I've been working myself on the graphics for my last game ROO. I've always wanted to try pixel-art and as you may notice, I'm a complete newbie and have no art background. But it was fun to try. What was less fun though, was to find the perfect tool to draw pixel art. I didn't want to overkill it with Photoshop or Gimp. After several tries, I started to use Graphics gale. It's a pretty good software and I understand why it's quite used in the community. It has a lot of useful features but it's not the most ergonomic one and the UI is kinda ugly. So I started to use a new one recently: Pyxel Edit It has even more functionalities than GG like the tileset editing with a much better ergonomy. And the UI is pretty neat as well. There is a free version but I would strongly recommend to pay the minimum 9$ to get the full version. The developer deserves it and is really open to any suggestion. I discovered this software on the achebit channel. He even has a few videos about it. It's a great intro: His tutorials about pixel art are quite useful too.
So the answer is Pyxel Edit. If you can't afford the 9$, Graphics Gale is an acceptable alternative.
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August 2015
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