The PxR Spriting Encyclopedia

[SassySnivy]

.:*~Conclusion and Final Notes~*:.
.:*~Conclusion~*:.
This guide was purely intended to go over the basic, yet utterly important elements of spriting. Overall, pixel art takes lots of patience, attention to detail, precision, and mistakes. Yes, you heard that last one right: art is about making mistakes and learning from them. This is why critique is the most important factor to help an artist improve. Do not be ashamed to post something because you think it is inferior: we do not bite and will not judge you. Art is about being humble and accepting of others' input and feedback.

If you approach art with a patient and persistent heart, your efforts will surely be rewarded.

.:*~Side-Notes~*:.
I felt the need to make this guide because of the fact that we are trying to expand this sub-board and get more people to post their art. While there are several other guides out there that explain things one-hundred times better than I have, this is meant to be a comprehensive and relatively easy-to-understand guide. This thread is very subject to change and be added on to when it is necessary. As a result, your feedback and questions are greatly appreciated. I also felt as if merely linking you guys to the two threads I have heavily referenced from wouldn't give the same effect. Even if I had to paraphrase about half of the content here, there's something about creating something yourself that gives it a certain charm.

I have tried to make this post seem as professional as possible, including an introduction, conclusion, footnotes, and complete references and credits. Any bit of content that is directly quoted is stated as such; minus the fact that the content in post three is put in a large quote. This is to separate it from the rest of the post and an attempt to give it a more organized appearance. Anything that is a direct quote ends with "--<username>."

Note that the fact that I used these two wonderful references hopefully shouldn't make you feel as if I am just parroting back whatever these people say. I've been wanting to create one of these mega-threads since this morning for everyone here's reference and hopeful understanding. Anyways, please do not let this doubt my credibility in what I am telling you. While I'm really not trying to sound egotistical or over-confident, I have been into pixel art for almost a decade. Simply put, it's what I'm passionate about.

Even if I do have the tendency to go on long hiatuses.

Thank you for reading. I hope you all enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed creating it.


.:*~Credits~*:.
Dictionary.com for a couple of definitions. The reason of using this is due to the fact that it defined said term(s) much better than I could have.
This thread has been heavily referenced from the following threads:
"The Pixel Art Tutorial" by cure, at Pixel Joint Forum.

"SPRITING DICTIONARY (and resources)" by Gors, at The VG Resource (formerly known as The Spriters Resource).

The images that I have used all originate from the aforementioned two threads, unless otherwise stated. I also recommend reading the following thread, that elaborates more on the things mentioned here in a step-by-step tutorial fashion.

"Noobtorials" by Hapiel, at Pixel Joint Forum.


.:*~Edit Log~*:.
February 27, 2014
-Updated the side notes / disclaimer.
-Added more terminology and Pokemon spriting community-esqued jargon.

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I'll compile a list of PXR-made pixel art-based tutorials here! ^^

ZrowNoodles' basic animation tutorial