Piskel

Piskel is a browser app for making and animating pixel art. You are able to edit the resolution, which allows for all sorts of details. Piskelapp can be found here. Using Piskelapp we were able to create many designs as a class.

Tutorial

To use Piskelapp you click the 1st link above, press "CREATE SPRITE", and begin drawing, select colours using the top box in the bottom left and change tool just above that. Press the plus top left to add a new frame.