DESPANRS PIXEL TUT'S :)

so hey i am working on a massive multi-part pixel art tutorial. i've written a lot of little tutorials and stuff in the past (unfortunately most of them are long lost). the goal here is to cover a shitload of topics, from the most basic to some pretty advanced stuff later on—as well as lots of smaller instructional lessons along the way.

as of now i have the first few sections done. i wasn't originally going to post this but it's probably gonna be a LONG TIME before this thing is actually finished, so i'm going to release the sections in a blog format: they'll be updated whenever I create a new one. i'll update this topic whenever i make a new part, too.

because they're pretty long and have a lot of images i'm going to link to them, but i'll give a description.

• Introduction
  just the introduction to the series: it outlines my goals and philosophies
  

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• Thinking in Color
  mostly this article covers some of the very basics: color terms worth knowing. it's sort of introductory into the next section
  

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• Read Between the Pixels
  contrast! this section goes into detail explaining how to get the most out of the contrast between your colors
  

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• Using and Choosing Colors
  this is a big one—it's all about color choice and creating a color palette. this is the tutorial that is most often requested. so hopefully a lot of people will find it useful.
  

i'm also using the same site for my writing tutorials and if i create any more rpgmaker resources i'll set up a section for them.

i will PROBABLY submit them to the site too (i'm sort of lazy though and don't want to convert them all to the bbcode format for submitting), but mainly i'm looking for feedback and suggestions in this thread. also REQUESTS. i have some very speficic ideas about where I want to go next, but i'm gonna leave you with an important question:

what do you want to see in a pixel tutorial?

yeah i imagine so. if they already have a solid grasp on traditional art then what i have so far isn't probably going to be MINDBLOWING, since it's a lot about color theory and stuff. but as i go further i'm going to be talking a lot in detail about pixel placement and detail stuff like that.

haha go ahead. i've had to format these same articles so many times (originally written in google docs, then i had to carry them to wordpress and then i went back and added the css to make it look pretty like the trainer tips boxes) it gets so tedious.

i mean i plan on getting around to submitting them eventually but idk i'm very lazy and still have a lot more to write for the series