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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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Comments: 482

Aquatosaur In reply to ??? [2012-06-05 04:52:24 +0000 UTC]

YAY! I've wanted to learn how to do Pixel Art, and I've mastered, well, the square, and that's about it... but Thanks!
You. Are a winner.

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vanmall In reply to Aquatosaur [2012-06-05 06:40:11 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, you will get better, don't worry.

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Aquatosaur In reply to vanmall [2012-06-05 17:01:13 +0000 UTC]

Yay! I already have, so thank you!

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ktronfabi In reply to ??? [2012-05-29 17:47:28 +0000 UTC]

Nice!

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vanmall In reply to ktronfabi [2012-05-31 06:24:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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Spiderman333 In reply to ??? [2012-05-21 05:58:58 +0000 UTC]

i'll gonna check your more tutorial

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vanmall In reply to Spiderman333 [2012-05-21 06:37:49 +0000 UTC]

Nice to hear that.

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Spiderman333 In reply to ??? [2012-05-21 05:54:23 +0000 UTC]

hey vanmall This is look minecraft bricks .. so thank you for the tutorial

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vanmall In reply to Spiderman333 [2012-05-21 06:38:23 +0000 UTC]

Yeah it does, minecraft is all pixel art as well.

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Spiderman333 In reply to vanmall [2012-05-21 09:59:57 +0000 UTC]

But.. no curtain on minecraft..

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vanmall In reply to Spiderman333 [2012-05-21 12:11:54 +0000 UTC]

Hehe, yeah. Well its just made in pixel art.

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Spiderman333 In reply to vanmall [2012-05-22 03:10:44 +0000 UTC]

Hey! again,vanmall i download mod on minecraft.. its curtain ! so i get curtain in minecraft... But. its easy to download !

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vanmall In reply to Spiderman333 [2012-05-22 06:08:55 +0000 UTC]

lol, that's awesome.

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Spiderman333 In reply to vanmall [2012-05-22 06:22:17 +0000 UTC]

Hey! i forget something.. the last tutorial on your pixel tutorial its easy.. lol

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StarDraw In reply to ??? [2012-05-17 14:57:17 +0000 UTC]

Yupp, i made it . ^^
hehe xd

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vanmall In reply to StarDraw [2012-05-17 14:59:19 +0000 UTC]

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Phinnimonster In reply to ??? [2012-05-06 17:22:20 +0000 UTC]

For just drawing a cube, it was surprisingly fun. Thanks for the tutorial, I think I'll check out more!

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vanmall In reply to Phinnimonster [2012-05-14 08:47:24 +0000 UTC]

I'm glad you like it.

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Yaana-Autumn In reply to ??? [2012-04-17 12:20:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for making learning easy! Will try to learn more now as I have finally tried pixel art.

My result: [link]

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vanmall In reply to Yaana-Autumn [2012-04-18 08:04:02 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

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Yaana-Autumn In reply to vanmall [2012-04-18 20:38:36 +0000 UTC]

Just finished my 3rd piece which I am quite happy with.
Link: [link]

Please give me a little advice on what I should practise more on, if you have the time that is.

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vanmall In reply to Yaana-Autumn [2012-04-29 12:31:00 +0000 UTC]

It is really well done, I like it!
What I would think about now is textures and such to give more depth.

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Yaana-Autumn In reply to vanmall [2012-04-29 12:36:34 +0000 UTC]

Thank you!
You don't happen to have a tutorial related to such?

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vanmall In reply to Yaana-Autumn [2012-05-01 11:17:07 +0000 UTC]

Unfortunately I have a texture tutorial only for buildings but not for nature.

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Yaana-Autumn In reply to vanmall [2012-05-01 12:44:30 +0000 UTC]

Hmm, I might as well take a look at it then as it might help me.

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vanmall In reply to Yaana-Autumn [2012-05-01 15:00:09 +0000 UTC]

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DAGEORGETOWNMAYOR In reply to ??? [2012-04-08 00:15:33 +0000 UTC]

YAY!!! I GOT IT!!!!!..now what?...

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vanmall In reply to DAGEORGETOWNMAYOR [2012-04-08 09:14:29 +0000 UTC]

Now go on from here and try to improve.

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DAGEORGETOWNMAYOR In reply to ??? [2012-04-07 19:48:54 +0000 UTC]

I CANT GET THIS!!

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abulafio In reply to ??? [2012-04-04 20:46:29 +0000 UTC]

Simple and effective, thank you very much for sharing.

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vanmall In reply to abulafio [2012-04-08 09:22:02 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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faustuga In reply to ??? [2012-03-29 12:01:19 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! This is really useful!

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vanmall In reply to faustuga [2012-04-04 09:42:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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faustuga In reply to vanmall [2012-04-04 11:47:23 +0000 UTC]

No problem!

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betosoeu In reply to ??? [2012-02-29 14:24:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the tutorial!
My cub looks nice
I will keep use the others tutorials.

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vanmall In reply to betosoeu [2012-03-14 13:26:20 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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DarkKirbyChocolate In reply to ??? [2012-02-25 14:12:38 +0000 UTC]

Oh wow, I actually did it! Thank you sooooo much!

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vanmall In reply to DarkKirbyChocolate [2012-03-14 13:26:58 +0000 UTC]

Nice to hear that.

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DarkKirbyChocolate In reply to vanmall [2012-03-14 16:56:19 +0000 UTC]

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The-Lost-Hope In reply to ??? [2012-02-23 23:04:27 +0000 UTC]

Don't know if you care but I used it. [link]

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vanmall In reply to The-Lost-Hope [2012-03-14 13:27:30 +0000 UTC]

Nicely done.

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The-Lost-Hope In reply to vanmall [2012-03-14 18:29:55 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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The-Lost-Hope In reply to ??? [2012-02-20 03:14:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for making.

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LynxtA In reply to ??? [2012-02-20 00:40:47 +0000 UTC]

Thx, this tutorial was very helpful for me here .

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vanmall In reply to LynxtA [2012-03-14 13:28:34 +0000 UTC]

Oh, it looks awesome.

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Rally82 In reply to ??? [2012-02-19 19:11:59 +0000 UTC]

Thats is soo helpfull!!
Thanks to make a tutorial!! Now i can practice this, i liked it.

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vanmall In reply to Rally82 [2012-03-14 13:28:57 +0000 UTC]

Glad to hear that.

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coffinmutt In reply to ??? [2012-02-17 03:17:35 +0000 UTC]

this was pretty helpful and it gave me something to be proud of...i made a beautiful cube. xD but it's progress for me, thank you

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vanmall In reply to coffinmutt [2012-03-14 13:29:29 +0000 UTC]

Glad that you liked it.

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Savanir In reply to ??? [2012-02-12 15:06:19 +0000 UTC]

can you also do this with paint.net?

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