Creating sprites

[SomeRyuMain2021]

So I'm new to this community and I was wondering what exactly I should know for sprite creation. Sizes, color limits and such. Also, is it possible to draw out a character on a program like photoshop or Clip Studio and then convert it into a bitmap?

Thank you!

[VictorCYBR]

It all depends on your style. And sure, actually this is one of the most common ways. You draw the character big in a program of your preference, then rescale it to the desired size and correct things here and there. There are a lot of tutorials for this, I'll leave my two favorites here:

https://2dwillneverdie.com/tutorial/
https://irwt.iammanyninjas.com/sprite.html

[Momotaro]

Yes, I would suggest the same links.

+ some very outdated of my own ^^

Also, the most important elements to me is having some references in the style you want to reach.
Or something close to a style you want to create.

So you can see how to manage size etc, and draw details like faces, fingers etc.

[SomeRyuMain2021]

I'll go thru the links thanks guys!!