Set your Eraser to act like the Pencil by changing Mode – Pencil and adjust Size, Hardness and Smoothing. Set up drawing tools – Select the Pencil tool and adjust the setting Size – 1 px, Hardness – 100%, Mode – Normal, Smoothing – 0%. Drawing with the paint brush or pen tools will now create those beautiful blocky edges you want. Set Ruler to Pixels – To better see and manipulate individual pixels, turn on Ruler Guides ( View > Rulers), right click on the top or side ruler bars and select Pixels. Now when you zoom in, you will see the individual pixels in your design. Set Gridline Every to Pixels with a value of 1 and Subdivisions to a value of 1.

Go to Photoshop > Preferences > Guides, Grid & Slices. Turn on Grid Overlay – You want to create that blocky outline in your art, so first make sure you are visualizing your creation with a grid-based interface.

To turn ******** Photoshop into an awesome Pixel Art creating tool, follow these simple steps. Sometimes the best tool to use is the one you already have and are familiar with. So if you are looking to tap into that style for art or to make your own video game monsters, look no further than these tools to help you create stunning Pixel Art. And just as all other things retro, Pixel Art is as hip today as it was in 1978 – maybe even more so.

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