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]