[TUT] Elk's Tutorial on "How To Rotate Pixelart"

[kia345]

Paint.NET wins.

Step 1: Open the image
Step 2: select the "Move selected pixels" tool
Step 2.5: turn the quality to "pixelated"
Step 3: Right click the image.
Step 4: Drag to 45 degrees.
Step 5: Redraw the few distortions

You could also highlight the image sprite rather doing the entire image, that's usually easier.

[Elk]

Originally Posted by Demisis_P2P

how to rotate pixel art:

[S]24bit png.[/S]

If you rotate a pixelated vertical/horizontal sprite to a 45 degree sprite its edges will be smoothed out and therefore its not pixelart anymore, thats the whole point of this tut xD

[Deas_Voice]

i tryd the paint.net, it was quite easy, but kia forgot that u have to switch back to the "Move selected pixels" tool.

and u mist some steps,

1. Open the image.
2. select the "ellipse select" or "rectangel select".
3. select the part u want to rotate.
4. select the "Move selected pixels" tool
5. turn the quality to "pixelated"
6. Right click the image.
7. Drag to 45 degrees.
8. Redraw the few distortions

more like that if u want to do it on 1 img not split it up
ps: sorry if i missunderstod you.

heres my outcome:

[Codein]

I never really rotate. I find it much easier just to redraw the extra sprite :/

[excaliber7388]

Normally, I'd just rotate it, then I'd fix it up using the non rotated one as the target form, and the rotated one as the stencil for the angles.
I'll try these tips next time.

[Clockwork]

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Your 45% angles look thinner.

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Elk, could you post your final version of the sprite [in full] thanks !!

[Elk]

:O what do you mean by that, andy?

[Felix_Xenophobe]

cool.

i make tutorial on how 2 rotate ascii swords.

1. get idea. like this sword i made:

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2. how 2 rotate? good question u just look at how it is made and u find symbols that look gud!
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3. //
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4. u r now ready to sword

[Elk]

wwow thank you it works

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Originally Posted by Elk

:O what do you mean by that, andy?

the sword image, [in full]

[Deas_Voice]

Originally Posted by Clockwork

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Your 45% angles look thinner.

yeah, i know, i made the up
^
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sprite 1 line thicker..

[Crono1508]

Elk's method does work, I've tried it.