How to Create an Easy Pixel Art Avatar in Photoshop or GIMP

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Published on Wed, 16 Mar 2011 12:01:00 +0000 Indexed on 2011/03/16 16:13 UTC
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Boingboing.net has a cool set of meticulously drawn pixel art portraits for their key writers. If you’re a lover of pixel art, why not try and recreate a similar avatars for yourself with a few simple filters in either Photoshop or GIMP?

How-To Geek has covered a few different ways to create pixel art from ordinary graphics, and this simple method is more simple pixel art, but using a different technique. Watch as we transform two ordinary photographs into blocky masterpieces, as well as compare the techniques used between Photoshop and the GIMP. Read on!


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