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Good Free 2D Art programs?

RainbowDespairRainbowDespair Registered User regular
edited May 2008 in Games and Technology
The title pretty much says it all. I thought I'd start a new game project for fun, a console style JRPG, and though I've got the programming stuff down, I could use something a little more powerful than MS Paint for making the art. Any suggestions? I'm not looking for anything too advanced; just a free program that will let me make NES/SNES-level 2D art in a standard format like JPEG.

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  • midgetspymidgetspy Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    The GIMP is the best free image editor I know of, next only to Photoshop afaik.

    http://www.gimp.org/

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I know of the perfect program for you, but I can't remember the name of it. Damn.

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Aha! Graphics Gale is pretty much the best program to make sprites with. It comes in free and premium flavors.

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  • RainbowDespairRainbowDespair Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Just installed Graphics Gale, tried it out and it looks to be exactly what I was looking for. Thanks ZombieMambo! In honor of you, the game will be sure to include many zombies. True, that was the plan to begin with, but it sounds more grateful this way.

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  • urahonkyurahonky Cynical Old Man Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Damn. I wanted to make a zombie game. You stole my idea! :)

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  • CokomonCokomon Our butts are worth fighting for! Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Hmm, since RainbowDespair already found a good, free graphics program, I guess that this thread is going to be locked soon. Before it is, I would like to throw out Paint.Net as another good, free graphics program.

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  • PikaPuffPikaPuff Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    name one of the monsters zombiemambo. maybe wearing a sombrero and holding maracas.

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  • PartialartistPartialartist Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    A long while back, I used Tile Studio to make and animate sprites. It was pretty easy to use and had good preview functionality.

    Edit: Nevermind. Looks like you're all set. GG was decent too, if I remember correctly. Have fun.

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  • FoodFood Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Yeah, I always used Graphics Gale. Haven't tried any others, but that always got the job done for me.

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  • UberEvUberEv Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Can someone tell me a good free program that will allow me to create seamless textures? The kind that you can tile endlessly and can never see the seams?

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  • DeathPrawnDeathPrawn Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    I would imagine that's more a matter of designing your tiles carefully.

    Any engine you use (or program yourself) will be able to display textures without a border around each tile, so the difficulty is in being clever enough to make it not obvious that you're repeating the same thing over and over again.

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  • MonoxideMonoxide Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited May 2008
    Yeah, that's more of a matter of how you make the tiles

    this is a really bad tutorial on how to make half-assed looking seamless tiles, but I'm sure some googling would bring up a better tutorial.

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  • Lucky CynicLucky Cynic Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Apparently Adobe has invented Photoshop express. Which is supposed to be a Photoshop/browser hybrid edditing tool that's free.

    https://www.photoshop.com/express/landing.html

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited May 2008
    Unfortunately, pixel art depends entirely on the amount of effort you put into it. If you only want one seamless grass tile it won't look good.

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