Where can i find a tutorial on how to draw sprite characters from scratch?

[edumoette]

*Pixel characters, not hi def or anything, something along the lines of like the old super nintendo and atari sprites and such. Ive googled for about 4 hours looking for something and no luck at all. Just a lot of videos and tutorials explaining how to animate already created characters. I use gimp if that helps and i cant afford adobe paint....so if theres a tutorial out there that can be done on gimp could someone please post a link?

[eXpl0it3r]

We like to discuss game related topics in this forum, but keep in mind that this forum is actually for support on the SFML library. So I'm not quite sure if you're question really fits in here and less sure if many of us (programmer) can give advice on art creation (usually done by artists)...

Maybe you should check out an art community and asked there, also to me it doesn't look like such a trivial task and I guess there are many diffrent ways to do it, so don't except a guid that will walk you through step by step. Art creation is a process that has to be learned or be given.

But hey maybe someone knows about stuff like this in here.

[G.]

There are several lists of good resources on Pixel Prospector. (It's not limited to pixel art, or graphics)
My personal favorite is Tsugomo's famous "So you want to be a pixel artist".

[edumoette]

We like to discuss game related topics in this forum, but keep in mind that this forum is actually for support on the SFML library. So I'm not quite sure if you're question really fits in here and less sure if many of us (programmer) can give advice on art creation (usually done by artists)...

Maybe you should check out an art community and asked there, also to me it doesn't look like such a trivial task and I guess there are many diffrent ways to do it, so don't except a guid that will walk you through step by step. Art creation is a process that has to be learned or be given.

But hey maybe someone knows about stuff like this in here.

What do most noobie game developers do for sprites and characters, ect than? Im not very artistic, i can do a little bit of pixel stuff but nothing on paper...sadly :/

[eXpl0it3r]

What do most noobie game developers do for sprites and characters, ect than? Im not very artistic, i can do a little bit of pixel stuff but nothing on paper...sadly :/

Hire an artist, find an artist friend, find an artist that likes to give you stuff 'for free', go through resource portales and such, use google, etc...

[edumoette]

That feels so unoriginal .____.