Model Editting - Hands - Shadow Urtheart

Welcome to the Model Editing Tutorial. This tutorial will show you how to manipulate an existing Pixel Art piece, add features from other Pixel Art pieces, and modify a piece to give it more of a unique style. Please Note that you should never edit a Pixel Art piece that has been created by another Artist, only use sprites and Pixel Art pieces from within commercially released games. This tutorial has been created by Shadow Urtheart and is copyright to him.

Editing hands is exactly the same as any other part of the body. This part of the tutorial will show you simply how to avoid common areas of mistake when changing the hands.

All we are going to do with this hand is simply make him put two fingers up instead of the one. The first mistake to make would simply be to put the new finger on top of where the old one was. This either gives you a really short finger, or a finger with another one below it.

Another common mistake, even when the old finger is removed, other fingers must also be put into consideration. You need to make sure that you edit the next finger along so that it looks like it is now visible.

Another problem is adding items from other character's hands. The reason for this is angles, many characters hands are placed at different angles so it is hard to transfer properties from one hand to another. Some just need simple rotations or flipping, like Knuckles' Knuckle. However for those that need to rotated at angles other than 90 degrees, you'll need to edit them yourself as paint doesn't do anything other than 90 degrees. This can be shown in Amy's wristband, which has needed to have the bottom half redrawn to fit this hand.

Angles can also be a problem when actually putting the hand onto the arm. Since Paint can only make 90 degree angles, it is impossible for this hand to actually be put onto this arm straight (or with the thumb being on the wrong side).

Finding combinations of hands and arms that work is difficult, and will restrict the amount of different poses you can get. However if you can get it right it is well worth the effort.