How to make pixel art in photoshop: setting up ALL the tools and workspace to work with pixels

Опубликовано: 01 Апрель 2026
на канале: CGI Tutorials (Ben Shelley)
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In this tutorial I show you how to set up all of the tools that a beginner would ever need to get started with pixel art. This focuses LESS on painting practice or colour theory and more on making the tools work well in an 8-bit style without getting all blurry.

I help you:
0:00 decide a resolution
1:14 set up an image size:
1:24 Set up a colour palette window to steal colours from:
2:14 How to paint with the pencil tool:
7:21 How to set up symmetry
10:21 How to set up shapes for pixel art
15:15 Blurry text in pixel art? How to fix
16:04 Saving for web vs for a game