Awesome Pixel Art
Awesome Pixel Art is a repository specifically dedicated to creating and learning pixel art, as well as providing links that help you get engaged in the community! In pixel art, every placed pixel has importance in creating the envisioned graphic. Below you'll find help links ranging from basic introductory elements to color and animation tutorials. There are plenty of points of inspiration in games, animations and among other artists!
Contents
- Tutorials
- Basics
- Color
- Animation
- Books
- Inspiration
- Games
- Videos
- Other
- Community
- Artists
- Hubs
- Tools
- Editors
- Miscellaneous
Tutorials
Basics
- Introduction to pixel art
- Creating a cube
- Creating round objects
- Outline basics
- Outline colors
- Getting started from scratch with Aseprite
Color
Animation
Books
- Pixel logic - Pixel Logic is an in-depth pixel art tutorial book.
- Make Your Own Pixel Art - Walks you step-by-step through the available tools, pixel art techniques, the importance of shapes, colors, shading, and how to turn your art into animation.
Inspiration
Games
- Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island - Play as Yoshi carrying Baby Mario, platforming through a dangerous world. The painted feel and soft pastel colors create an hearth-warming handmade style that breathes the charm of a children’s book.
- FEZ - Explore a 2D retrofuturistic world by rotating in the third dimension. The minimalistic style, bright vibrant colors and dynamic lighting bring the 16-bit era into the future.
- Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP - Laid back adventure in a bronze age mountain wilderness. Dreamy soft colors in a living world affected by moon phases.
- Undertale - A story-driven RPG where you explore a world of monsters. Turn-based combat. Retro 16-bit visuals, a rich narrative, and multiple endings based on your choices.
- Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove - Classic action adventure with an 8-bit retro aesthetic, taking the looks of a modern NES game.
- Hyper Light Drifter - Top-down action in a sci-fi world that radiates light and warmth. Using a colorful palette and kaleidoscopic neon yet setting a grim ambiance.
- Owlboy - Explore a detailed steampunk world in the clouds. With it's range of endearing animations and expressions the world and it's characters come to life.
- Stardew Valley - Manage a farm from a top-down perspective and engage with a charming and cheerful world in 16-bit.
- Starbound - Travel across vibrant, colorful and expansive galaxies, including creative dynamic animations.
- Void Golf - Shoot giant pieces of space rock into black holes, using gravitational fields, physics-defying walls and wormholes in a minimalist top-down view.
- Minit - With a minimalistic design (only two colors palette). Minit is an adventure where each exploration journey is limited to 60 seconds.
Videos
- Sean Browning - Pixel Art Animation Reel 2018 - A collection of Sean Browning's pixel animations, ranging from simple scenes to recreations of popular shows like Steven's Universe and RWBY.
- Pixel Paul - An Interview with Pixel Artist and Animator Paul Veer - Paul Veer, a professional pixel artist with work on games such as Super Crate Box, shares his interest in pixel art as well as his workflow and style breakdown.