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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

ablanche01 In reply to ??? [2011-01-21 14:04:12 +0000 UTC]

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vanmall In reply to ablanche01 [2011-01-25 22:30:04 +0000 UTC]

No problem.

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darkdoomer In reply to ??? [2011-01-06 14:00:06 +0000 UTC]


long live the eternal pixel software !

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vanmall In reply to darkdoomer [2011-01-11 16:51:51 +0000 UTC]

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xinkedx In reply to ??? [2010-12-13 03:16:28 +0000 UTC]

yay! i learned how to pixel i made this

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vanmall In reply to xinkedx [2010-12-13 07:44:23 +0000 UTC]

Awesome.

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xinkedx In reply to vanmall [2010-12-13 10:06:30 +0000 UTC]

^^

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Phoenix667 In reply to ??? [2010-12-09 02:00:03 +0000 UTC]

Wow! This tutorial series is really awesome! I think I'm starting to make my own works, thank you very much for the help. Oh, and I took the time to fav every one of the tutorials! Thank you very much for doing this!

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vanmall In reply to Phoenix667 [2010-12-09 07:43:18 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for your nice comment.

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Phoenix667 In reply to vanmall [2010-12-09 12:48:03 +0000 UTC]

You're most welcome!

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Merillian In reply to ??? [2010-11-21 22:15:25 +0000 UTC]

thank you for making this!

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vanmall In reply to Merillian [2010-11-22 08:22:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for your comment.

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Justlooking82 In reply to ??? [2010-11-20 19:32:05 +0000 UTC]

thanks a ton this was really helpful. also i read your tutorial about saving and i would like to thank you for that too. keep 'em coming

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vanmall In reply to Justlooking82 [2010-11-20 19:56:37 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for your nice comment.

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dracoinu In reply to ??? [2010-11-17 19:07:36 +0000 UTC]

I wish I found this before I resorted to pokemon for help this is good.

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vanmall In reply to dracoinu [2010-11-18 11:14:45 +0000 UTC]

Hehe.

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yumizuka-chan In reply to ??? [2010-09-23 01:32:49 +0000 UTC]

What program did you used? T^T

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vanmall In reply to yumizuka-chan [2010-10-09 10:59:24 +0000 UTC]

Microsoft paint

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yumizuka-chan In reply to vanmall [2010-10-09 11:03:41 +0000 UTC]

where can i get? did you know any website that i can download this program? please...)

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vanmall In reply to yumizuka-chan [2010-10-09 11:26:30 +0000 UTC]

If you use windows then you will have it from the start.

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yumizuka-chan In reply to vanmall [2010-10-11 00:50:55 +0000 UTC]

ah ok lemme see.. O_O
oh~ ur right, i did have it.
My bad..

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vanmall In reply to yumizuka-chan [2010-10-11 06:28:46 +0000 UTC]

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yumizuka-chan In reply to vanmall [2010-10-13 03:41:10 +0000 UTC]

sorry T^T

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vanmall In reply to yumizuka-chan [2010-10-16 15:05:58 +0000 UTC]

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roxerg In reply to ??? [2010-08-23 18:53:47 +0000 UTC]

motivational poster was right!

thank you very much ^^

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vanmall In reply to roxerg [2010-08-24 06:20:42 +0000 UTC]

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AquilaHeliaca In reply to ??? [2010-08-09 09:06:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank your for the tutorial!

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vanmall In reply to AquilaHeliaca [2010-08-10 08:21:55 +0000 UTC]

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lorydido In reply to ??? [2010-07-06 04:04:06 +0000 UTC]

VERY SIMPLE. THANKS!

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vanmall In reply to lorydido [2010-07-06 14:51:14 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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gibadesign In reply to ??? [2010-05-20 02:48:16 +0000 UTC]

Hey, it's a great tutorial.

Can I translate for portuguese ? I'll put your credits and a link for your devianART.

Can I do that ?

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vanmall In reply to gibadesign [2010-05-20 06:42:47 +0000 UTC]

Sure, let me know when you are done.

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LeChaoss In reply to ??? [2010-05-08 10:46:56 +0000 UTC]

~very very helpful^^

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vanmall In reply to LeChaoss [2010-05-09 07:43:46 +0000 UTC]

Thank you my friend.

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LeChaoss In reply to vanmall [2010-05-09 10:22:21 +0000 UTC]

~np ^^p

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Lithium-Polygon In reply to ??? [2010-04-28 00:09:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for making this.
I have grown interested in pixle art and your tutorials will help me get into it

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vanmall In reply to Lithium-Polygon [2010-04-28 06:26:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for your kind comment.

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Lithium-Polygon In reply to vanmall [2010-04-28 14:12:11 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the great tutorial

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vanmall In reply to Lithium-Polygon [2010-04-29 13:09:55 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome.

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crystalyoshi In reply to ??? [2010-01-26 12:23:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for making this!

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Wisdom-Goddess In reply to ??? [2010-01-08 22:15:00 +0000 UTC]

The tutorial was useful ^^. yet my cube ended up something else
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vanmall In reply to Wisdom-Goddess [2010-01-10 18:58:45 +0000 UTC]

Still good.

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Wisdom-Goddess In reply to vanmall [2010-01-10 19:18:24 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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Chukkz In reply to ??? [2010-01-04 15:13:46 +0000 UTC]

Thats really helpful stuff! Thanks for posting.

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vanmall In reply to Chukkz [2010-01-04 19:29:40 +0000 UTC]

Thank you.

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Rockpup5 In reply to ??? [2009-12-21 00:43:34 +0000 UTC]

*giggles* My box came out trianglish. But that's my fault.

Nice tutorial, thank you so much!

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vanmall In reply to Rockpup5 [2009-12-26 19:36:15 +0000 UTC]

lol.
Thanks for your comment.

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WillowWoodGraphics In reply to ??? [2009-10-17 22:52:31 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!! I ahve beem wanting to do pixel art as for long as I can remeber! Finaly! Thanks alot!!


[link]


Its not the best....

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vanmall In reply to WillowWoodGraphics [2009-11-05 09:25:34 +0000 UTC]

Not bad but you should zoom in and do it one line at the time so you could see all the pixels. Right now your lines aren't the same. But not bad.

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WillowWoodGraphics In reply to vanmall [2009-11-05 15:55:43 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, Yah, I couldn't zoom in last time for some reason... Ima try again

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