First of the list is an amazingly easy tutorial that teaches you to draw a pixel square.

I know it sounds too easy, but if you’re an absolute beginner, this is your chance to understand the basic technique of drawing a pixel art.

The tutorial comes as a series so you can also learn other tutorials shown in the description section, feel free to follow the advanced ones!

“Dithering is the act of pixeling two colors in certain patterns in order to give the appearance of being blended.”

Sounds complicated? This detailed and comprehensive tutorial will provide you a sound explanation.

With this tutorial you will learn to draw something that you see often in your life, a rock! You will learn about structuration, shading and special highlighting techniques.

I believe from the look it’s not really easy to do, but once you get to draw it, it will be a big step forward to your pixel art mastery!

If you’re into the game development, learning to form the texture will be a critical need for you.

Developed by Kiwinuptuo, the tutorial won’t be teaching you to draw texture pixel by pixel, but it will uncover professional tips to enhance your textures into something that look more quality and realistic.

A great tutorial which not only brings you through the process of drawing a pixel tree, but also guides you to structure the tree correctly, and ultimately adding details until it becomes an epic pixel tree.

From playing tools to conceptualizing to brushing up the detail, Derek Yu will show every essential skill you should know in order to construct a better sprite.

So get ready to learn something from this series of tutorials, divided into 8 detailed parts!

Ever wanted to explore the ways to create cute pixel art?

Well, KawaiiHannah will guide you to create adorable pixel character with different clothing patterns, and they are all charming for sure!

Master the art of creating industry-standard human sprite by following this extensive tutorial written by Kiwinuptuo, who took a line art and transformed it into fantastic character sprite.

“This tutorial is aimed to guide you from having a limited understanding of pixel art through the several necessary stages on your way to creating a working, professional looking RPG styled monster sprite.”

Pixel Over is the spriting technique that you grab off a picture online or offline, and use it as a visual guide as you sprite over it.

The tutorial will explain the essential pixel over technique to you step by step, and ultimately guiding you to sprite a very cool Pokémon!

An interesting and detailed tutorial done by The-Godlings-Rapture, which explains to you the genuine ways to spriting Fakémon.

Besides spriting, you will also learn about the sketching and conceptualizing of pixel art, so this is a tutorial you shouldn’t miss!

Enjoyable tutorial that talks to you the important tips needed to create the furs though pixels, and it was done though the Microsoft Paint!

You’ve known about drawing pixel character and monster, how about pixel buildings? The tutorial will explain to you what Isometric is, and how to implement it into your drawing to create a perfect isometric roof using irregular isometric lines.

Obtain the required technique and knowledge to construct a charming isometric house!

Another quality tutorial done by Zoanoid that walks you through the process of creating an attractive isometric building.

While most pixel art tutorials teach you to draw building, this rare piece will guide you to construct a very cool isometric swimming pool!

It’s really easy, but I will say this tutorial is epic. Don’t miss it if you want to create an amusing yet epic Titan Status!

To the power of our god they say!

PSDTuts will lead you to crafting a detailed pixel art while explaining the rights and wrongs of pixel art production in its comprehensive and up-to-par tutorial.

Combining what you might have learned from the tutorials above, this advanced tutorial will discuss about the best practice to produce a complete and detailed pixel art illustration.

So you want to be a great pixel artist, huh? Here’s an insightful tutorial for you that uncovers every essential bits that author knows in order to help you master your pixel art!

With FAQ style, the tutorial is written to help you understand more about the basics of pixel art: its origin, terms, techniques, difference with other art forms, and ultimately some Do’s and Don’ts on producing quality pixel art.

Color will either make or break your pixel art, that’s what the author emphasizes, and with this article you’ll be exploring the principles of creating a delightful pixel character by focus on using the right colors.

I found this tutorial inspiring as it’s not something regular that only teaches you about the colors, but explains the “Hue Change Rule” and the right ways of forming a color palette. Probably a worthy tutorial for even an artist!

“Unimaginative shading is one of the biggest things I see on pixel art here on deviantArt.”

With this said, Ostwyn will be referencing a lot of textures and the science behind their awesome shading.

Translated by OpenGameArt, this 7-part tutorial will help you learn/revise every basic technique essential to the pixel art, and tips on pixel game development as well!

So you’ve learned some essential lessons of pixel art, but when it comes to the actual game spriting, this tutorial is one of the best for the newcomers.

As a game development tutorial, it talks about the techniques that are applicable to the normal spriting but should be avoided in game spriting.

A detailed article from Lotusware that starts by looking into the creation of tiles, and it will also cover related elements such as shadows, palettes, light source, ratios and tile joints.

A must-read for every pixel artist, since the article covers almost everything critical to producing a game loaded with industry-standard pixel arts, and the author is from the team that made the Mage Knight game for the Nintendo DS platform!

This guide will be dissecting the Seiken Densetsu in order to explain the colors, materials, textures, outlines and other notable bits to achieve the Seiken Densetsu-styled pixel art.

Eventually what could pixel art be made for? Fun! And this tutorial will teach you to push the pixels into a 16×16 amusing and awesome pixel art!