Great Pixel Art Tutorials

[davidthefat]

Ok, so pixel art tutorials are always fun looking for, alot of newbie game programmers get into pixel art when making the graphics for their games (which is good) and decide they are good enough to share their gift (which is bad)... this 'gift' of theirs can actually be counter productive when put in tutorial form and send others on the wrong track art wise. So throughout the ages (millenia i believe) I have accumulated a number of good tutorials and made a few of my own. I think some might benefit from this, it's basically a massive tutorial referencing thread for learning pixel art and pixel art techniques.

Some tutorials by me (shameless self promotion, please ignore my dead but still twitching forum):

Lesson 1 - Basics
Overview of lesson 1
Lesson 2 - Colour
The Demons of Pixel Art

Provided bellow is a listing of useful art tutorials by others (these cover alot of things mine don't, I think it might also work vice-versa but it's been a while since I last read any of these links):

Pixel Art
Derek Yu - http://derekyu.com/extras/pixel01.html
Gas 13 - http://gas13.ru/v3/tutorials/
The above are highly recommended
Mark's - http://www.natomic.com/hosted/marks/mpat/
Drubudu's - http://www.drububu.com/tutorial/index.htmlhttp://www.rhysd.com/tutorial/
Rhys - http://www.rhysd.com/tutorial/
Alex - [1 2 3]
St0ven - [1 2 3]
Unfortunately a number of St0ven's tutorials aren't online anymore since his main site is down.
Zoggles - http://www.zoggles.co.uk/asp/tutorials.asp?show=index
Tsugumo - http://www.petesqbsite.com/sections/tutorials/tuts/tsugumo/
CMR - http://subtutorial.bravehost.com/

Pixel Movies - http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/in...hp?topic=2144.0
I highly recommend this site for people looking for heavy critique on their art. If you approach this forum, do so with a mature attitude and willingness to make large changes to your art or you will not last long.
An excellent tiles tutorial by Marco Vale - http://video.google.com/...

Animation
Idle Worm - http://www.idleworm.com/how/index.shtml
Larry's - http://www.awn.com/tooninstitute/lessonplan/lesson.htm#top
Manning - http://www.manningkrull.com/pixel_art/tutorials/walking.asp
These sites provide some interesting information on animation in general.

Other Art Tutorials
Itch Studios - http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/index.htm
Itchy Animation - http://www.itchy-animation.co.uk/light.htm
Getting a good grasp of art in general will aid when approaching pixel art.

Also these communities will help you hone your skills with intense critique:
Pixeljoint
Pixelation

Its from a different forum, the focus is not pokemon but its general spriting. Its great, I seen some crap sprites made from scratch. Read

http://gas13.ru/v3/tutorials/sywtbapa_almighty_grass_tile.php

Go step away from the traditional pokemon look, the grass is crap in pokemon IMHO its just green repeated over and over. You can argue its supposed to be cartoon like, but still boring

 

[-Smash]

Nice.

I only knew of Mark's tuts, and some of the others at PJ, but most of these other links might come in handy.

*Saves before mods come*

 

[Gary the Magic Fairy]

I've seen a few of these before, but these are definitely helpful.

Not very much of this can be applied to most of the less experienced pixel artists here, since they don't really do anything other than pokemon, but for people wanting to try different things, these are worth a read.

I also found these as a link at PJ:
http://www.bakaneko.com/howto/figure/anatomy/index.html
http://www.bakaneko.com/howto/figure/anatomy2/index.html
They aren't specifically for pixel art, but if you're doing something somewhat-large, then these anatomy guides are very helpful.

 

[-Smash]

I've seen a few of these before, but these are definitely helpful.

Not very much of this can be applied to most of the less experienced pixel artists here, since they don't really do anything other than pokemon, but for people wanting to try different things, these are worth a read.

I also found these as a link at PJ:
http://www.bakaneko.com/howto/figure/anatomy/index.html
http://www.bakaneko.com/howto/figure/anatomy2/index.html
They aren't specifically for pixel art, but if you're doing something somewhat-large, then these anatomy guides are very helpful.

This is amazing.

Got some nice tips there definetly, especially the first one.