Pixel Art
Pixel art is the practice of authoring images one pixel at a time on a small canvas. For Unturned™ mod developers, pixel art is the foundation of inventory icons, vehicle thumbnails, magazine sprites, and many texture overlays. The 57 Studios™ Modding Knowledge Base teaches pixel art using Microsoft Paint, the raster editor that ships with every supported version of Windows.
This section covers the complete workflow from launching Paint to saving a finished PNG, with dedicated reference pages for each tool and each decision a new modder must make. Read the articles in order. Each page builds on the previous page and links forward to the next.
Reading order
Articles in this section
- How to Open Paint
- How to Use the Pencil Tool
- How to Use the Eyedropper Tool
- How to Zoom In for Pixel-Level Editing
- How to Set Canvas Size for Icons
- How to Save a PNG File in Paint
- Why Your PNG Has a White Background
After completing this section you will be prepared to move on to the Unity Setup section, where you will package your icons into asset bundles for use inside the game.