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program for drawing sprites

Alfred J. KwakAlfred J. Kwak is it because you were insultedwhen I insulted your hair?Registered User regular
edited February 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Hey,

I'm looking for a simple and easy-to-use program to draw sprites. Could anybody help me out?

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  • TechnicalityTechnicality Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    I usually use tilestudio. Its a little quirky though, and there may be better options out there.

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    handt.jpg tor.jpg

  • Alfred J. KwakAlfred J. Kwak is it because you were insulted when I insulted your hair?Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    That's still looks a bit too complicated for me (have to try it first though). I was thinking of something very basic - used to work with the drawing program from RPG maker, but I can't find the right version of that anymore.

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  • SebbieSebbie Registered User regular
    edited February 2009
    I use MS Paint and Photoshop Elements 4 for all my pixel art. If you're looking for something simple, honestly you should stick to MS Paint. It doesn't apply a bunch of anti-aliasing that can cause issues with transparency.

    You can setup PS to do pixel art (just look for it on google, I've seen a few tutorials on it) but as far as I know there is no way to have a non anti-aliased line tool like the one offered for MS Paint. I flip between the two (I usually start in Paint and move to Photoshop for the more intricate details [layers!]) but if you're looking for something free, it might not be for you. GIMP can pretty much do whatever PS can and it's free but I personally can't stand it.

    I've heard good things about GraphicsGale though I've never used it myself.

    Anyways have fun :)

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