Pixel Art Terraria Spriting Carnival 2

[Electroman102]

Ayyyyy finally sprited something with shading right

 

[VantaRose44]

This

is a pretty bad sword I made a while ago,
and this

is a remake of said sword. Still trying to work on it to make it better.

 

[Electroman102]

Some random bois

 

[junk boy]

Woohoo first Terraria-styled (I think) sprite

 

[Athrisir]

 

[Electroman102]

@Gigavoir Do you have any tips for spriting?

 

[Athrisir]

@Gigavoir Do you have any tips for spriting?

I'm far from an expert and other people here could tell you better, but here's some big tips for anyone who wants some.

For palettes and colors:
1. NEVER EVER use pure black outlines for Terraria. Instead use a very dark color that isn't black.
2. Avoid grayscale at all costs, use desaturated blues.
3. Learn to hueshift. This video is good

4. Keep palettes small and contrast high, no point in having two near identical colors.

For shading:
5. Avoid banding and pillow shading. Banding is stacking lines of pixels like bricks, and pillow shading is shading without a clear lightsource.
Banding:

Pillow shading:

6. Avoid mixels, or 1x1 pixels. This can easily be avoided by spriting in 1x1 and just exporting it in double size.
Mixels example:

(Right is mixels, left is no mixels)
7. Learn how to convey texture without noise, or randomly placed pixels. Use clusters instead.

Other misc tips:
8. DON'T EVER RECOLOR. Vanilla sprites are, for the most part, bad. Changing the palette not only makes it look worse, but shows you lack originality.
9. Learn from others. Never steal another person's work, but instead study what they do and use it as an example.

Helpful tutorials:
https://web.archive.org/web/2016081...ndex.php?threads/beginner-spriting-guide.372/ - Terraria specific and a great place to start.
http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299 - More for general pixel art but can still be applied to Terraria. Incredibly detailed and covers a lot!
http://blog.studiominiboss.com/pixelart - Saint11's tutorials. Not made for Terraria at all but nonetheless very helpful.

Honorable mention: Sal's Sword Examples

Hope this helps at least a little bit!

 

[Electroman102]

I'm far from an expert and other people here could tell you better, but here's some big tips for anyone who wants some.

For palettes and colors:
1. NEVER EVER use pure black outlines for Terraria. Instead use a very dark color that isn't black.
2. Avoid grayscale at all costs, use desaturated blues.
3. Learn to hueshift. This video is good

4. Keep palettes small and contrast high, no point in having two near identical colors.

For shading:
5. Avoid banding and pillow shading. Banding is stacking lines of pixels like bricks, and pillow shading is shading without a clear lightsource.
Banding: View attachment 205612
Pillow shading: View attachment 205613
6. Avoid mixels, or 1x1 pixels. This can easily be avoided by spriting in 1x1 and just exporting it in double size.
Mixels example:

(Right is mixels, left is no mixels)
7. Learn how to convey texture without noise, or randomly placed pixels. Use clusters instead.

Other misc tips:
8. DON'T EVER RECOLOR. Vanilla sprites are, for the most part, bad. Changing the palette not only makes it look worse, but shows you lack originality.
9. Learn from others. Never steal another person's work, but instead study what they do and use it as an example.

Helpful tutorials:
https://web.archive.org/web/2016081...ndex.php?threads/beginner-spriting-guide.372/ - Terraria specific and a great place to start.
http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299 - More for general pixel art but can still be applied to Terraria. Incredibly detailed and covers a lot!
http://blog.studiominiboss.com/pixelart - Saint11's tutorials. Not made for Terraria at all but nonetheless very helpful.

Honorable mention: Sal's Sword Examples

Hope this helps at least a little bit!

Thanks!

 

[Huzbubber Tim]

I'm far from an expert and other people here could tell you better, but here's some big tips for anyone who wants some.

For palettes and colors:
1. NEVER EVER use pure black outlines for Terraria. Instead use a very dark color that isn't black.
2. Avoid grayscale at all costs, use desaturated blues.
3. Learn to hueshift. This video is good

4. Keep palettes small and contrast high, no point in having two near identical colors.

For shading:
5. Avoid banding and pillow shading. Banding is stacking lines of pixels like bricks, and pillow shading is shading without a clear lightsource.
Banding: View attachment 205612
Pillow shading: View attachment 205613
6. Avoid mixels, or 1x1 pixels. This can easily be avoided by spriting in 1x1 and just exporting it in double size.
Mixels example:

(Right is mixels, left is no mixels)
7. Learn how to convey texture without noise, or randomly placed pixels. Use clusters instead.

Other misc tips:
8. DON'T EVER RECOLOR. Vanilla sprites are, for the most part, bad. Changing the palette not only makes it look worse, but shows you lack originality.
9. Learn from others. Never steal another person's work, but instead study what they do and use it as an example.

Helpful tutorials:
https://web.archive.org/web/2016081...ndex.php?threads/beginner-spriting-guide.372/ - Terraria specific and a great place to start.
http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299 - More for general pixel art but can still be applied to Terraria. Incredibly detailed and covers a lot!
http://blog.studiominiboss.com/pixelart - Saint11's tutorials. Not made for Terraria at all but nonetheless very helpful.

Honorable mention: Sal's Sword Examples

Hope this helps at least a little bit!

I think I may use this as well as this is really helpful

 

[Mythicalthings]

Tried my hand at spriting with reference and it's kinda meh. But hey, haven't posted here in a hot minute, so... Here ya go.

 

[Kyneptic]

Yeet

 

[Electroman102]

Image doesn’t show up

 

[Person999]

All of my sprites from first to last

 

[Darkpuppey]

 

[ArmyFrog]

These are all the tile and wall sprites I've done in my Texture Pack Jrazneu Jireleu.

From the top left:
Grass, Jungle Grass, Mushroom Grass, Corrupt Grass, Crimson Grass, Hallow Grass
Dirt, Clay, Mud, Silt, Ash
Stone, Ebonstone, Crimstone, Pearlstone
Sand, Ebonsand, Crimsand, Pearlsand
Dirt Wall, Stony Dirt Wall, Stone Wall, Mud Wall, Large Stone Wall
Spider Wall, Obsidian Wall, Cave Wall 1-3
Natural Dirt Wall 1-4
Rock Wall 1-4
Jungle Wall 1-4
Lava Wall 1-4
Green Moss Wall, Yellow Moss Wall, Red Moss Wall, Blue Moss Wall, Purple Moss Wall
Corruption Wall 1-4, Ebonstone Wall
Crimson Wall 1-4, Crimstone Wall
Hallow Wall 1-4, Pearlstone Wall

 

[nometop]

Some thingos i've made recently
Waddya guys think?

 

[Huzbubber Tim]

Banners for Dungeon Guardian, Martian Probe, Crimtane Goldfish, Crimtane Bunny, and Vicious Penguin.

 

[Person999]

Shouldn’t it be a trophy for DG because he’s technically a boss?
But otherwise AWESOME sprites (every one)

 

[Huzbubber Tim]

Shouldn’t it be a trophy for DG because he’s technically a boss?
But otherwise AWESOME sprites (every one)

I actually made a trophy for him too! I’ll find it tomorrow

 

[Athrisir]

Bar

Weapons

Tools

Armor

Galaxium Set. Bar is temporary, and 2 weapons are still coming.