How can i make a small sprite look bigger

[IRequireThyHelp]

first of all my english is very bad and im new to game maker

so when i make a small sprite for a character(16x16 for example) when in game its too small that its almost invisible
so how can i make this sprite look like its a normal sized sprite

 

[Kes]

'Tutorials' is where people who have made a tutorial to share with others can post them.

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[Silva]

Standard character size is 48x48, so scale the image up 3x

 

[MushroomCake28]

You can scale up your sprites using a program like gimp or photoshop.

48x48 per tile in MV, and 32x32 in XP and VX.