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How are 8/16 bit sprites created?

I already found this question, but it only talks about the kind of software used - not the actual methods. Were they drawn at a high resolution first and then shrunk down? Or did you just zoom way in? ...
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Free animation/sprite art [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Where can I find free sprites and images? I am looking for free to use (commercially) art for a small app I am making. Specifically I need some sort of animal (any ...
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(Where) Can I learn to create art for my 2D games?

I'm currently bad at drawing. If I want to create something looking acceptable, it usually takes me hours and hours to fiddle around just to get the basic looks right. I think that I'm not completely ...
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Modern techniques for spriting

I would like to know the flow for making modern 2D game artwork. How are the assets made nowadays? Bitmap? Vector-based? Hand-drawn and painted? Drawn digitally? Modeled in 3D and exported to ...
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Design sprites for games (iPhone game)

I'm not the very best at design, but I have looked for tutorials to design normal sprites for games (mobile devices), like background, ground and all that stuff in 2D. Are there any ...
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Tips and Tools for creating Spritesheet animations

I am looking for a tool that I can use to create sprite sheet easily. Right now I am using Illustrator, but I can never get the center of the character in the exact position, so it looks like it is ...