Because i am not so good at pixel art (:/) I have started to do it on graph paper, each pixel on a square and they are turning out really well, you guys should try them!

What's that I see?

Is that what I think it is?

It couldn't be!

Oh yes. FFXIII pixel art. Official too

Edited with more appropriate pairings.

I'm lovin' it!

I love your Shine Sprite avatar.

Well, I think its time for an old topic to return from oblivion. I had an hour of nothing to do, so I devoted it for making these minimalistic sprites:

I hope this isn't too big to count as pixel art. I also hope this isn't the first post I've made in the forums... But since this topic popped up on the nl front page on the same day I made this, I really feel I should link it.

That surely is Pixel Art. Great work Karakato and Steamhare.

Yeah, I had the whole day off to make another one. It's a little happy bean character animated.

@steamhare thats some great spriteworke you got there, a little more detailing and you could pass it up for a Blazblue sprite.

I think I'd need to double or triple the frames... and add shading... and expand my color palette exponentially. Fighting game sprites are scary detailed.

What are you guys using for your pixel art out of curiosity?

@steamhare - when I said detailing, I meant THAT.
@Tare - use Gimp my friend, Works a bit like photo shop and it may complicate some who are used to MS paint. On the upside, it isn't difficult to master and you can animate your works. Heres the Link if you're interested: http://www.gimp.org/

@pix - I know you'll be reading this but I have a request. Would it be okay if you posted some of your Kid Tripp spritework for us to see? This thread could use a little more sprites.

@Karakato
Actually I have gimp, was not aware you could animate with it, I'll have to look some tutorials.

OH MY GOSH. This thread is turning 3 years old the same day The Last Story releases in NA. I think that calls for something special...

@Kara Sometime soon, yeah. I'm sick right now, so I'm chillaxing away from the computer. Also the bean dude is adorable. :3

Those are pretty awesome, Karakato and steamhare

Agreed.

Got another free day today, so I took the liberty of doing a sprite sheet of who else, Mario. A year ago, there was an interview surrounding the initial creation of Super Mario Bros. You all have heard that Miyamoto and the gang were originally opting for Mario to use a gun and jet pack to advance through levels, but that was not the case for the final version. Here is my take on that proposal:

What am I planning to do with this? Nothing.

Here's something I made almost a year ago. That was a lot of fun:

Gonna read every post... this is gonna take a while.
Meanwhile here's a walking sprite of a character that was my avatar for a while! This is probably what it's gonna look like in the actual game, except the arms won't be all flappy.

I create avatars for the heck of it. I made these 54 avatars for Deviant Art, but I realized that they work well here (As you can see, I'm using one now). All 54 of them are animated, too. So, I figured I'd let everyone else use them, too. Have a look:

Just click on the links below to go to the page for that set, then click the "Download File" link in the top right. That will give you a ZIP containing all nine avatars in GIF format.

Super Mario Bros. - Super Mario Bros. 2 - Super Mario Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros. 3 Map - Super Mario World - Random Nintendo

Hope you guys like these! Use them however you like! I've only done Mario games so far, but I might do a series on other NES and SNES games. Maybe Kirby? Castlevania? What do you guys think?

Just look at my avatar. I found the Pokemon Diamond trainer sprite and made him black. Not the most INCREDIBLE pixel art, but I take pride in it.