Tutorials/Pixel art

This tutorial will give you some basic guidelines for pixel art, and show some examples of what you can make with it.

Definition
Pixel art refers to a player using blocks to make certain figures from real life or in Minecraft. These blocks are usually colorful blocks, such as wool or concrete.

Designs In Minecraft
Designs drawn that are copied from Minecraft are usually mobs or blocks, drawn so that a 1 pixel is equal to 1 block. This makes pixel art that copies Minecraft textures 16 times bigger than the mob or block. To make these even bigger, you can make 1 pixel equal to a 2 x 2 area of 4 blocks. For an absolutely giant version of a mob or block, make 1 pixel equal to a 4 x 4 area of 16 blocks. There are an infinite amount of possibilities.

Blocks
Blocks can be rather difficult to make with pixel art, because of the fact that some blocks use many different colors for each pixel, but they are all very similar. The reason this makes the pixel art difficult is because there may not be enough wool or concrete colors to simulate every pixel. If this happens, you can either try to figure out what colored block simulates each pixel the closest, or use blocks that are not wool, concrete, or terracotta. Blocks that are not these colors usually have many different colors within themselves, but from a distance it looks equal.

Stone
The pixels in stone blocks are different shades of gray. Using stone for pixel art should consist of gray wool or concrete, light gray wool or concrete, and stone itself. If you want an even bigger contrast, you can use white concrete for the lightest pixels in a stone block.

Obsidian
For the purples in an obsidian block, use a combination of a few of the following blocks: magenta wool or concrete, purple wool or concrete, magenta terracotta, and/or blue terracotta. For the black, use a combination of black terracotta and black wool or concrete. Use black wool or concrete for a more solid black color.

Cake
Use red terracotta and brown wool/concrete for the base of the cake, or the actual "cake" part. For the top of the cake, or the "icing" of the cake, use a combination of light gray and white wool/concrete. For the specks of red on top, which simulate "strawberries", use red wool or concrete. The cake should be only 8 blocks high, rather than 16 blocks, as a cake only takes up half of a block.

Mobs
Mobs have varying heights in Minecraft, depending on what mob it is. Like blocks, they can be difficult to create, but generally, mobs have slightly more varying colors than blocks.

Zombie
The "feet" of the zombie should be made of gray wool/concrete. The legs should be made up of purple wool/concrete, with blue terracotta to highlight the "knees". The torso of the zombie should be made of light blue wool or concrete, with cyan to highlight certain spots, and the arms should be made of green and lime wool or concrete. Finally, the head of the zombie should be made with lime wool/concrete and green wool/concrete, or if desired, also include green and lime terracotta, and white wool/concrete.