Awkward Pixel Icon Tutorial
By FrozenTimez
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So, I think I said I'd make one months ago,
and now I finally have many months later =v=;
I'm sorry if its not very good/unclear OTL;
It's my first real shot at a tutorial and I'm a pixel noob myself
Also, please excuse any typos and grammatical mistakes
since I'm grammatically challenged orz //sobs
ahhh ya, I hope this is useful ; v ;
commissions are open!
So, I think I said I'd make one months ago,
and now I finally have many months later =v=;
I'm sorry if its not very good/unclear OTL;
It's my first real shot at a tutorial and I'm a pixel noob myself
Also, please excuse any typos and grammatical mistakes
since I'm grammatically challenged orz //sobs
ahhh ya, I hope this is useful ; v ;
commissions are open! IMAGE DETAILS
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Hello! Thanks for creating such a good tutorial! I am an aspiring artist and YouTuber and your tutorial was featured in one of my videos bit.ly/2aJws9v
If you like it and are a pay-it-forward type of person, I would appreciate a little help getting the word about my channel out. Anyway, keep up the great work! ![[i]: free cactus bun icon](https://orig15.deviantart.net/1e63/f/2016/203/a/3/cactusicon_by_blushbun-dab0hpi.gif)
This amazing!!! Thank you so much!!! 
This helped me so much!
Thank you! (Here's mine:
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Thank you! (Here's mine:
)no problem! I'm glad you found it helpful!! ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ
What website did you do that on?
I was just going to start doing some pixel art for the first time so this helps me a ton. So awesome! QuQ
Thank you! I'm glad it was helpful ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ!!
Aw, this is a very nice tutorial! 
Thank you ` 7 `!! <3
You're welcome!
WOW! thanks for doing this tutorial! I am so going to try out this pixel thing 
you're welcome! ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ
good luck with your pixeling endeavors!
good luck with your pixeling endeavors!
Thanks! I'll try to improve my pixel ar tore
This is really helpful thanks!
you're welcome! I'm glad to hear that it was helpful > v <!
What are you setting for the pen tool you used to sketch the icon? ;w;
I use the brush tool set at a 1px hard round brush * v *)ﾉ
Okay thanks!
Thank you for making this tutorial .. so helpful OuO
of course! I'm glad you found it helpful!! ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ
but uh .. I have questions. Is there any rules for making pixel ? and how to stay in one palette?
thank you ,,u.u,,
thank you ,,u.u,,
ahaha I must admit that I don't exactly know the 'rules' myself since I'm just an amateur--I still have a lot to learn too ;w;
(plus this tutorial is super outdated so I probably broke a bunch of rules in it OTL;;; )
but ahh, okyi has a little explanation about pixel art on her tumblr here (she's a fantastic pixel artist)
She has a lot of other great tips tagged under #tips if you're interested~
As for staying in one palette, I don't do this personally (though I probably should ahaha), but I know many artists select their palettes beforehand and then stick to that palette as they actually draw. An example of that is in this tutorial~.
I hope that helps! ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ
(plus this tutorial is super outdated so I probably broke a bunch of rules in it OTL;;; )
but ahh, okyi has a little explanation about pixel art on her tumblr here (she's a fantastic pixel artist)
She has a lot of other great tips tagged under #tips if you're interested~
As for staying in one palette, I don't do this personally (though I probably should ahaha), but I know many artists select their palettes beforehand and then stick to that palette as they actually draw. An example of that is in this tutorial~.
I hope that helps! ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ
thanks for the info. its really helpful to me ^--^. so its like that I have to know how to play with colours right ? but uh .. I did my pixel icon based on your tutorial (but I think it looks kinda weird but I like it) and I tried to stay in a palette (and its really hard to me).
can you give any opinion or maybe some tips to make it nicer?
thank you again ,,u.u,, you're really nice to me.
link: fav.me/d7acuur
can you give any opinion or maybe some tips to make it nicer?
thank you again ,,u.u,, you're really nice to me.
link: fav.me/d7acuur
haha I know what you mean. I don't really use a palette since I know it'd be hard to stick to it xD
Your icon looks great though!
As for some tips, hmmm~
Since the hair is white and the skin is a light shade, they kind of blend where the two meet, so maybe make an outline for the hair that's darker? I tend to outline the major areas of my icons so they stick out, but that's just me. sorry I'm not all that great at giving advice ahaha;; just keep practicing and you'll eventually get to something that your like´ ▽ ` )ﾉ
Your icon looks great though!
As for some tips, hmmm~
Since the hair is white and the skin is a light shade, they kind of blend where the two meet, so maybe make an outline for the hair that's darker? I tend to outline the major areas of my icons so they stick out, but that's just me. sorry I'm not all that great at giving advice ahaha;; just keep practicing and you'll eventually get to something that your like´ ▽ ` )ﾉ
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