hey /gd/, i was wondering how people create designs like this.

I'd guess this is done dot by dot, line by line using 1x1 brush. Also some dotted patterns to create gradient effect. Check out pixel art tutorials.

>>247224
no it's pixel art

it's done by hand

>>247240
this

made for video games by a bunch of Japanese computer artists in the mid 90s, then just rehashed and color-shifted for dumb hipsters to post on tumblr 20 years later

>i'm looking at you, noirlac