pixel images

How do you draw those popular pixel images, like the ones at
www.seven.com

It's the drawings of the little people and buildings... how is that done?

As small as they are you could just draw them pixel by pixel. I'm not saying that is how those were done but rather thats prolly how I would do it.

ouch, that sounds hard to draw those pixel by pixel... there's gotta be an easier way. Anybody know other ways to draw the pixel figures like the ones on
www.seven.com ?

Pixel by pixel is the only way to achieve that effect. I'm sure there are cheaty ways to do it, like reducing a larger image size, but it won't be sharp. It will just look like rubbish. So get a coke or something, sit down at the computer, whip out the pencil tool, and be prepared to sit there for quite a few hours. It's really worth it though. You have a great sense of accomplishment after spending that much time and going into that much detail. Especially if you animate it too.

But a few tips, if you are doing something like a building that is going to be more or less symetrical, just do one floor, then duplicate it and make the other floors. That saves some time. Other than that, get really familiar with the pencil tool and using as few colors as you can. (to reduce gif size)

Good luck

thanks, man.... i'm gonna have trouble making the shapes of people, though. How do you know how to make the shapes, and the sizes of their arms, etc?

Try finding Microangelo Studio. Its a font making utility, but you can edit things pixel x pixel with it. Its a little frustrating, but hey, if you wanna be trendy, you gotta pay the price.

There is no easy way to tell you how to do it. Just save a couple of files you've seen of other people's pixel stuff, then open them in Photoshop and zoom in on them so you can see how they do it. Basically I just zoom in, edit a few pixels, then zoom out, to see how it looks. Go to http://www.flipflopflyin.com and look at the gallery section where hundreds of people have submitted little pixel people, that should give you some idea. Also try http://www.eboy.com, and http://www.quickhoney.com.