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Rules, links and resources
#1  November 13, 2007, 06:26:58 pm
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This is the Graphic Arts Section. As the name implies, you can post any sort of graphic artwork - sprites, hand drawn, CGs, 3D art. There are only a few guidelines you'd have to follow when posting your works.

  • If your work contains nudity, violence or related things, put a warning and link the image instead of actually posting it. Please keep the board work-safe.
  • Recolors and palette swaps are NOT considered graphic artwork. Their presence is not tolerated.



taken from pixelation, all credit on compiling this list goes to the pixelation staff.

original post
http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?topic=3467.0

Here is a collection of various links that will probably come in handy from time to time.
Please refer to this thread before requesting help finding a link or choosing a program, because chances are your answer is on this thread.
If you are willing to share anything, don't hesitate and post it here (do not chitchat on this thread if you have nothing to contribute though), but remember, illegal software or similar items are strictly forbidden.
Pixelation is not responsible for any content on the external links, so click at your own risk.


Tools

- Pixelling tools -

    * Cosmigo ProMotion - http://cosmigo.com/promotion/index.php - Windows
    * GraphicsGale - http://www.humanbalance.net/gale/us/ - Free - Windows
    * GIMP - http://www.gimp.org/ - Free - Windows  Mac  Unix
    * Adobe Photoshop - http://www.adobe.com/ - Windows  Mac
    * Paint Shop Pro - http://www.corel.com/ - Windows
    * PD Pro Digital Painter - http://www.squirreldome.com/cyberop.htm - Free - Windows
    * Ultimate Paint -  http://www.ultimatepaint.com/ - Free - Windows
    * PixelStudio - http://pixelstudio.virtualuna.de/ - Free - Windows
    * Paint.NET - http://www.getpaint.net/index2.html - Free - Windows
    * Allegro Sprite Editor -  http://ase.sourceforge.net/ - Free - Windows
    * Timanthes (c64)  - http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=30789 - Free - Windows
    * GangEd (c64) - http://www.thegang.nu/releases.php?year=2005&type=4 - Free - Windows
    * ProjectOne (c64) - http://noname.c64.org/csdb/release/?id=39261 - Free - Windows
    * GraFX 2 Win32 - http://www.eclipse-game.com/?dat=7 - Free - Windows
    * Pixen - http://opensword.org/pixen/ - Free - Mac
    * Iconographer - http://www.mscape.com/products/iconographer.html - Mac
    * JDraw - http://www.j-domain.de/homepage.php?page=20 - Free - Java
    * Gpaint - http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpaint - Free - Unix
    * XPaint - http://sourceforge.net/projects/sf-xpaint - Free - Mac  Unix
    * KDE Icon Editor - http://w1.1358.telia.com/~u135800018/prog.html - Free - Unix
    * mtPaint - http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/ - Free - Windows  Unix
    * Rendera - http://www.rendera.net/ - Free - Windows
    * Photobie - http://www.photobie.com/ - Free - Windows


- Other utilities -

    * UnFREEZ - http://www.whitsoftdev.com/unfreez/ - Free - Windows
    * Irfan View - http://www.irfanview.com/ - Free - Windows
    * Take ONE - http://www.take1.de/ - Free - Windows
    * XnView - http://www.xnview.com/ - Free - Windows  Mac  Unix
    * Easy Graphic Converter - http://www.etrusoft.com/graphic-converter/ - Free - Windows
    * Graphic Converter - http://www.lemkesoft.com/ - Mac
    * GIFBuilder - http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/235 - Free - Mac
    * EZToon - http://www.superfundungeonrun.com/easytoon/ - Free - Windows
    * ArtRage - http://www.ambientdesign.com/artrage.html - Free - Windows  Mac
    * Bitmap Font Writer - http://www.stefan-pettersson.nu/site/bmpfont/ - Windows
    * Toolkit - http://www.toolkitzone.com/toolkit.php?downloads - Free  - Windows
    * Clickteam tools - http://www.clickteam.com/eng/index.php - Windows
    * Game Maker - http://www.gamemaker.nl/ - Free - Windows
    * SCI Studio - http://www.bripro.com/scistudio/index.php - Free - Windows
    * Mobile Game Dev Tools - http://mgdc.ru/board/showthread.php?t=391  - Free
    * ColorCop - http://www.oudje.nl/lessen/colorcop/colorcop.htm - Free - Windows
    * GIF Movie Gear - http://www.gamani.com/gmgdown.htm - Windows
    * Giffy - http://www.brothersoft.com/graphics_design/gif_tools/giffy_16084.html - Free - Windows




Tutorials and References

- Pixel art tutorials -

    * Gamedev - http://www.gamedev.net/reference/art/features/pixelart1/
    * Tsugumo - http://www.bigbluebubble.com/pixeltutorial
    * St0ven - http://www.spriteart.com
    * St0ven's Background Art Tutorials
    * Zoggles - http://www.zoggles.co.uk/asp/tutorials.asp?show=index
    * Pixelation's Video Tutorials - http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?topic=2144.0
    * Gas13 - http://gas13.ru/tutorials/
    * Derek Yu - http://derekyu.com/extras/pixel01.html
    * Matriax - http://www.speccy.org/remakesgraph/tutoriales/tuto.htm
    * Natomic - http://www.natomic.com/hosted/marks/mpat/
    * Drububu - http://www.drububu.com/tutorial/index.html
    * RhysD (Iso) - http://www.pixeltutorial.com/
    * Pixelfreak (Iso) - http://www.pixelfreak.com/en/tutorial0.html
    * Pixel NascImpact (Iso) - http://pixel.nascimpact.com/tutoriaux.php
    * FoY Background Tutorial - http://www.barnettcollege.com/tutorial1.htm
    * Walk animation Tutorial - http://www.manningkrull.com/pixel_art/tutorials/walking.asp


- Various tutorials -

    * Art Tutorial - http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/art_tut.htm
    * Grass - http://www.elverquisst.se/tutorials/grasstut/grasstut.html
    * Light - http://www.itchy-animation.co.uk/light.htm
    * Coloring Tutorial - http://www.itchstudios.com/psg/main.php?id=ps55paint
    * Perception and Composition - http://www.androidblues.com/visualperception.html
    * Animation 1 - http://www.awn.com/tooninstitute/lessonplan/lesson.htm#top
    * Animation 2 - http://www.idleworm.com/how/index.shtml
    * Game Maker Tutorials - http://www.gamemaker.nl/tutorial.html
    * Creating a font from Scratch - http://www.iamcal.com/misc/fonts/pixfonttut/part1.php
    * Setting the GIMP for Pixel Art - http://www.eglug.org/gimpixel


- Art references -

    * Anatomy 1 - http://www.figuredrawings.com/linksanatomy.html
    * Anatomy 2 - http://www.vh.org/adult/provider/anatomy/atlasofanatomy/index.html
    * Anatomy 3 - http://www.fineart.sk/
    * Andrew Loomis - http://www.fineart.sk/index.php?cat=1
    * Preston Blair's Animation Book Part 1 - http://www.animationarchive.org/2006/05/media-preston-blairs-animation-first.html
    * Preston Blair's Animation Book Part 2 - http://www.animationarchive.org/2006/05/media-preston-blairs-animation-1st.html
    * GFX Zone - http://www.gfxzone.org/frames.html
    * Andrew Loomis and other Anatomy eBooks - http://basangpanaginip.blogspot.com/2006/01/downloads.html
    * Bio Motion Lab - http://www.biomotionlab.ca/Demos/BMLwalker.html
    * Kuler - http://kuler.adobe.com/
    * Il Libro dell'Arte - http://www.noteaccess.com/Texts/Cennini/index.htm
    * Artnatomy (Facial Expressions App) - http://www.artnatomia.net/uk/artnatomy.html
    * Facial Expressions App - http://mrl.nyu.edu/%7Eperlin/facedemo/
    * Walk Cycle App - http://www.addictinggames.com/wireframeskeleton.html
    * Posemaniacs - http://www.posemaniacs.com/blog/


- Videogame references -

    * Metal Slug Database - http://www.mslugdb.com/main/gallery/sprites/boom.html
    * VG Museum - http://www.vgmuseum.com/
    * The Dig - 1 - http://home.comcast.net/~ervind/digbm1.html
    * The Dig - 2 - http://home.comcast.net/~ervind/digfacs.html
    * The Dig - 3 - http://home.comcast.net/~ervind/digsc1.html
    * Game Sprites Archive - http://www.gsarchives.net/index2.php
    * VG Mapgs - http://www.vgmaps.com/
    * Spriter's Resource - http://www.spriters-resource.com/
    * RPG Icons - http://www.rpg-icons.com/
    * RO Monster Database - http://www.roempire.com/database/?page=monsters&act=view
    * Gaming Ground Zero - http://www.gaminggroundzero.com/home.html
    * Emu Gif Animation - http://www3.emu-zone.org/host/emugif/index.htm
    * Emugifs - http://www.emugifs.emuita.it/
    * SF3 - http://www.zweifuss.com/
    * The Shyguy Kingdom - http://tsgk.captainn.net/
    * Sprite Database - http://sdb.drshnaps.com/
    * Guilty Gear Sprites - http://www.justnopoint.com/xenozip/#charactercostumes
    * Random Select - http://randomselect.piiym.net/
    * The Mugen Fighters Guild - http://www.mugenguild.com/
    * Mugen-Infantry - http://www.mugen-infantry.net/
    * RetroGameZone - http://www.retrogamezone.co.uk/
    * The People's Sprites - http://panelmonkey.org/
    * Pão da Mugen - http://forum.paodemugen.com.br/index.php?showforum=106


- Fonts -

    * 04 - http://www.04.jp.org/
    * dafont - http://www.dafont.com/bitmap.php
    * Atomic Media - http://atomicmedia.net/
    * 1001 Free Fonts - http://www.1001freefonts.com/



Free Image hosts

Need help hosting and posting your pictures? Check this guide:  http://www.wayofthepixel.net/pixelation/index.php?topic=3466.0

    * Ensellitis.com Image Hosting - http://imagehost.ensellitis.com/
    * photobucket - http://www.photobucket.com
    * ImageShack - http://www.imageshack.us
    * ImgSpot - http://www.imgspot.com



Communities

    * PixelJoint - http://www.pixeljoint.com/
    * Punaji - http://punaji.com/
    * Isocity - http://www.kennethfejer.com/isocity/
    * PixelGala - http://www.pixelgala.org/
    * PixelDam - http://www.x-panded.com/pixeldam/
    * PixelArtistas - http://www.pixelartistas.org/
    * Gaming Ground Zero - http://ggz.ipbhost.com/



Pixelized Eye-Candy Goodness

    * Adam Tierney -  http://www.adamtierney.com/
    * Adeptvormgeving - http://www.adept-vormgeving.com/
    * Ala Webstatt & Chmork.net - http://www.ala.ch/portfolio/
    * Army of Trolls - http://www.armyoftrolls.co.uk/
    * Artoholic -  http://www.artoholic.org/
    * Bongo - http://park12.wakwak.com/~bongo/
    * Derek Yu - http://www.derekyu.com/art/pixel.html
    * Dot16 - http://www.dot16.pixeltemple.com/
    * Drububu - http://www.drububu.com/
    * Eboy - http://www.eboy.com/
    * Electriconland - http://electriconland.com/
    * Etherbrian - http://etherbrian.typepad.com/
    * Final Redemption - http://finalredemption.com/index.htm
    * Fly Guy - http://www.trevorvanmeter.com/flyguy/
    * Gas13 - http://gas13.ru
    * Habbo - http://www.habbo.com/
    * Henk Nieborg - http://www.henknieborg.nl/home.html
    * Head over Heels - http://retrospec.sgn.net/games/hoh/screenshots.html
    * I am not original - http://www.iamnotoriginal.com/
    * Iconwax - http://hiroex.pure.cc/iwm/
    * Josh Astorian - http://www.joshastorian.com/
    * Kenneth Fejer - http://www.kennethfejer.com/
    * Keops - http://www.llama-land.net/keops/online/
    * Ku_Bo - http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/KU__BO/dot.html
    * KYMG - http://kymg.net/
    * Lexaloffle - http://www.lexaloffle.com/
    * Littlefactory - http://www.littlefactory.com/
    * Lovepixel - http://www.lovepixel.idv.tw/
    * Monsoon2D - http://www.monsoon2d.com/
    * Move your feet - http://www.veer.com/ideas/move/
    * Mr. Wong's - http://www.mrwong.de/
    * Nvision - http://www.nvisionillustration.com
    * Paul Robertson - http://probertson.livejournal.com/
    * PixelBlocks - http://www.pixelblocks.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/pbonline
    * Pixelfreak - http://www.pixelfreak.com/
    * PixelHugger - http://www.pixelhugger.com/
    * PixelJam - http://www.pixeljam.com/core/index.html
    * PixelMuseum - http://www.pixelmuseum.com/
    * Pixel NascImpact - http://pixel.nascimpact.com/
    * Pixelstamps - http://pixelstamps.gas13.ru
    * Pixeltees - http://pixeltees.com/
    * Pixinspace - http://www.pixinspace.com/
    * Pixture Studio - http://www.pixture.com/
    * Ptoing - http://www.ptoing.net/
    * Quickhoney - http://www.quickhoney.com/
    * Ronz - http://www.yomogi.sakura.ne.jp/~ronz/trash/
    * Sir's c64 Art Gallery - http://www.ravenger.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/gallery/index.htm
    * Supertotto - http://www.supertotto.com/
    * sj-gfx - http://sj-gfx.com/
    * Tanuki X - http://www.christessmer.com/



... And of course The Search bar and Google are always your friends!
Last Edit: October 24, 2009, 05:12:57 am by Oz, the New Rikard apparently

Rote Zaungast

Re: useful links and resouces.
#2  November 14, 2007, 01:42:50 am
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the tuts mirrors are missing
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Spoonman

Re: useful links and resouces.
#3  December 15, 2007, 04:03:44 pm
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Could you add a complete sf3 or cvs2 style spriting tutorial, at least a decent  one I mean explaining why is this and why is that, one even better than Tsugumo's.

Oh and here's Tsugumo's tutorial

So You Want To Be A Pixel Artist

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Bastard Mami

Re: useful links and resouces.
#4  December 15, 2007, 05:03:38 pm
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actually there should be a cvs sprite critique that is far better than any tutorial i have seen; but i have not been able to get a hold of it as the cd in which i ahd it backed up got lost.

Spoonman

Re: useful links and resouces.
#5  December 15, 2007, 06:47:40 pm
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Don't you remember the tut's name/author?

I'm really needing a tutorial on CVS2 style sprites.

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Bastard Mami

Re: useful links and resouces.
#6  December 15, 2007, 08:06:12 pm
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it was in the old pixelation forum, now know as thewayofthepixel , i do not remember who was the original poster, but it was a commercial critique on the cvs game.

NiO KuSaNaGi

Re: useful links and resouces.
#7  May 07, 2008, 03:40:37 am
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www.spriters-academy.org/

is our forum, trying to help sprite creations, and making tutorials (we have some tutos to translate and new ones coming)...

maybe not the best, but you can get ideas, critics, and support.

Also, we talk about mugen, WIPs, fullgames, etc.

HoPe all you sign in.

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            www.triggerall.com

moolambo

Re: useful links and resouces.
#8  September 11, 2008, 02:44:54 am
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nio said, May 07, 2008, 03:40:37 am
www.spriters-academy.org/

is our forum, trying to help sprite creations, and making tutorials (we have some tutos to translate and new ones coming)...

maybe not the best, but you can get ideas, critics, and support.

Also, we talk about mugen, WIPs, fullgames, etc.

HoPe all you sign in.

 :sugoi:
thanx a lot! :2thumbsup:

The Aboriginal One

Re: Rules, links and resources
#9  March 14, 2009, 11:55:19 am
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moolambo

Re: Rules, links and resources
#10  March 17, 2009, 06:48:15 pm
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thanx for the link, bbmarquis

ExShadow

Re: Rules, links and resources
#11  April 22, 2009, 08:42:18 pm
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thanks for the links

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Re: Rules, links and resources
#12  May 20, 2009, 10:24:22 pm
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The Aboriginal One

Re: Rules, links and resources
#13  March 21, 2011, 12:11:30 am
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Allegro Sprite Editor's Link is not a href'd

Though one could just copy and paste it, it'll be nice for the url tag to be there.
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Guy Armando

Re: Rules, links and resources
#14  June 02, 2012, 01:26:23 am
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some links are broken
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LurkMoar

Re: Rules, links and resources
#15  September 19, 2012, 06:53:39 pm
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Is there a program that can make animated GIFs with the speed of 60 FPS?
i tried unfreez, but it's not what i'm looking for.
"Improvise. adapt. overcome."

The Railgunner

Re: Rules, links and resources
#16  September 19, 2012, 06:57:24 pm
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To create an image with 60 frames per second, you need a source that moves at the same speed.

LurkMoar

Re: Rules, links and resources
#17  September 19, 2012, 07:52:17 pm
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what do you mean by "source"? you mean what i'm going to animate?
i've made 16x16 images that i want to animate (to make a clock so i would know how to time normal moves and link them).
"Improvise. adapt. overcome."

Just No Point

Re: Rules, links and resources
#18  April 05, 2013, 04:54:34 pm
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Re: Rules, links and resources
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