are a life saver.

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vanmall In reply to BackPanda [2014-03-12 10:58:53 +0000 UTC]

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angiewaiwai In reply to ??? [2014-02-24 10:33:33 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial, I really love your tutorial,

it is useful and detail,

It help me a lot

I hope I can improve a skill and able to draw some pretty pixel art soon!

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vanmall In reply to angiewaiwai [2014-02-25 17:17:21 +0000 UTC]

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Viniciusp123 In reply to ??? [2014-02-24 00:14:19 +0000 UTC]

It was very helpful! Thanks!

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vanmall In reply to Viniciusp123 [2014-02-25 17:17:37 +0000 UTC]

Glad it helped you.

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DroogyBubs2 In reply to ??? [2014-02-19 00:22:49 +0000 UTC]

Love this! Thanks :]

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vanmall In reply to DroogyBubs2 [2014-02-25 17:19:13 +0000 UTC]

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UpgradedRazor In reply to ??? [2014-02-04 14:34:50 +0000 UTC]

Cool turorial +1

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vanmall In reply to UpgradedRazor [2014-02-05 08:40:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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heyyitzhailz In reply to ??? [2014-01-08 01:24:07 +0000 UTC]

i dont have this computer, i have a macbook

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samurai225 [2014-01-06 18:53:40 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial. Now I can make a box! Β 

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warriorcatsluver4eva In reply to samurai225 [2014-02-07 20:25:08 +0000 UTC]

Yay boxes!!

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vanmall In reply to samurai225 [2014-01-07 12:13:43 +0000 UTC]

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HedgehogRain In reply to ??? [2014-01-01 01:23:43 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the tutorialΒ Β 

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vanmall In reply to HedgehogRain [2014-01-01 05:21:13 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome.

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MsKittenPanda In reply to ??? [2013-12-14 06:18:24 +0000 UTC]

fc08.deviantart.net/fs70/f/201…

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vanmall In reply to MsKittenPanda [2013-12-15 09:40:58 +0000 UTC]

It looks awesome! Well done.

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MsKittenPanda [2013-12-14 06:17:23 +0000 UTC]

i did it sort of Β 

sta.sh/01joru69nko6Β 

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JEricaM In reply to ??? [2013-12-09 19:16:56 +0000 UTC]

I translated in italian here

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Vector-Chan In reply to JEricaM [2013-12-13 04:22:44 +0000 UTC]

I don't speak Italian but I appreciate translations!

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JEricaM In reply to Vector-Chan [2013-12-13 20:18:05 +0000 UTC]

Thx you so much

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vanmall In reply to JEricaM [2013-12-10 22:31:12 +0000 UTC]

Awesome.

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JEricaM In reply to vanmall [2013-12-11 12:27:10 +0000 UTC]

Thx *_*

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Falcolus [2013-11-27 02:47:11 +0000 UTC]

MS paint, best Free Pixel art software

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tristanthegeek In reply to Falcolus [2013-12-01 09:54:45 +0000 UTC]

On Windows 7 I would reccomend Paint.net. It lets you zoom in way more.

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Falcolus In reply to tristanthegeek [2013-12-02 23:13:08 +0000 UTC]

Hmmm, sounds good, Ill check it out, I do find the zoom rather annoying, but I've kinda gotten used to it.

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