I want to get into the pixel art space. I’ve heard of some tools a friend uses, but I’d prefer to use something open-source if possible. What are some of the best options available?

  • Nina@crystals.restM
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    1 year ago

    I was actually searching recently. I unfortunately couldn’t find and dedicated pixel art programs that were open sourced and still being updated. Or at least ones with features I want.

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    1 year ago

    I’m not very experienced, so someone can probably correct me, but from what I’ve seen there’s quite a few options. Technically, with the right settings, you can use Gimp or Krita. There’s Piskel, which is open source and I think there’s an offline build. Also, I’ve never used it before, but there’s an open source fork of Aseprite called Libresprite.

    Lospec has a good list of software(proprietary & open source ) HERE