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Gallaecio: /* General Art Instruction */

2012-12-16T14:15:50Z

‎General Art Instruction

Artisticdude: /* Sprite Art */ Added link to Neoriceisgood's mini-tutorial (a .png file hosted on deviantart) on his sprite workflow

2012-03-26T14:11:26Z

‎Sprite Art: Added link to Neoriceisgood's mini-tutorial (a .png file hosted on deviantart) on his sprite workflow

Artisticdude at 01:21, 31 January 2012

2012-01-31T01:21:35Z

Artisticdude: Removed links to nonexistent/expired/irrelevant pages, added link to official collection of GIMP tutorials on www.gimp.org

2012-01-13T14:59:59Z

Removed links to nonexistent/expired/irrelevant pages, added link to official collection of GIMP tutorials on www.gimp.org

Artisticdude: Removed the section "Cell-shading/Comic Art Styles", since it is now irrelevant since Wesnoth no longer uses that style in its graphics

2011-12-16T19:41:56Z

Removed the section "Cell-shading/Comic Art Styles", since it is now irrelevant since Wesnoth no longer uses that style in its graphics

Artisticdude: Removed links to non-existant domains or pages, removed link to irrelevant content

2011-12-15T12:57:01Z

Removed links to non-existant domains or pages, removed link to irrelevant content

Artisticdude: /* Sprite Art */ Added tutorial (link: http://purloux.com/artwork/tutorials/rundown/)

2011-12-15T00:19:20Z

‎Sprite Art: Added tutorial (link: http://purloux.com/artwork/tutorials/rundown/)

Artisticdude: Slight wording change.

2011-12-14T19:52:01Z

Slight wording change.

Artisticdude: Added several links (including some from this thread: http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=18761), updated spelling of 'Jetrel', added new 'Animation' category

2011-12-14T15:57:11Z

Added several links (including some from this thread: http://forums.wesnoth.org/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=18761), updated spelling of 'Jetrel', added new 'Animation' category

Artisticdude: /* Sprite Art */ Removed SpriteArt.com links

2011-12-13T19:38:03Z

‎Sprite Art: Removed SpriteArt.com links

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 == General Art Instruction ==
-Andrew Loomis is a master of his field.  ''READ HIS BOOKS.''  They are classics, and are of pristine educational calibre, but unfortunately have been out of print for a long time now and will not enter the public domain any time soon.  If you have any interest in drawing human beings though, they will help you more than the rest of the tutorials on this page, combined.
+===Andrew Loomis Books===
-Copies are highly priced and hard to find in most cases, however due to demand pirated copies are widely available online. While we don't endorse piracy, his books are a great resource and should not be missed.
+Andrew Loomis is a master of his field. ''Read his books!'' They are classics, and are of pristine educational calibre. If you have any interest in drawing human beings though, they will help you more than the rest of the tutorials on this page, combined.
-I personally recommend starting with "Fun with a Pencil" and "Figure Drawing for all it's Worth".
+They unfortunately have been out of print for a long time now, and will not enter the public domain any time soon. Copies are highly priced and hard to find in most cases. On the other hand, due to demand, pirated copies are widely available online — it’s just a fact, we don't endorse piracy.
-http://acid.noobgrinder.com/Loomis/
+You can start with ''Fun with a Pencil'' and ''Figure Drawing for all it's Worth''.
 For anatomy George B. Bridgman actually taught Andrew Loomis and is was well regarded for his contributions to art education, his books are still in print and pretty cheap, if you can pick up the smaller individual books I highly recommend doing so, "Bridgman's Complete Guide to Drawing from Life" is a large collection comprising of most of the same drawings and text but due to the changed order and layout is not nearly as good as the originals, luckily some of them have recently entered the public domain and are available from the Internet Archive.

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	http://purloux.com/artwork/tutorials/rundown/		http://purloux.com/artwork/tutorials/rundown/
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		+	A very worthwhile mini-tutorial by veteran spriter and pixel artist (and Wesnoth contributor) Neoriceisgood, in which he explains his spriting workflow step-by-step, from the initial sketch to the finished product. (Note: the tutorial is in the form of a 1208x1660 .png file.)
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		+	[http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs15/f/2007/063/e/a/How_to_make_sprite_by_Neoriceisgood.png How_to_make_sprite_by_Neoriceisgood.png]

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 Andrew Loomis is a master of his field.  ''READ HIS BOOKS.''  They are classics, and are of pristine educational calibre, but unfortunately have been out of print for a long time now and will not enter the public domain any time soon.  If you have any interest in drawing human beings though, they will help you more than the rest of the tutorials on this page, combined.
-Copies are highly priced and hard to find in most cases, how ever due to demand pirated copies are widely available online. While we don't endorse piracy his books are a great resource and should not be missed.
+Copies are highly priced and hard to find in most cases, however due to demand pirated copies are widely available online. While we don't endorse piracy, his books are a great resource and should not be missed.
 I personally recommend starting with "Fun with a Pencil" and "Figure Drawing for all it's Worth".

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 http://www.gfxartist.com/features/tutorials
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 http://www.outofpaint.com
-The following (informal) class on the forums of the Megatokyo webcomic steps through various steps of character design with numerous examples:
+Good-tutorials.com has over 8000 various tutorials covering different aspects of the popular program, "Adobe® Photoshop®."
-http://forums.megatokyo.com/index.php?showtopic=1715168
+http://www.good-tutorials.com/
-== Tutorials on using Computer Graphics Software ==
+The official collection of GIMP tutorials on www.gimp.org. Includes tutorials for users of all skill levels, from beginner through expert.
-Good-tutorials.com has over 8000 various tutorials covering different aspects of the popular program, "Adobe® Photoshop®."
+http://www.gimp.org/tutorials/
 == Sprite Art ==

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 http://www.portrait-artist.org/
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 http://www.good-tutorials.com/
 == Sprite Art ==

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 http://www.gfxartist.com/features/tutorials
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 == Cell-shading/Comic Art Styles ==
 An excellent skin tutorial by DeviantArt member acidlullaby.
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 http://crysa.deviantart.com/gallery/
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 http://www.polykarbon.com/tutorials/index.htm
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 http://www.onezumi.com/oni/html/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=10
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 http://www.howtodrawmanga.com/tutorial.html
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 http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=706&PN=1
 == Animation ==

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 The medium used to create sprite art is known as 'pixel art'. If you do not understand what pixel art is, or if you have only a general understanding of what it is, I suggest reading [http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299 The Pixel Art Tutorial] by Cure. It is comprised of a series of sequential forum posts on the www.pixeljoint.com forum and gives an in-depth overview of pixel art, explaining in detail what pixel art is and what it is not. Although aimed primarily at those who are new to pixel art, the tutorial can also be helpful to more advanced pixel artists.
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-A russian site featuring several tutorials - you may need to click on the "English" link to view the site in a language you can understand, unless you have the privilege of knowing Russian.
+A Russian site featuring several tutorials - you may need to click on the "English" link to view the site in a language you can understand, unless you have the privilege of knowing Russian.
 http://www.gas13.ru/tutorials/

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−	A very worthwhile tutorial on creating walking animations, covers essential details such as rotation, movement arcs, ~~and more~~.	+	A very worthwhile tutorial on creating walking animations, covers essential details such as rotation, movement arcs, etc.

	http://www.angryanimator.com/word/2010/11/26/tutorial-2-walk-cycle/		http://www.angryanimator.com/word/2010/11/26/tutorial-2-walk-cycle/

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 On this page, there are links to several tutorials covering all manner of artwork, including sprite art.  No guarantees on how long the links will last, but then, the beauty of using a wiki is that anyone can submit corrections to them.  Hopefully, this should provide a very good base of knowledge to work from.  None of these can substitute for practice, rather these exist to guide your practice, and help it to improve your skill rapidly, rather than having you flog away at simple cartoon forms for years and not learn anything.
-As stated in some of Jetryl's other tutorials here, ''do not'' jump into the sprite tutorials and ignore the works on general or figure drawing.  If you intend to draw sprites well, the ability to draw and visualize the subject in a general sense is an absolute prerequisite.  Without exception, the best sprite artists are such because they have good basic art skills; understanding of shading, light, proportion, edging, foreshortening, etc.
+As stated in some of Jetrel's other tutorials here, ''do not'' jump into the sprite tutorials and ignore the works on general or figure drawing.  If you intend to draw sprites well, the ability to draw and visualize the subject in a general sense is an absolute prerequisite.  Without exception, the best sprite artists are such because they have good basic art skills; understanding of shading, light, proportion, edging, foreshortening, etc.
 You can't fake those - even if you never practice anything but spritework, the tutorials for "higher art" are very applicable, and will improve your spriting skill considerably.
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 http://www.archive.org/details/humanmachinethea009564mbp
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 The following site has a very high-level and overbearing tutorial on color theory.  It's quite useful to experts, but will probably confuse a beginner.
 http://handprint.com/HP/WCL/wcolor.html
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-Carin Perron has posted an excellent tutorial on the basic principles of animation.
+GFXartist.com has several tutorials from different artists, including the painter Craig Mullins, who has, for nearly a decade, been the favorite artist of wesnoth's art slave "Jetrel," and has a good chance of keeping that position for the rest of either fellow's time on this earth.  (J- I can't say enough good things about that guy; I would honestly rank him among the greats, like Rembrandt, or Picasso - he's *that* good.  The tutorials posted on that site do him little justice - for a better sample, his personal site is http://www.goodbrush.com/ , which has over a thousand of his works.)
 http://www.gfxartist.com/features/tutorials
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 http://www.portrait-artist.org/
 This website already features a couple of great painting tutorials and has potential to grow.
 http://www.outofpaint.com
 The following (informal) class on the forums of the Megatokyo webcomic steps through various steps of character design with numerous examples:
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 http://www.deviantart.com/view/35619683/
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-Though not so terribly informative, this tutorial is being linked based on the vast amount of time which the game "Oni" stole from Jetryl's teenage years.
+Though not so terribly informative, this tutorial is being linked based on the vast amount of time which the game "Oni" stole from Jetrel's teenage years.
 http://oni.bungie.org/features/drawing_konoko/drawingkonoko.htm
 A bunch of general manga comic, cellshading and misc computer art related tutorial.
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 http://www.enterbrain.co.jp/digifami/digiweb/dot_teck/3nen/3_09.html
 == See Also ==

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	The medium used to create sprite art is known as 'pixel art'. If you do not understand what pixel art is, or if you have only a general understanding of what it is, I suggest reading [http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299 The Pixel Art Tutorial] by Cure. It is comprised of a series of sequential forum posts on the www.pixeljoint.com forum and gives an in-depth overview of pixel art, explaining in detail what pixel art is and what it is not. Although aimed primarily at those who are new to pixel art, the tutorial can also be helpful to more advanced pixel artists.		The medium used to create sprite art is known as 'pixel art'. If you do not understand what pixel art is, or if you have only a general understanding of what it is, I suggest reading [http://www.pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299 The Pixel Art Tutorial] by Cure. It is comprised of a series of sequential forum posts on the www.pixeljoint.com forum and gives an in-depth overview of pixel art, explaining in detail what pixel art is and what it is not. Although aimed primarily at those who are new to pixel art, the tutorial can also be helpful to more advanced pixel artists.
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−	~~With a name like SpriteArt.com, this site actually manages not to disappoint. Tutorials from several artists are present, as well as a good deal of gorgeous pixel art, but is currently down.~~
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−	~~http://www.spriteart.com/~~
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−	~~(broken link) http://www.spriteart.com/pixeltutorial.html~~