Dedicated to Christopher Amanda Say and of course to you the aspiring pixel artist
About the Authors Jennifer Dawe is a self-taught animator and character designer who has worked as a professional pixel artist for the past 15 years You can usually find her on Twitter gmshivers posting doodles and answering questions about drawing and digital art Matthew Humphries is Senior Editor at PCMag com and a professional professional game designer Over the past 15 years he has worked for Disney 20th Century Fox and Games Workshop among others You can find him on Twitter mthwgeek
2 3 5 2 1 Pixel Art Tool Guide Installing Aseprite Working with a Canvas Creating a Canvas Saving Your Work 4 Opening Your Work How Aseprite Is Organized Layers Box and Circle Selection Mirroring Images A Bit About Color You Are Ready 17 26 24 25 22 6 2 Shapes and Shading Silhouette Puppets 28 Forming Basic Shapes 28 Shading Outside the Lines Using Primitives to Shade Shading Techniques 35 The Inside Is the Outside 39 29 32 Contents Preface xv Contents
3 Colors and Palettes Forming Basic Shapes in Color Spin Around the Spectrum Choose Your Color Destiny Palettes and Swatches 53 57 47 44 4 From Concept to Complete Sketching Drawing Perspective 71 Warm Up the Happy Way From Sketches to Pixel Art Balancing Act Getting a Better Edge 70 87 88 5 Get in the Game Harmonizing the Colors 94 Background vs Foreground Tiling and Tilesets Creating Game Characters Making a Character Portrait 105 100 112 118 75 82 Contents
