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/Edit: OMG WHAT THE HECK ;;;;; THANK YOU SO MUCH GUYS!! I got a DD?!!!
This was so unexpected!! Thank yoou for your support guys ;____; And of course thank you for and for featuring it!


Hi guys ^___^
I've re-done my pixel icon tutorial.. there are two parts to this, because it's like, super huge. Haha sorry!!

Part 1 of 2.
Part two is here: fiveonthe.deviantart.com/art/A…

The pixel palette can be found here: www.kawaiihannah.com/pixelart/…
The DA user is:

I've found new methods, ways, tips and tricks that will help you out better than the last tutorial. Another reason why I wanted to make this so that people don't have to use their money on me, and making it themselves will make them feel - proud of themself for achieving something different / trying a new medium!

If you think it's hard, give it a try first. I used a tutorial before that was sort of hard to understand, but once I read through it again and again, look where it's brought me (It's up to you to decide if it's good or bad LOL) ~

If you have any questions, anything at all, let me know! <3

FAQ

A note:
PHOTOSHOP: To resize with anti-alias, press CTRL+K (Options/Preferences) and change the option from Bicubic (Smoother) to Nearest Neighbour ^^


-Photoshop CS4: How to change the eraser mode to pencil?
In the tool bar at the top right next to the Brush options is the Mode button with the Pencil, Block and Brush choices for the type of erasing tool.

Photoshop Elements: Where is the pencil tool?
The pencil tool is nested with the brush tool, you can press 'N' to find it. Picture: forums.adobe.com/servlet/JiveS…

Thanks for reading ! <3

Examples

You can see more of my icon collection in my gallery .

Art © Fiveonthe
the old version can be seen here: fiveonthe.deviantart.com/art/H…

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Comments: 1006

Fiveonthe In reply to ??? [2012-09-20 23:11:45 +0000 UTC]

Not for pixels ^^

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Eeffie In reply to Fiveonthe [2012-09-20 23:15:56 +0000 UTC]

huh. can i have the gimp link?

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Fiveonthe In reply to Eeffie [2012-09-21 02:26:52 +0000 UTC]

[link] There ya go!

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Eeffie In reply to Fiveonthe [2012-09-21 07:44:19 +0000 UTC]

I don't understand this. DX

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rbpixle In reply to ??? [2012-09-10 03:19:07 +0000 UTC]

If only I had Photoshop ; 3 ;
I want to make my own icons so bad

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Fiveonthe In reply to rbpixle [2012-09-11 13:13:52 +0000 UTC]

Try GIMP! ^^

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rbpixle In reply to Fiveonthe [2012-09-13 01:48:43 +0000 UTC]

do you know what kind of animating software (if any) that I could use if I did it with GIMP? O:

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Fiveonthe In reply to rbpixle [2012-09-13 09:44:34 +0000 UTC]

Pretty sure GIMP can animate! ^^

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rbpixle In reply to Fiveonthe [2012-09-13 21:15:40 +0000 UTC]

O: really? thank you! ^ - ^

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AngelicCupcake In reply to ??? [2012-08-31 16:28:38 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. Thank you so much TwT

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Fiveonthe In reply to AngelicCupcake [2012-09-01 01:10:46 +0000 UTC]

No problem!!

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taKniwT In reply to ??? [2012-08-25 15:48:20 +0000 UTC]

THANKS really helped

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Fiveonthe In reply to taKniwT [2012-08-27 12:40:13 +0000 UTC]

No problem! <3

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taKniwT In reply to Fiveonthe [2012-08-27 13:51:00 +0000 UTC]

^-^<3 and i like ur icon!

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Fiveonthe In reply to taKniwT [2012-08-29 07:32:43 +0000 UTC]

Awww thank you!

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taKniwT In reply to Fiveonthe [2012-08-29 15:37:09 +0000 UTC]

mhmm np ^^

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Sonic-the-Hedgie In reply to ??? [2012-08-20 00:34:56 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the amazing tutorial! It sure helped me to make this: [link] First time making a pixel icon like this. Thanks again! <3

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Fiveonthe In reply to Sonic-the-Hedgie [2012-08-20 02:12:47 +0000 UTC]

Wuahhh~ Vanitas!! ^^ Awesome~

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Sonic-the-Hedgie In reply to Fiveonthe [2012-08-20 02:41:13 +0000 UTC]

Heh, thanks!

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Mini-Drachin In reply to ??? [2012-08-14 23:40:20 +0000 UTC]

made my first pixel with your help
I think I'll keep making pixels, because It makes rally much fun

If you want to see it: [link]

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Fiveonthe In reply to Mini-Drachin [2012-08-15 09:01:56 +0000 UTC]

Awww good job! <3

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Mini-Drachin In reply to Fiveonthe [2012-08-15 10:18:59 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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GoogleTranslate-Chan In reply to ??? [2012-08-12 03:39:30 +0000 UTC]

Sankyuu for helping me make my icon ;u;

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Fiveonthe In reply to GoogleTranslate-Chan [2012-08-12 13:32:32 +0000 UTC]

Wah it's so cute~

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GoogleTranslate-Chan In reply to Fiveonthe [2012-08-12 14:44:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you ;u;

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xKawaiiCookie881 In reply to ??? [2012-08-10 22:51:42 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for making this! OvO
Helped me make this: [link]

Its sorta like my first-second attempt at pixel art

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Fiveonthe In reply to xKawaiiCookie881 [2012-08-11 01:12:17 +0000 UTC]

Omg, nice job!!

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xKawaiiCookie881 In reply to Fiveonthe [2012-08-11 01:51:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! QvQ

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o0BrokenSeaGlass0o In reply to ??? [2012-08-09 21:52:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for making this! I was wondering about something though. I made a pixel image of myself in photo shop elements and saved it as a Tiff, I tried to upload it but a bar keeps popping up saying; "We can't display this image to resize. Please try a different one." Do you have any idea why it won't work? Thanks again!

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Fiveonthe In reply to o0BrokenSeaGlass0o [2012-08-11 01:12:44 +0000 UTC]

Because you save as .tiff xD Save it as a PNG if its not animated or a GIF if it's animated ^^

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o0BrokenSeaGlass0o In reply to Fiveonthe [2012-08-11 01:16:40 +0000 UTC]

Oh, ok, thank's! ^-^ I figured out how by using something else (some odd file name in PSE), but thank's for telling me.

By the way, the finished product is my avatar. x3

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Rice-Lily In reply to ??? [2012-08-09 18:28:35 +0000 UTC]

This is a wonderful tutorial, I've been meaning to try pixel art but it's been such a foreign idea to me oTL with your help, I will do my best to make one.

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Fiveonthe In reply to Rice-Lily [2012-08-11 01:12:50 +0000 UTC]

Do try!! ^^

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BeniiBoneshakerr In reply to ??? [2012-08-05 09:41:07 +0000 UTC]

its an amazing tutorial but pixeling is so hard for me owo
when i'm trying to do the hair or idk it turns out so messy or ugly or i don't know. Thanks for the tut. anyway.;u;

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Fiveonthe In reply to BeniiBoneshakerr [2012-08-06 14:05:02 +0000 UTC]

Awww keep practicing!!

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BeniiBoneshakerr In reply to Fiveonthe [2012-08-06 17:19:55 +0000 UTC]

hehe I do! you can see i made my icon : but its terrible.. I'm gonna keep on practicing.

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Hoshiko91 In reply to ??? [2012-08-03 12:29:38 +0000 UTC]

Thanks so much for this tutorial! Now I had the chance to make this rainbow-pukin' cloud icon

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Fiveonthe In reply to Hoshiko91 [2012-08-03 13:56:19 +0000 UTC]

OMG that's so adorable xDD Nice job!!!

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Hoshiko91 In reply to Fiveonthe [2012-08-03 14:53:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks xD

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Silkkat In reply to ??? [2012-08-01 08:03:43 +0000 UTC]

kool tutorial.

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Fiveonthe In reply to Silkkat [2012-08-01 08:12:21 +0000 UTC]

Thank you~

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ChisaiCho In reply to ??? [2012-07-31 01:51:40 +0000 UTC]

you rock!
this is what really helped me get into pixeling! [link]
thanks so much~! <3

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Fiveonthe In reply to ChisaiCho [2012-07-31 10:20:34 +0000 UTC]

WAhhh awesome!! Glad it helps <3 Keep pixelling!

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ChisaiCho In reply to Fiveonthe [2012-07-31 14:13:02 +0000 UTC]

thank you~ ;///; I will! <3

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PISSBUCKETS In reply to ??? [2012-07-23 01:18:44 +0000 UTC]

thankyou for the help! im still jealous of your pixel skills though ewe
i made this with this tutorial ewe [link]

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Fiveonthe In reply to PISSBUCKETS [2012-07-23 11:03:23 +0000 UTC]

WAHhh thank you so much~ Yours is cute! Good job <3

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PISSBUCKETS In reply to Fiveonthe [2012-07-23 14:13:58 +0000 UTC]

thankyou ewe

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SoldaLicious In reply to ??? [2012-07-22 16:39:54 +0000 UTC]

I just made my current icon based on this Thanks so much

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Fiveonthe In reply to SoldaLicious [2012-07-23 00:32:21 +0000 UTC]

Wahhhh that's awesome, glad it helps!!

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ZurithePersistent In reply to ??? [2012-07-18 21:48:50 +0000 UTC]

AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS THIS IS HARD

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