Learn the basics of creating pixel graphics and images!

Written By Ed
9/11/2006

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Tutorial:
Create a new file with 300 width and 300 height. Fill the background with white so that you have a white cavas.



Draw a straight line in the middle of the page using the Line tool (). The line tool is under the shape submenu as shown below:



Now, the diagonal part, which you will need 25.6 degrees. Don't worry about the maths, just zoom in and use this teory:



Zoom in and build the appropiate lines by copying parallel layers so and using the move tool () to move the lines to their respective places. After completing all the lines, you should have something that looks something like this:



Putting colour is never this easy. Just use the Paint tool (). and fill in the box:



To make it looking good, add in highlights and shadows! See this:



When you zoom out to 100%, you'll get this:



Conclusion:
After this tutorial, you should have gotten the feel of pixel art in photoshop. Most of the more advanced pixel tutorials are based on different shapes applied using these basic concepts.