How to Make Simple Pixelated Characters in Photoshop

[reiban]

Good Day guys! Today, I'm discussing how you can make simple characters pixelated using Photoshop - this isn't the best tutorial but it's a good way to do it and can be easily adapted by beginners.

We're gonna use characters from a series from Japan called Doraemon, you may know them from watching TV - I grew up in these kind of toons and I really like the characters. In fact, this is actually a very long series because it was so successful, people just can't get enough of it.

Reference images used:

_{Image Sources: Wikia | Doraemon}

Great! Now that you've met the characters, let's get to making them pixelated or something. Do follow as well if you have Photoshop - doing it is the best way to learn it! Enjoy!

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Here are the Steps:

Open your image by pressing File > Open or Ctrl+O:

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Select the image you want then press Open:

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We've chosen Doraemon for this tutorial, he's saying 'Hi' to you now, look:

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Next, we have to set-up some important settings. Go to Edit > Preferences > General or press Ctrl+K

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Under General, change Image Interpolation into "Nearest Neighbor (preserve hard edges)":

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Now under Guides, grids, & slices, set the "Gridline Every" to a value of "1" and choose "Pixels" from the drop-down.

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Then, go to Image > Image Size or press Alt+Ctlr+I:

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Change the Width to a smaller value - for mine I will choose "50" (make sure the values are still linked) then press Ok:

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This will give you a really small image:

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Now, again go to Image > Image Size or press Alt+Ctlr+I:

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This time change the Width to a bigger value - for mine I will choose "500" (make sure the values are still linked) then press Ok:

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This will give you a larger - pixelated image:

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After that, go to Filter then choose Filter Gallery (the 2nd one):

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Choose Cutout and follow these settings:

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You will get an image like this:

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Add another layer and move it under your character's image so you can set up a background:

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I'm gonna use the Gradient Tool for this:

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This step gave me this image where I can see the subject better:

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I did the same thing on 3 more characters and added them all into the same photo:

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Also on a bubble for the text and a text layer that says 'hello'. I added those into the photo above along with a signature of my username here which gave me my final image.

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Here's the Final Work!

The same thing was done for the Doraemon-Nobita pattern at the very first part of this post.

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Thanks!

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Comments

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[reiban]

That's great! Thank you so much for that. Sadly - I don't have any money here. :(

[zararina]

Nice tutorial. :)

[reiban]

I appreciate the comment.

[marconah]

Nice post

[reiban]

Thanks!

[pida]

interesting and great posts

[reiban]

Thanks!

[hafis]

hi @reiban, a new knowledge for me in deepening the way photo editing in photoshop, thank you for sharing

[reiban]

Thanks for the comment!

[ocian]

quality information, thanks for giving us guidance in making good edits in photoshop

[reiban]

Hehe, you're welcome and thanks!

[zubett]

Thanks @reiban, this is very useful information

[reiban]

:) You're welcome!

[ardiansyah]

thank you for the information

[reiban]

You're welcome!

[hassanabid]

little kids will kill you if you really dont do that well lol ! they are die hard fans of doremon :D where is shizuka ? :D

[reiban]

I used google to search those images. I think I missed her so it became a boys day out.

[arcange]

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[reiban]

Wow! Thanks for the update friend!

I wonder why it went down though?

[fajarhanggono]

Cute one i love it... but if you make just a little more detail. why not making the Nobita or Doraemon pixel by pixel, remove all black pixel and leave just the color. maybe that more looks good.

[reiban]

Thanks for the amazing suggestion! I really appreciate it, it's just that this is meant for beginners and clean up requires more work.

[blessednami]

Ang cute naman neto! <3

[reiban]

Salamat!

[reiban]

Nice to know that little bot. Thanks!