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Easy pixel art for beginners: Create your first sprite

Start creating pixel art today. Learn the fundamentals, create your first sprite, and discover tips that make pixel art easier than you think.

Isometric pixel art sprites and tiles for game development

Isometric pixel art for games — grids, sprites, and tilesets

The isometric grid trips everyone up at first. Here's how to actually draw isometric sprites and tilesets that tile correctly in Unity, Godot, and GameMaker.

Pixel art color palettes for game sprite development

10 pixel art color palettes you can steal for your game

Copy-paste hex codes for 10 proven pixel art palettes. Each one includes use cases and examples so you stop wasting time picking colors.

How AI sprite generators work (and how to get good results)

How AI sprite generators actually work, which tools are worth using, and the prompts that produce usable game-ready pixel art.

Pixel art sprite demonstrating squash and stretch animation principle

The 12 animation principles adapted for pixel art sprites

How Disney's 12 animation principles apply to sprite animation and pixel art. Practical breakdowns with frame counts, game references, and real examples.

GameMaker sprites: importing, animating, and getting pixel-perfect results

How to import sprites into GameMaker, set up animations with GML, configure collision masks, and avoid the mistakes that waste hours of debugging.

Godot sprites: complete setup guide for pixel-perfect 2D games

Import, configure, and animate sprites in Godot 4. Pixel-perfect rendering, AnimatedSprite2D, SpriteFrames, animation trees, and common fixes.

Pixel art animation tutorial showing walk cycle frames

How to animate pixel art — from static sprites to smooth motion

Step-by-step tutorial for animating pixel art sprites. Walk cycles, idle loops, attack sequences, and the tools that make it manageable.

16x16 pixel art sprite creation tutorial

How to create 16x16 pixel art sprites (beginner guide)

Learn to create 16x16 pixel art sprites for games. Step-by-step techniques for characters, items, and icons at this classic resolution.

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