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41 votes
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Need pixel art software recommendations (it can be free or paid)
I've been learning Godot for the past few months and I'm happy to report that it's been going well. Little by little, things are clicking into place. (I hugely, highly, undoubtedly, recommend...
I've been learning Godot for the past few months and I'm happy to report that it's been going well. Little by little, things are clicking into place. (I hugely, highly, undoubtedly, recommend GDQuest courses)
I'm ready to start working on a small project to test out my skills, and it's going to be a top down pixel art game.
But to be completely honest, I suck at drawing. I suck at drawing as in, I can make stick figures at best. So forget any fancy software for drawing in general like gimp or photoshop.
What I'm looking for is a software meant for pixel art and that makes my life easy, in both drawing and animating. Bonus points if it allows me to trace (I'm not planning to copy/steal art, but I do need reference points, at least for now)
Do you guys have any recommendations? It can be free or paid. I don't mind paying as long the software is worth it.
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Raymond Schlitter - Pixelblog
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Looking for a (potentially multiplatform) app for pixel art
I wanted to practice my stagnant drawing skills and something I always liked is pixel art, but I don't know any program for that (beside Paint and Photoshop) so I would like for recommendations...
I wanted to practice my stagnant drawing skills and something I always liked is pixel art, but I don't know any program for that (beside Paint and Photoshop) so I would like for recommendations here, the only big feature I need is multi layers management and that preferably runs in multiple platforms (You know, like Gimp and Inkscape).
Anything that runs on Linux/Windows/Android is welcomed. I guess there should be open source apps for that, and since it's only for practice I would to waste money on paid apps.
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Keep Driving | Release date trailer – 6th February 2025
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picoCAD is a fun, easy, and accessible tool to make lowpoly models
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Keep Driving | Reveal trailer
11 votes -
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JINZO Paint — vintage mobile drawing app
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Tomoya Ikeda — Macintosh artist
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Kenichi Shinohara's pixel art Ukiyo-e (1987)
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Sparrow Solitaire for Playdate
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Finding Kloos - a game created by the UK Secret Intelligence Service (MI6)
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Pixel art animation reinvented, a simple feature that allows us to easily change the appearance of our characters without the need to recreate every animation - Astortion Devlog #26
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We’re knot friends
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How two people spent twenty years creating gaming’s most complex simulation system
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The animation of Final Fantasy II
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The animation of Final Fantasy I
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PixelCraft: A pixel art editor
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Tiny Sprite Sheet Generator 👾
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Rx - An extensible pixel editor inspired by Vi
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Just finished making a 64x64 pixel synthwave game for lowrez jam. (Play in Browser)
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Swedish artist Pappas Pärlor is vandalizing streets with his stunning pixel art
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Graveyard Keeper: How the graphics effects are made
8 votes -
The story of Chiller, one very messed up video game
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Pineapple Kid - Pixel art
9 votes