Pixel Art Tools
For a more organized list, visit Dots of Odd
Software
- Acorn
- Asesprite
- AZ Paint /Paint Pro/Icon Editor
- Brick Atelier
- Character Maker
- D-Pixel
- Edge
- Edge2
- FireAlpaca
- Gimp
- Gpaint
- Grafx2
- GraphicsGale
- KolourPaint
- iDraw
- i.Mage
- LodePaint
- MSPAINT
- mtPaint
- Paintbrush
- Paint.NET
- Paint Tool SAI
- Photobie
- Photoshop
- PictBear
- Pinta
- Pixia
- Pixbuilder
- Pixel Art
- Pixelmator
- Pixen
- Pixothello
- Pro Motion
- Pyxel Edit
- Saint Paint Studio
- simpleJ
- Tilemaster
- Ultimate Paint
- xPaint
My personal recommendations are Grafx2, Gimp, D-Pixel, Aseprite, and GraphicsGale. I personally use Gimp.
Tutorials and Guides
- The Pixel Art Tutorial by Cure
- Noob Tutorials
- Pixelation Knowledge Repository by Helm
- Tsugomo’s Tutorials
- A Seiken Densetsu 3 Style Guide
- The Complete Guide to Isometric Pixel Art by RhysD
- Final Boss Blues
- Gas13
- Walking Animation for Low-Res Sprites by Manning Krull
- Drububu
- 16x16 Pixel Art Tutorial
- Pixel Zone
- Kiwinuptuo’s Tutorials
- AlexHw’s Pixel Art Guidebook 1.2.3.4.5
- NascImpact
- vbGore
- Les Forges Pixel Art Course
- Optimizing Tile Sheets by robotriot
- Neota’s Antialiasing Tutorial
- Mark’s Pixel Art Tutorial
- Matriax Web
- The VG Resource
- Goblin’s Pixelling Tutorial
- How to Pixel on Photoshop by Hulio-G
- KawaiiHannah’s Tutorials
- 2D Will Never Die
- Choosing colors and palettes thread
- Derek Yu’s pixel tutorial
- Oceansdream
- Purloux
- Pixelcraft: The Colors of Frogatto
- Configuring Photoshop for Pixel Art
- Setting up Gimp for Pixel Art
- Forever Broken
- Background Art
- An Attempt at Spriting
- The Spriting Tutorial by The Mechanical Maniacs
- Basic Pixel Sprite by Agustin J R
- Scratch Spriting Tutorial
- Beginner’s Guide to Pixel Art
- A Very Expansive MSPaint Tutorial
- Pushing Pixels for 2D Game Sprites
- It’s in japanese but I hope it has some use for you [x]