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retronator: This is my attempt to start sharing everything I know about pixel art as concisely as possible. It comes in the form of focused tips, packaged into 10 second videos. The intro + first two are already online. The rest of Week 1 will air one per day for the rest of the week. Go view them at: giveit100.com/pixelart

The slides above expand on the videos and act as cheat sheets on the topics I cover. Like & reblog if you want to support this project.

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

The Pixel Art Mega Post

Pixel Art Tutorials, Tools, Games, Sites, Tributes, Masterpieces

1.) PIXEL ART TUTORIALS

Pixel Art Tutorial (by Derek Yu)

HD Index Painting in Photoshop as Article and Video (by Dan Fessler)

No Bullshit Pixel Art Tutorial (by Retronator)

Pixel Art Knowledge (by various Pixel Artists)

Pixel Art Tutorial (by Cure)

Pixel Art Tutorial (by Android Arts)

Pixel Purism: Process vs Results (by Dan Fessler)

Pixelation Knowledge Repository (by Helm)

6 Pixel Art Drawing Techniques as Video (by GDQuest)

What the Heck is Pixel Art (by Pix3M)

Pixel Art Process - or 8 steps to a polished result (by Cyangmou)

Perfect Pixel Art with Specular and Bump Lighting in Unity (by Anton Kudin)

ISOmetric Pixel Art Cheat Sheet (by Dennis Busch)

GIMP Pixel Art Tool Setup Tutorial as Video (by Retronator)

Run Cycle Tutorial (by Glauber Kotaki)

Pixel Art Tutorials (by finalbossblues)

A Little Guide to Pixel Art (by Simon Hunter)

Secret Weapons and Tactics for Better Pixel Art (by 2D Will Never Die)

Pixel Art Tutorials (by drbubu)

Pixel Art Tutorial (by Studio Purloux)

Pixel Art Academy (by Retronator)

2.) PIXEL ART TOOLS

Free Pixel Art Tools:

Piskel [Windows/Mac + Browser]

Pixel Art Editor [Browser] -with collaborative editing mode-

Asesprite 0.95 [Windows/Mac/Linux]

Grafx2 [Windows/Mac/Linux]

Paint.NET [Windows]

GIMP [Windows/Mac/Linux] 

Paint [Windows]

Pixly [Android]

Commercial Pixel Art Tools:

Photoshop [Windows/Mac]

Pro Motion [Windows]

Pyxel Edit [Windows/Mac]

Asesprite [Windows/Mac]

GraphicsGale [Windows]

Pixaki [iPad]

Sprite Something [iPhone/iPad]

Sprite Lamp [Windows/Mac/Linux]

Pixel Art Tutorials:

Collection of Pixel Art Tutorials

Other related Tools:

Voxel Art Tools:

Qubicle [Windows/Mac] -Commercial-

MagicaVoxel [Windows/Mac] -Free-

Hexel Tools:

Hexels [Windows/Mac] -Commercial-

GIF Creation Tools and Tutorials:

Ways to create animated GIFs

Game Making Tools:

The Big List of Game Making Tools

3.) PIXEL ART SITES / COMMUNITIES

Pixel Dailies

Pixel Joint

TIGSource Tumblr and TIGSource Forums

Retronator Magazine and Retronator Tumblr

PixelArtus

Pixelation

DeviantArt Groups (Pixel Artists and G-Pixel)

2D Will Never Die

4.) GAMES WITH PIXEL ART (PART 1)

Curses N Chaos

Odallus: The Dark Call

Tick Tock Isle

Freedom Planet

Tower57

Iconoclasts

Eitr

Heart Forth, Alicia

Olympia Rising

Shovel Knight

MegaSpehre

Mercenary Kings

Maldita Castilla

Foxtail

Beard Blade

More Games with Pixel Art can be found here

5.) GAMES WITH PIXEL ART (PART 2)

Into The Rift

Witchmarsh

CrossCode

NeuroVoider

Cerulean Moon

Dungeon of the Endless

Timespinner

Owlboy

Hive Jump

Leilani’s Island

Chasm

Ninja Senki

CoinOp Story

Starr Mazer

VHS Story

More Games with Pixel Art can be found here

6.) PIXEL ART MASTERPIECES (PART 1)

Pixel Art Diorama - Treasure (by cocefi)

Pixels, Huh - Scene #14 ‘Ben’ (by Octavi Navarro)

Level 4 - Hell! (by vierbit)

Autonomous Space Suit (by Oncle Gab)

Pixel Art Diorama - Fishing Spot (by cocefi)

Neo(n) Pixel Art I - Ceremony (by valenberg)

Platformer House (by bugpixel)

Cyberpunk Pixel Art (by Jason Tammemagi)

Pixel Art Diorama - Bookkeeper’s Garden (by cocefi)

Vikings Tavern (by albertov)

Panduranga Temple (by Socnau)

A Donkey’s Life (by iLKke)

Pixel Art Diorama - (Re)Drawn to Life (by cocefi)

Neo(n) Pixel Art II - Neon Bounty Hunters (by valenberg)

zero (by valenberg)

Neo(n) Pixel Art II - Jet Plastic (by valenberg)

More Pixel Art Masterpieces can be found here

7.) PIXEL ART TRIBUTES TO GAMES (PART 1)

Tribute (by retronator)

Mirror’s Edge (by junkboy)

Bayonetta (by junkboy)

Smash Bros. - Mario and Mega Man (by AbyssWolf)

The Last of Us (by pwang)

Left 4 Dead 2 (by AbyssWolf)

God of War (by pwang)

Smash Bros. - Samus in Zero Suit (by AbyssWolf)

Smash Bros. - Samus in Power Suit (by AbyssWolf)

Hyrule Warriors - Link (by AbyssWolf)

Colossal Katamari (by snakepixel)

Dark Souls - Beat Them All Demake (by Mr_HK_)

Isometric TF2: Badlands (by gas13)

Metroid - Mockup (by Robin Wouters)

Dark Souls II - Bonfire (by Bandygrass)

Alien Isolation (by jonroru)

Dark Souls (by zedotagger)

Captain Toad (by Paul Robertson)

Chip and Dale 3 - Mockup (by snakepixel)

Turrican II (by junkboy)

Super ISO Bros: The Other Side (by Emperor_Pixel)

Splatoon (by Davitsu)

A New Wario Land - Mockup (by snakepixel)

Metal Gear Solid - Psycho Mantis Battle (by tenpoundpixel)

More Pixel Art Tributes to Games can be found here

8.) PIXEL ART TRIBUTES TO MOVIES (PART 1)

Adventure Time - Finn and Jake (by AbyssWolf)

8-Bit Ghibli: My Neighbor Totoro (by Richard J. Evans)

Akira (by mazeon)

Adventure Time - Swords (by Luciana Nascimento)

Star Wars - Millenium Falcon in Asteroid Field (by mazeon)

The Pix Lebowski (by Spiddrelli)

Adventure Time - Treehouse (by Gengar)

Tron (by mazeon)

Game of Thrones (by Czarek Luczynski)

8-Bit Ghibli: Princess Mononoke (by Richard J. Evans)

Game of Thrones (by Orkimides)

Mad Max: Fury Road (by Mazok Pixels and Misha Petrick)

Simpsons Pixels (by Paul Robertson and Ivan Dixon)

Watchmen: Rorschach (by mazeon)

Watchmen: Dr. Manhattan (by mazeon)

The Dark Knight: Joker’s Car Chase (by Bruno Moraes)

Cohesion by Eric Wong

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A long time ago an anon asked my thoughts about drawing backgrounds, so I finally got around to putting this together. It’s more prop-centric, but it still represents my philosophy to backgrounds. 

This post has been put together from google searching and other resource compilation post floating across the net (including RPG Maker Time’s resource section and various forum post).  These resources are all free to download for the most part, please read the terms of use for each website.  Links are to English sites unless specified. Contact me if a link is broken and I’ll remove it from the list.  

Graphics Collections

Any site that has multiple contributors to it & Masterpost

RPG Maker.Net’s Resource Section - All Engines

The Official Site’s Forums & Gallery Section

Check out These Forums while you’re at it for general sprites and such.

A bunch of Japanese websites with translated Terms of Use pages.

These Two Masterpost

A deviant art group that has some free resources - Please check the descriptions to make sure you have permission to use them.  Contain rips from games.

RPG Maker Times - All Engines

Game Development Unlimited’s Resource Section  - XP & VX/VX Ace

rpgmaker-resources-galore - XP & VX/VX Ace

This Forum Post (some of the websites I added here, credit to them for finding them)

First Seed Material - 2000/2003, XP, & VX/VX Ace.

My Graphics Tag - various (basically whatever you guys post in the tags)

Sites & Blogs That Have Resources for Multiple Engines

Grandma Deb’s Little Bits - some MV, mostly VX/VX Ace

Pixel Art World - Japanese. XP & MV

Blogshin - MV & VX/VX Ace

Mutation Genes Similation T.D. Lab - Japanese, all Engines.

RPGMaker.fr - French. 2000/2003 & XP.  Check out their forums for more.

Tieris Illia - 2000/2003, XP, & VX/VX Ace

Candy Coded Response - VX/Ace & MV

Division Heaven - XP, VX/VX Ace, & MV.  Has both free & purchasable graphics.

Etolier - Japanese, XP & VX/VX Ace.  Translated Terms of Use.

Ruruga’s Site - Japanese, 2000/2003, XP, & VX/VX Ace. Terms of Use.

Vibrato - Japanese, VX/VX Ace & MV.  Terms of Use.

cyanyurikago - Battlers that can be used across multiple systems.  Terms of Use.

Engine Specific

2000/2003

Charas-Project.Net - Contain rips from copyrighted games, but has some original stuff in it as well.

Phylomortis 

gaminggroundzero 

XP 

RPG Palace 

Sith Jester’s Site 

The Rune Legend - French, one post with some Character Sprites

Akana’s Art & XP Resources Blog

VX/VX Ace

Granny’s VX/VX Ace Resource List 

vxresource

sleepy-rpgmaker 

rpgmakervxacethings.tumblr.com

blogdofly 

Lovely Blues

Neo-RTP  - Japanese

RPG Maker VX Ace Collective

Some Character Parts Here & Here

Dr. Mac’s Character Parts

rpgmaker-resources-galore

Lunariffic Creations

Jalen’s Jamboree

Cantinho do Deen - Portugese

Closet Ace - Japanese

Relaxed Chillin’ - Japanese

Souvre’s Game Stuff

MV

Grandma Deb’s MV Resource Showcase Directory

MVRTPEdits

RPGMakerMV.co’s Graphical Resources Section

This Post on RPGMakerMV’s Forums

RPG Maker Times’s Stuff Here & Here (same resources, different website layouts)

Fans of RPG Maker MV’s Graphic Section

A Round up of a few MV Generator Add Ons

Generators

Character Sprites

Universal LPC Sprite Sheet Generator - I think you can get these to work in VX/VX Ace and a few other RPG Makers, but check it out for yourself

Sprite Creator - XP & VX/VX Ace

JunkHunt’s Character & Roof Tiles Generator - Original in Japanese, link is to Google Translate version.  VX/VX Ace

Looseleaf - Japanese.  VX/VX Ace

LegendaryGameMaker’s Character Generator - XP, check description for download.

Another VX/VX Ace Character Generator - VX/VX Ace

Portraits 

Note: Most of these are Engine Independent.  Please make sure to check the website to see if they allow use in commercial and non-commercial games.

Zielona Face Laboratory - Japanese

RMVX Faceset Generator - XP & VX/VX Ace

RMXP/VX Faceset Generator - A previous version of the one above.  XP & VX/VX Ace

Skye’s Face Generator - .PSD File.  Made for RPG Maker, but I think the faces are engine independent.

Anime Face Maker 

Abi-Station’s Portrait Maker

Celianna’s Portrait Generator - VX/VX Ace

Character Machine 

Character Somehow Machine: Downloadable Version, Web Version - Japanese.  Cute Visual Novel style anime girls.  I’m not quite sure of the copyright usage of this generator as gogole translate is a fickle mistress. Send a message if you know.

Multiple/Misc

Alternate VX Ace Sprite & Bust Generator - Portraits & Sprites

Game Character Hub - VX/VX Ace, 14.99USD on Steam 

Yanfly Icon Generator - MV, Icons

JunkHunt’s Character & Roof Tiles Generator - Original in Japanese, link is to Google Translate.  VX/VX Ace, Character & Roof Tile Generator

Graphics Handling (Importing, Mappinig, Editing, etc.)

General

Common Tileset Questions (For All RPG Makers)

What Does it Take to Make Your Own Tileset?

Luchino’s Basic Mapping Commandments

Mapping in 5 Easy Steps

Creating Vibrant Towns & Villages

A Quick Guide on 2D Mapping & “Dead Space”

A Quick Guide on Parallaxes & Collision Mapping

Design and Beauty: a Look at Art Direction

Mapping Processes

Pocket Mirror’s Mapping Process

Conquestgame’s Mapping Process

Kajiwi’s Indoor Mapping Process

Aria’s Story Mapping Process

lolloboloz’s 2003 Mapping Process

Not RPG Maker, but a look at someone’s room design process that might be useful for Parallax Mappers

2000/2003

How to Structure Chipsets in 2000/2003 if you’re making your own or ripping them from another game.

Mapping in 2000/2003

Parallax Mapping in 2003 

Another Parallax Mapping Tutorial in 2003

Lighting in 2003

XP 

Nature Mapping Tutorial

A Few Downloadable Mapping Tutorials

Dynamic Lighting Script

VX/VX Ace

How to Import Tilesets to VX Ace & How to Make Your Own Tilesets from the Official website (scroll to bottom)

How to add Parts to the Ace Character Generator

Basic Tileset Editing

More Basic Tile Editing

Parallax Mapping in VX/VX Ace

Parallax Mapping For Beginners (Video)

CVincent’s Parallax Mapping Guide

Another Parallax + Overlay Mapping Tutorial

Very Basic Lighting Effects Tutorial

Luchi-Chan’s Lighting Tutorial

MV

How to Import Tilesets To MV: Video | Text

How to add more parts to the MV Character Generator

Parallax Mapping in MV

Resizing Tilesets from VX/VX Ace to MV: in Photoshop | In Gimp

Yanfly’s Parallax Mapping Tips & Tricks

Create a Sunbeam Effect

Templates & Bases for making your own sprites

For the sake of this post, Templates are completely blank boxes you can create anything in.  Bases are premade characters and other such things you can put clothes on.

Templates tag on Pinkuboa

2000/2003 Templates,  & alternate Charaset & Tileset templates

XP Templates, a Simple Charaset Template, & a few other Templates for XP

Templates for VX & VX Ace

RPG Maker MV Templates plus an Alternate Tileset Template 

This Deviant Arts group’s Bases & Templates folder

A Bunch of XP sprite templates

A forum post with templates for different engines

Some VX/VX Ace Bases & Parts

A Tall Sprite Base

A Cute Yume Nikki Inspired VX/VX Ace Base

Or: “So you want to create a visual novel.” A bunch of resources and tutorials i’ve collected, unfortunately I dont have any tutorials for non-ren’py engines fave. its long so under a cut

…actually I haven’t gotten that request yet :0  And thank you for specifying your engine!

I wasn’t quite sure how to go about this, so I just typed in any popular Monster Collecting/Raising game I could think of (Pokemon, Monster Hunter, Digimon, & Tamagatchi really) and gathered what I found here.  

Here we go:

The Crystal Engine, with over 50 scripts made for Pokemon Fangames

Event Monster Capture System, and an edit made by someone else

Himework’s Monster Capturing System

Dekita RPG’s Old Pokemon Scripts

Awesomecool’s Monster Capture System

A Thread Request for a Caterpillar Monster System

A Caterpillar System

A Tamagachi System! ….in Portuguese (I’m assuming you don’t know Portuguese but if you do, good on you)

A Pet System

A Monster Cataloging System

Pokemon-like Events Tutorial (not exactly the best but eh)

Buy Common Events

Base Troop Events

Class System (with subclasses!)

First I got one of these menu scripts (the last one I think), tweaked a few things (like getting rid of particles and changing the placement of the menu commands), did some photoshop magic and voilà! Title screen!

Basically it’s just the images of the faces fading in and out in the background, one layer with an image of everything that’s not meant to fade out on top and the menu commands off to the side. It’s actually the same script I was using before (and also the same one I used for From Next Door) but with the appropriate tweaking.The script does most of the work lol you just need a little imagination c:

i never stop talking about some of these so i might as well banish them to a single post! you might know about a lot of them already, but feel free to look anyway

Adobe Animate (Flash) → OpenToonz, Synfig Studio, or Pencil2D 

Adobe Audition → Audacity

Adobe Illustrator → Inkscape 

Adobe Photoshop → GNU Image Manipulation Program or Paint.NET

Adobe Premiere Pro/After Effects → Fusion, Shotcut, OpenShot, Natron, or Blender

Autodesk Maya → Blender 

Clip Studio Paint/Paint Tool SAI → Krita, FireAlpaca, (both also include animation tools!) or MediBang Paint

FL Studio → LMMS

Microsoft Office → LibreOffice or Calligra Suite 

Scrivener → Celtx (sort of?) or Evernote

VLC media player → VLC media player lol

Small Menu - RPG MAKER MV

I’ve re-played “The Witch’s House” recently. So, I made a plugin for MV that creates a menu like the one seen in the game! ~Luca

Not sure how to plan out your game?   You can use this design document to plan your fangame out before you start!  

If you don’t want to stick to the music already in the program what do you do? What program would you use to create your own sound effects and music? If you wanted to purchase music specifically designed to be used in games and creative projects where would you go?

What are some good programs to make sprites with?

Let me know if this reblog gets cut-off btw, and I’ll make it into an actual post!

MUSIC/SFX:

LMMS - Free - I use this for music. It has tons of great options for instruments/effects/etc…

Garage Band - Comes Free with a Mac computer - I’ve seen/heard good things about this! I believe quite a few musicians use this as well…

as3sfxr - Free - Really amazing online program– good for 8-bit SFX!

Amper Music - Free - Seems very crisp and clean despite still being in Beta. You have to make an account to use it, though!

Audacity - Free - Probably would be best for SFX, or editing already existent audio. However, music composition is possible!  (Pretty sketchy site though, click the blue download link to the left that reads “Download Audacity 2.1.3″)

Some sites that have music and SFX for free…

Freesound.org - A damn god-send. I use it 24/7 and it’s absolutely perfect. You can search based on length, rating, etc… Best for SFX but can sometimes be used for music…

Purple Planet - Free music for your game! Rad my dudde!!

Sound Image - there is legit over 1,000 tracks, and they’re all free for commercial/non-commerical use. With proper crediting, of course. (Requirements are listed if you scroll down to “IMPORTANT - …”)

SPRITES:

Paint Tool Sai - Costs money, but there is a ripped, free version floating about that has no difference whatsoever… - I use Sai for pixel art, using the binary/pixel tool. It’s simple and easy. But a pain the mcfricken toosh when trying to resize pixels…

^^ I’ve linked to the official site– but you can most likely find the free version by looking it up on youtube…

Piskel - Free, Online - Is literally built for spriting! It’s really awesome and I use it frequently. You can see separate frames, the animation playing in the top right, and there’s even a built-in dithering tool…

Aseprite - 14.99 USD, but there is a Trial where you can not save files. - I’ve seen good things about this one! I believe there is a bunch of color palettes for use. A lot like piskel but with WAY more tools. I repeat– you cannot save files on the trial version.

Photoshop - Price depends on the version - M’not very familiar with photoshop– though I do have an old version since it was gifted to me. It’s probably better than sai regarding the fact that you can resize pixel art without it being distorted.

MS Paint - Free with Windows - if you use this you’re gonna have to find a way to make things transparent… However… I don’t really know why you’d use this if you can just use Piskel, haha!

(Game Maker also has a built-in pixel art tool, I believe!)

PLUGINS/SCRIPTS:

You can find them EVERYWHERE.

Just go on google, look up what you want to do, along with the version of RPG Maker your using… (MV, Vx/Vxace, etc.) and explore! 

(ex. let’s say I want a fog effect, and I’m using Rpg Maker MV. I would go on google, and look up “Fog Effect RMMV” or “Fog RMMV” and sift through the top results…)

At times there will be more than one option for you so it’s just a matter of looking at the functions of them and deciding which would be best for what you want to do/your sanity.

However! If you want to add a few features and you’re not sure what to add, there is an MV Masterlist of plugins for you to explore. Along with one for Vx Ace.

Now, if you’ve searched valleys far and wide and can’t find the plugin/script that you need… There is an official RPG Forum with a friendly, helpful community where you can request for someone to make a plugin for you. Check the masterlist first, be very descriptive and polite, and someone will most likely help you out.

writing a bitchy character (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)

writing a cocky character (1,2,3,4)

writing a emotion character (1,2)

How to play a hippie

Playing the quiet character.

Portraying the shopaholic.

Portraying a mute character.

Portraying a kleptomaniac.

How to play the stalker.

Writing distant, indifferent characters.

How to write a character who stutters.

Writing a character who is sassy.

A guide to playing a southern character.

Portraying characters with crushes.

How to portray a teen mom.

How to play a character who is mean.

How to portray a character high on cocaine.

Writing a character who is high on amphetamines.

Playing an efficient male character.

Portraying the asshole.

Playing a character who suffers from shyness.

How to play a mentally ill/insane character.

Writing a character who self-harms.

Writing a happy character.

Writing a character who suffers from night terrors.

Writing a character with paranoid personality disorder.

How to play a victim of rape.

How to RP a blind character.

Writing a leader.

Writing a character with Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Writing a character with depression.

Writing a character who is homosexual.

Writing a character with schizophrenia.

Playing a fe/male character.

Writing a character with Nymphomania.

How to write a worry wart.

How to write a character with HPD.

How to write a bad ass character.

Playing a pansexual.

Tips on writing a drug addict.

Tips on writing the pregnant female.

Writing insane characters.

Playing a character under the influence of marijuana.

Portraying a character with diabetes.

How to play a prankster.

Playing a character who has been adopted.

Portraying a vampire.

Playing a character with an eating disorder.

Portraying a character who is anti-social.

Portraying a character who is depressed.

How to portray someone with dyslexia.

How to portray a character with bipolar disorder.

Portraying a character with severe depression.

How to play a serial killer.

Writing a tomboy.

Playing a pyromaniac.

How to write a mute character.

How to write a character with an OCD.

How to play a stoner.

How to write an asexual character.

How to play a bitchy/vicious character.

How to play a character with HPD.

Playing a pregnant woman.

Playing the burn-out.

Writing a “nice” character.

How to play a gentleman.

How to play a shy/introvert character.

How to play a naive character.

Playing characters with memory loss.

How to write a character who smokes.

How to write pirates.

How to write characters with PTSD.

How to play a character who isn’t ready for sex.

How to play the geek.

Playing the manipulative character.

Portraying a character with borderline personality disorder.

Playing a character with Orthorexia Nervosa.

Writing a character who lost someone important.

Playing the bullies.

Portraying the drug dealer.

Playing a rebellious character.

How to portray a sociopath.

How to play a swimmer.

Portraying a ballerina.

Playing a promiscuous male.

Playing a character with cancer.

How to portray a bubbly character.

How to portray a power driven character.

How to portray the shy character.

Playing a character under the influence of drugs.

Playing a character who struggles with Bulimia.

Portraying a hippie.

Portraying sexually/emotionally abused characters.

Playing a character with asthma.

Portraying characters who have secrets.

Portraying a recovering alcoholic.

Portraying a sex addict.

How to play someone creepy.

Portraying a foreigner.

Portraying an emotionally detached character.

How to play a character with social anxiety.

Portraying a character who is high.

How to play a strong, female character.

Writing a character with a hangover.

Playing angry characters.

Playing a character who is smarter than you.

Playing and writing autistic characters.

Portraying a trans character.

How to portray a dominant character.

Playing a character who is faking a disorder.

Playing a prisoner.

Playing the opposite sex.

Portraying a character who has PTSD.

Playing a character who stutters.

How to play a depressed character who self-harms.

Portraying the “dumb” character.

How to portray a lesbian.

How to play a blind character.

How to play a sexual assault victim.

Writing a compulsive gambler.

Playing a werewolf.

Writing a character who is drunk.

Playing a Brit.

Portraying a character with amnesia.

Playing heroes.

Portraying a witty character.

How to play a vampire.

How to play a character who is manipulative.

Portraying the natural born leader.

Portraying the character who is flirtatious.

Writing a nice character.

How to portray a character who has asthma.

Playing a character with ADHD.

Amnesia

Children

Losing Someone (2)

Physical Injuries (2, 3)

Sexual Abuse (2)

Fight Scenes (2, 3, 4)

Horror

Torture

How to Describe the Body Shape of Female Characters

Character Appearance Help

Words to Describe Voice

Character Development Exercises

Art of Character Development

Introducing Characters

Characters You Need to Reinvent

Making Characters Likable

Heroes and Villains

Understanding Body Language

Mental Illness in Writing

Conflicts and Characters

by storyboard supervisor Erik Fountain