Making 8-Bit art is a ‘thing’. It’s been a ‘thing’ people have been doing for a while now. By a ‘thing’ I totally mean the whole nostalgia-induced Generation: Scott Pilgrim thing of trying to recreate fuzzy feelings of childhood through fake 8-Bit art. That is a ‘thing’ and this website just made it a whole lot easier.
The site is called ‘Make 8-Bit Art‘. It’s a simple (totally free) drawing tool. It’s pretty basic, but I had a blast just messing around with it.
I can definitely see us using this site for a competition in the near future.
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6 responses to “It Just Got A Lot Easier To Make 8-Bit Art”
Exceptional typos.
Edit: Awwww! Oh well, while this site lets young people make cool art about things they never experienced, I prefer to leave mega man where he belongs, in my youth…. Or in ssb4…
Not sure why pixel art always has the reputation of existing solely for nostalgia. Perhaps it began that way, but it is a legitimate art style that is used effectively by many talented people…
Nuh uh, Mark said
If you’re talking about Metal Slug / SNK sprites, I’d agree with you. Most of today’s indie games are just shitty pillow-shaded pixel art, making it not worthy of being called legitimate.
It’s definitely a style that those with limited art skills tend to gravitate to, though I don’t think that’s necessarily a bad thing. There are plenty of worthwhile indie gaming experiences that have been made possible with the possibilities of rudimentary pixel based art.
I’ll agree that it’s used a little too much as a crutch in some cases, but that’s coming from someone who’s done computer graphics for 15 or so years, so my perspective may be a little skewed.
Incidentally, if you want to do Pixel art, you’d be much better of with Spriter. The basic version is also free and it’s a bit more feature-rich
http://www.brashmonkey.com/
Very cool, but it is missing one absolutely essential tool in pixel art: the ability to zoom out.