Pixels And Art Glossary

[Ai]

I thought Thumbnailing is the same as sketching/doodling but on a very small scale to figure out composition/partitioning/placement/etc.

I guess so. My experience of thumbnailing is that you can put anything that reads and conveys a quick useful impression (in a 1"..2" picture size) in them. Gesture of the focal figure(s) might be included - IME it's usually central.

[0xDB]

Value & Key

see also Brightness, Lightness & Value

[Student of the Pixel]

As someone who has just gotten into pixel art and doesn’t really know much of the terminology yet, this has been extremely helpful. Thanks for posting this.

[Helm]

I just wanted to say thanks for this amazing thread. Such a valuable resource.

[0xDB]

Thank you both, Student of the Pixel and Helm. Just dropping in to report that I have starting porting this glossary to a proper wiki at http://paag.dennisbusch.de which will make maintenance and expansion much easier.

So the glossary in the first post of this thread will not be updated anymore. I will still watch this thread for suggestions on terms that should be included in the glossary.