Since some people asked me to explain how do I do pixel art/show them the program I use, I decided to do both things...some basic info about the program, shortcuts and the explanation for the tools can be found under the cut.
Welcome to this tutorial for GraphicsGale (shortened Gale from now on) I'm sorry if some things don't make sense, english is not my first language, you're free to correct me if you want, I'll try my best to answer questions if you have them. Enjoy.
So, first things first, What is Gale? it's a graphics program by Human Balance co. focused on pixel art, it can be found on it's official site and there you can download it there too. I highly recomend buying it if you liked it, it's not expensive at all and it's awesome.
For this first part I'll just talk about very basic stuff like tools and such, so let's take a look at the program itself.
It doesn't look intimidating does it? I even broke up the menus in pretty colors, yay!
1.- (red) it's a normal menu, like any other program has. I'll be talking about specifics later on, while I explain how to do stuff.
2.- (orange) basic actions icons, it's basically a condensed menu; I'll list the icons, hover up on the words if you want more specific info. New file, Open file, Browse, Save | Undo, Redo |Cut, Copy, Paste | Paste as a new image | Zoom | Grid, Custom Grid, Grid snap | Onion Skin
3.- (yellow) Tools, again, I'll list the icons, hover for a more specific explanation on each icon. Magnifier, Image Mover, Rectangular Selection, Oval Selection, Lasso, Magic Wand, Color Selection, Pencil, Connect line, Spline Curve, Rectangle, Filled rectangle, Oval, Filled Oval, Flood fill, Color Replacer, Draw text | Antialias, Transparent, Paint mode
4.- (green) Layers menu; New Layer, Duplicate Current Layer, Delete Layer, Combine Layers | Previous Layer, Next Layer | Properties of the Current Layer (I don't think I need to explain any of these)
5.- (cyan?) Animation stuff; Add frame, duplicate frame, delete frame | previous frame, next frame | properties of current frame | cut frame, copy frame, paste frame | Play, Pause
6.- (blue) your current document window, here I have a gif with 4 frames opened. as you can see the document only shows me one frame at a time, but if you have the preview window open you can see the animation and you can find the frames in the Frame
7.- (purple) Extras! this is another important part of the program, this program has a lot of specific things that are meant for making your life easier at pixelling, you can call the extras in the menu view, and they are Frame, Layer, Palette, Preview and Loupe, I always have the first 4 opened at any given time as they are pretty useful, I don't really see the point in the loupe, but maybe you will...
Now, some important tips that you may be interested in.
You can dock windows so they're not floating around like I did with the frames window, simply go to the options (the arrow), select "dockable" and drag the window to whatever corner you want, you'll notice the outline changes when it's docked.
You can keep windows collapsed so they don't use space, like I did with the layers and palette, simply select auto hide in the options menu
You can save a lot of time with shortcuts and button mappings, this program comes with some stupid button mapping (for example, ctrl + or ctrl - aren't the default mapping for zooming in and out), so if you're used to another program, you can make them match. Simply go to File > Preferences and change them to your hearts content (or if you dont want to change anything, learn what the shortcuts are)
I hope you guys find this useful, I'll cover basic pixel drawing on the next tutorial...
This happened today, under the cut because if I was ashamed of my pretend date with Nocchi, this one is ten times creepier...
If you don't like ugly graphite mini comics about the real life and thoughts of online ppl, you can keep on scrolling, have a nice day ♥
First a little backstory...
Since this academic year started, I see this dude who takes the same bus in the same bus stop as me at around the same time and we both get off at the same bus stop also... He goes to my same university but he's apparently studying music, which is at the other side of the campus... At first I didn't really cared for him, but then I noticed that his hair is fucking flawless... I've never seen hair like his before... I really lack the vocabulary to express how fucking pretty it is... Flawless is the best I can do
Anyways, it seems me and him both like to sit in the same seats all the time... and that seats happen to be next to each other...
I didn't saw this dude for a couple of weeks but today I saw him again and noticed that in fact he's kinda cute... Now for the mini comic story thingie...
I was waiting for the bus when I saw him, or at least his hair... I didn't have a face for him in my mind at that time.
I thought: "Ohhh, perfect hair dude is here! Maybe I should take a pic of his hair so I can use it as reference for when I want to paint perfect hair..."
"I'll take a pic with my phone..."
"I'll just pretend I'm changing the songs like I always do and he won't even notice...·"
"Fuck..." He moved away from where he was so I couldn't do it discreetly..
But the bus arrived anyways, so I just followed him, to grab the usual seats... that way I could still gaze him from the corner of my eye...
FUUUUU!!!
My usual seat was taken... I hoped that he would take the front seat so I could see him from behind...
He did, so I was happy I could see his hair... But then, suddenly
He gazed at the window, so I could see his profile (at least his nose and lips)
His nose was incredibly cute, and my heart skipped a beat...
I did my best to take a pic of his back without the lady at my side noticing...
-"How comes I never noticed he was cute before? I always sit by his side, so I should've looked and smelled him before..."
-"I need to fucking smell him, I bet he also smells nice..."
I started to stretch myself when...
I noticed that I was to get off at the next stop... so I stood up and...
Our eyes met! I, of course thought that he must have mental powers and know what I did and was disgusted etc etc etc...
I avoided his look... -"Quick, make a cute face, leave a nice impression!"
-"Awwn, fuck, I don't have a cute face... I don't know who am I trying to fool..."
Then I noticed his bag... he used it in his left side and I used mine in my right... that made me realize...
-"OUR BAGS WOULDN'T BOTHER US IF WE HOLD HANDS OMGOMGOMGOMG"
-"wait, that may have been a litle creepy..."
END OF STORY
And that was my morning... when I told this to a friend he laughed at me and told me that in fact, me thinking that was the least creepy thing I did...
My entry for ClassyRaptor's Mario collab, this is Geno, from super mario RPG. I like him better with a darker bg.
Of course Geno is my favourite Mario character, even if he's owned by square enix and not nintendo so I've lost my hopes to see him in a new game as anything other than a simple cameo. But he's so cool ;v; I have had the hugest crush on him
Here's the 4x transparent version that I submitted to the collab
I did this for a final fantasy collab hosted by Edtertainer, Fran, from FFXII, I simplified her armor a lotttt, sorry about that
I'm pretty sure y'all follow me for my pixels so I'm sorry for this
those red dots are allergic reactions to bug bites... that's also why I'm sad
I GOT A FEATURE HERE!! I'm melting in my chair rn ;v;
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I'm Cinthia and this is my Art blog, I mainly do Pixel art, but it's not the only thing I do. Sorry if you follow me for a fandom/style and then never see it again. Have a good day Stranger! And excuse my colourful language
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