To insert another picture simply repeat the process outlined above. It is inadvisable to modify this link in any way (although it should be safe to move it to another part of your text). Tumblr will have inserted a special ‘link’ to the stored picture in your text (see Figure 3, below).
Once the file has been stored on Tumbler’s servers, the dashboard editing screen is redisplayed. To upload a file, select (highlight) it and click “Open”.
Figure 2 (below) shows the File Upload dialogue for Firefox. The exact details of the upload process may vary depending on which browser you are using. The picture will be positioned wherever the cursor is located when the upload link is clicked. There are a couple of things to consider:Īs indicated in Figure 1 (above), there is a link titled “+ upload photo” that, as its name indicates, starts the upload process. So, imagine you’re writing your latest piece of timeless prose and you decide to include a picture. Sorry folks - it just don’t work that way! This may seem obvious, but I don’t know… I get the impression that some people expect them to appear as if by magic or else to ‘drag and drop’ them from some other source (a polite way of saying ‘steal them from another site’) totally bypassing their computer via the wonder of the interweb. And in order to upload them, they are going to have to exist on your computer first. on Tumblr) there is something else you need to be aware of: at some point, while editing the ‘text post’ that will contain these images, you are going to have to ‘upload’ a copy of the images to Tumblr - so it can host them. Now that I’m happy with those trees, looking at them with the other layer looks bad, so I need to edit that.Īfter all that I usually do a black to white gradient then choose the colors later, but with this piece I just chose a color palette.Having decided to host your pictures ‘locally’ (i.e. I start with a skinny line and build the branches off that. Then I added a path, and cleaned the outline upĪfter that I decided it was a little empty so I wanted to add some trees. With this piece I decided I wanted this to be a night-ish scene so I added some stars! Then, since I needed to know where the mtn lines were gunna end I spent some time and cleaned up the silhouetteĪnd afterwards, I scribbled along the shape to give it a more ‘natural’ feelĪfter getting the rough image outlined, I like to go back and add smaller details. Now clouds, I usually start by just adding some circles to the image: Then I’ll usually add a moon, and some clouds. Sometimes it’s just a straight line depending on the piece.Īfter I do that I usually throw a mountain in the image. I then used the pencil brush (image below) in photoshop, and sized it to 135px.Īfter sizing the brush I created a circle in the middle of the canvas.Īfter creating the circle, I’ll usually try to start the piece with a ground layer. Here is the piece we’ll be creating today:Īnd now for the step by step! Step 1: Getting startedĬreate a new canvas, for this piece I used 135px x 135px. Hello and welcome to my first pixel art tutorial! In this tutorial I’ll explain how I create simple landscape pixel art! This tutorial is made with Photoshop so I recommend using that for better understanding!
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Tutorial: How to create simple pixel landscapes
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