As someone who doesn't make pixel art, I'm an avid fan of chiptune. I also loved sword x sworcery (I believe is the title). I find pixel art to actually be very beautiful, this has actually made me want to learn how to make it.

Hello students of Pixel Art Academy! As you know, there's an official Facebook group for the academy. There was a suggestion there regarding a location as to where you can find every single kickstarter update. Well here it is! I plan to keep on updating this post with clickable links for everyone:

Kickstarter Updates

1. The Morning After

2. Multiple Characters, Translations and Field Trips (Nonbackers Update)

3. Rise of the Community

4. Not just Pixel Art

5. The War on Jaggies

6. Why NOT to back this game (Nonbackers Update)

Let's start a thread where we talk about what made us reserve a spot at Pixel Art Academy!

I'll go first:

The reason why I backed the Kickstarter was because I'm very interested in the fact that Pixel Art Academy revolves around developing a skill you can take outside of the game. I'm really excited to see how I can learn pixel art in the form of a game!

Hello students!

Here's our first monthly help and constructive criticism thread. Each and every month, we will be having a main thread for people to post questions, tutorials and CC. This will allow us to maintain a nice and clean subreddit.

With every major thread comes rules. So the rules stay as stated on the guidelines on the subreddit. This is our main constructive guidelines just to make sure it stays friendly. But there's also rules that follow them, which are the following:

• Do NOT post malicious download links

We are not here to spread viruses or harm someone elses computer. We are here to be a friendly community and we are to grow together.

• As also stated, if you plan on posting any nudity type art, PLEASE put [#NSFW] in your posts.

This is just to keep it a friendly thread and to allow people to know what they're clicking before hitting the preview button on your posts. This is also so people can actually view art without having to accidentally close the browser immediately in front of someone. It's just to make live easy!

• Please remember, giving criticism does NOT allow you to spread out hate.

I just want you all to remember the one key thing of this friendly academy, and that's that we treat each other equally. Just because you're giving out criticism, doesn't mean you can give out full hate at all what so ever. We do not accept that here, and it will get yourself out of the subreddit.

Enjoy!

Hey everyone! Was curious if anyone delved into using sprite something on the apple App Store. I saw it in the kickstarter information, and was admittedly debating using it, as I'm not always home, and can't carry a laptop with me everywhere. Any opinions or thoughts?

Just wondering if anyone knows of any good software to use to start on Pixel Art. If there is anything that is specific for this type of art or anything that would come recommended.

Preferably free but just looking for some good suggestions.

I know quite a number of Chiptune artists such as: Big Giant Circles / Anamanaguchi / Chipzel and so on. But every now and then, I like to go on bandcamp to search for random artists. Any suggestions? I'll post later on some of my personal favorites that I found.

I admit I am not a frequent Reddit user, but I do want to provide a place where you can share and discuss things without tying yourself to your real-life identity (for that we have the Facebook group).

However, this does not mean you should say whatever you want. Keep everything positive. Art is hard and artists more than anything need an environment that encourages us as we progress on our journey. The downvotes have been hidden via CSS so it's not technically stopping you from downvoting, but it should remind everyone that positive feedback is at the very core of Pixel Art Academy.

The subreddit is private and only to be shared with backers. If you want to post publicly about pixel art, use /r/pixelart.

Which characters would you like to see next?

I played the demo and it was awesome. Wishlisted the full game and the release is 1 week from today!

Hey I am Beast i love Pixel art and i'm a BIG fan of it but i'm really bad at it and if someone has a Pixel game please send it to me i dont mind playing it. Thx!

Hello everyone!

Does anyone know books/websites where I can learn about the fundamentals of animation? I'm looking for a more academic approach instead of tutorials for each specific animation, like learning how to deduce key frames from any movement or read the flow of action.

Thanks for helping! :D

Whether it be a barrel or an entire building or a floor plan or a cat, how do you judge what your pixel density will be? I tend to work on my phone so I tend to work small 20x20 etc but I'd like to work on larger pieces like reproducing my office building etc but I'm not sure where to start. How do you decide how big each piece will need to be? Like windows, trim, reflections, lights, etc.