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Sugary-Stardust — Tutorial - How to Pixel an Avatar
Published: 2011-09-03 05:12:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 10018; Favourites: 463; Downloads: 157
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A REALLYYYY BIGGG file. XD
I see a lot of people saying that they can't pixel, and I was inspired to make a tutorial (not like there aren't already a million pixel tutorials out there... >_>).
I know there's a lot of text, but I wanted to be helpful. D:
It's my first time making a tutorial in a graphical manner — normally I would just type it out — so I hope it looks alright and that the giant blocks of text aren't too intimidating.
If you use this tutorial to recreate my double-scoop bear, you MAY NOT offer it as a free icon (and must state in the deviation title that it is not free) and you MUST link back to this tutorial in the deviation description. Thanks. <3
By the way, GIMP is a completely free program, and I personally use it for everything! You can learn more about GIMP and download it for free here .
Art is © Sugary-Stardust .
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Self-promotion. XD Good luck if you try it out!
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I will try. Doesn't mean I will succeed. xD
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I hope it does if you try it out! ^u^
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Thank you! <3 Oh, you reminded me that I meant to include a link to the finished icon in the description! (Can't remember if I did that already or not.)
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Thank you soooo much, for this comment, for the fave, and for the watch! I really appreciate it very much. <3
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hehe, >W< i really want to try out some pixeling, but it seems to be really time consuming T_T. Also, how do you make it animated like the bear ice cream one, it's so cute to see it bounce!
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I'm planning on making a tutorial on that soon as well ^_^ It's pretty easy, assuming you already have something pixelled. I guess you'd have to know how to use an animation program already, though. D:
But to give you a brief summary, I took the pixel I had and just moved part of it down one pixel. I saved the original and the moved-down pixel separately, and then another couple images for when it blinked. Then I used my animation program and inserted the images and set the speed for the animation.
...It will probably make more sense when I have images to go with the explanation, haha. D:
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oh yes please haha, thank you for teaching us!! which animation program do you use?
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I actually use UnFREEz, though imo Jasc Animation Shop is generally better (both are available for free). Jasc is better in terms of overall ease and time spent, because to use UnFREEz you have to already have your pixels in .gif format (and already transparent if you want them to be), but in Jasc, you can import your pixels and make them transparent and change the file format there, as well as preview your image speed before you save it. The only reason I stopped using it was because most of the time when I tried to save, all the pixels changed color or wouldn't animate and I couldn't figure out how to fix the problem. x_x
When I make a tutorial, though, I'll either include both programs or make two separate tutorials, one for each program. 
Er... long story short, if you want to practice without having a visual tutorial, I'd try Jasc. ^_^
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alright i will try hehe, thank you so much for sharing your experiences!
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Oh my gosh, your work is so cute :3
Can I ask, whats the font you used?
Its also a great tut!
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Thank you! :3
The header font is Cookies, and I believe the main font is SDKwangSoo M. I'm not sure where exactly you can find it/who the original maker is, but I know that [link] is redistributing it for download if you want it!
It's one of my favorite fonts. ^u^ Along with UdamojiAL and SacchiAlphabet (they all look very similar to one another, haha).
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saved them!
Thank you so much ; u ;
I saw so many deviants using that fonts, but I couldn't figure out what it was named OTL;
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You're welcome!
I love those fonts so much. <3
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Hey i'm sorry to bother you, but if you don't mind, would you tell me what kind of program did you use?
Great tutorial, by the way 
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I just used Paint, but I heard that there's a new, weird version out with Windows 7 now!
Thank you.
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You just use paint? THAT IS AWESOME!
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Yeah.
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You are so amazing! I know you've work hard so much
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I finally just looked at your gallery 
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Aww thank you so much!!
I was wondering from the start, do you accept art trade? ;A;/
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It depends on what you're asking for.
I was actually just working on a little pixel avatar of Cherineko, haha. But if you want to trade so I give you a chibi, you can have both because I'll make that little avatar regardless of whether we trade or not.
She has so many details that I have to take some out in order for it to fit on the icon, though. D:
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*sob* You are so kind, really! It's okay, thank you so much!!!
Then, what should i draw for you? ;u;/
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You're sure that a pixel icon of Cherineko is what you want? (It would look like my pixels of Candy + Pinky Parfait and Rini + Misaki.)
Hmm... could I have a chibi of Rini? Ref: [link] (Her ears are actually white.)
If you don't think a trade like that is fair to you, I can do a chibi of Cherineko, too. It would be in the same style as Rini's ref and would take a bit longer because of all the details, but if you could wait a couple extra days, that's fine.
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No, you don't need to make chibi of Cherineko, i think the icon should be just perfect for me
Alright! I will start it now! But, if you don't mind, would you add a red cat beside Cherineko, please? (It is actually Cherineko's cat form), but if you don't want, it's okay!
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I don't mind.
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