: What program should I use to draw pixelated retro-style graphics? I want to create a Pacman clone and I need to draw by myself the game's graphics (pacman, the ghosts, fruits ,etc.). I'm looking

@Sherry646

Instead of zooming i would prefer to switch to grids and apply snap to grid on illustrator. Use pen tool to draw individual elements. It is time consuming but it will give really nice images.

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@Tiffany317

Any program which allows you to zoom into the canvas far enough to see individual pixels and offers either a binary brush or an option to turn the hardness of your brush up to the point of having no anti-aliasing is good enough - Photoshop, GIMP, heck maybe even MSPaint.

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@Hamaas979

Drawing with pixels requires a raster image editor, such as Photoshop, GIMP, MS Paint, Paint(dot)Net, etc, etc. Almost any one will do. Use a tiny 1px pencil/brush - and zoom in until you can see the pixels!

If you are looking for tutorials, google this "Draw pixel art [insert name of software]".

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