Make Pixel Art NOW! (6 Essential Beginner Tips) 

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That giraffe blowing fire in the background is amazing. The video was great too. Very helpful.

I got this video through RU-vid recommendations, and I do have an interest in learning pixel art.

4:40 Some of the best Ace Attorney fan games (GBA/DS-era pixel art) have so much frankensteined characters, it's kinda fun to recognise which part originally belonged to which character

Honestly, I've only ever done original characters, never Frankensteining, but these methods look really useful for training.

I'm surprised to learn this is the first video on a new channel. It feels like it's from a much bigger channel. Great quality!

My comfort zone is 32x32. I can make basic animations. I actually enjoy the process of pixel art. With shortcut mastery, it’s like a productive game in itself.

Cool video! I was actually shocked when I saw how small your channel is for such good content, I'm your 100th subscriber now and I'm gonna watch more of your videos now ^^

I never really did the recoloring and frankensteining part, i was always headbutting against the wall to create original stuff, and to me it was a gratifying process to see the quality steadly improving, reaching closer and closer to the games i looked up to, the more i learned about it. Of couse my art still isn't the best, but it's at least something i can have fun with and be proud of. Having fun is the most important after all. Also, for your first video this is really really good! Gives me "i've been on this plataform for 5 years now" vibes, very well made!

Man... I decided to put my fears and utter skill issues at spriting aside a few days ago, and then stumble upon your channel! I'm basically trying to create a character (with moveset and all) for a game mod and it's been hell for me since I have to adapt to the game's art style. Your tips help a lot right now! Thanks for making these videos!

This is genuinely the most helpful video for starting pixel art I’ve ever come across. Thank you!

Oooo, very simple and right to the point. As someone who also started just editing sprites, fun to finally see someone recommend it. Using spriter's resource, replicated different styles, and just drawing, even if you can, all great tips! A lot of pixel art is being able to use space effectively, and making good readable shapes, looking at how others doing it and copying can really help out. Thanks for making this video, spreading the joys of pixel art 💚

Pixel art is so fun. I've just recently started trying to get into it. Always loved it playing early video games. The whole idea of an art style being born from a technical limitation is so fascinating. Then seeing what incredible stuff people invented in order to convey the most information in the smallest amount of space is mind blowing!

That's ironic and interesting that lately I've been considering zooming in and studying classic video game pixel art to really try to understand what it was they were doing especially with the color choices and shading so your idea of doing a recolor sounds like a great idea. Sometimes doing pixel art from scratch can be such a pain especially when you're working with onions or animations because it's like if you don't have the proportions and shading right from the very beginning then everything else eventually falls apart. Very few people mention this which I think is important especially if you're going for the classic pixel art look is to view the art you're working on through a traditional computer VGA monitor or CRT TV if you still got one or even through a program like ShaderGlass that lets you load CRT shader simulations. I will take my character and side-by-side compare it to say a Megaman X sprite on a CRT to see if my color choices still pop and stand out. I feel like if you can make it look good on a CRT then your art will look good everywhere else and I think that consideration is what's missing with a lot of modern pixel art imo especially if you want to match the work and technique from the past.

I ended up here because of youtube recommendation somehow, and I just realized I've already done all of those steps without any guide xD.. And I've made games and is making another one right now

For a first video, this looks extremely professional and informative. Bet this channel will grow in no time!

This is genuinely helpful, I didn't realise I could study pixel art like that, or add a reference photo. Nice video!

I used to do recolors, Frankensteins, and edits to Megaman Zero characters years ago. I’ve always wanted to get back into it, so seeing this was a nice “hey, you can still work on those things” type of video. I look forward to seeing future tutorials and pixel art advice!

You're gonna blow up brow, this video was great. Wish you all the best.

This is a good video, I hope your channel starts growing more. Keep it up!

I’ve spent years learning a very simple semi-pixel-art 2D game engine called RPG Maker, the current version being called MZ. Recently trying to expand my understanding of writing characters and world-building, map design, etc… I do own Aseprite but never used it. I guess this recent ‘learning binge’ led me to this video.

always love finding new pixel art and game dev channels, great content, instant sub

Feeling more confident to try this out myself !!

Really good video and really good tips! As someone who has been doing pixel art as a hobbie for around 8 years now these steps are both the rough journey I went through and also things I wish I had heard back then so I could start doing them sooner haha. I eventually did figure things out though, and me not knowing what I'm doing at first kinda ended up giving me a distinct artstyle I really enjoy.

Glad to see a new pixelart channel!

Really good tips for starting pixel art, one of the better videos I have seen on this subject for people getting started.

5:40 that alien certainly has an interesting head shape

That’s such a high quality video! Wow! And I have done a bit of Frankensteining, editing and recoloring with Pokémon trainer sprites, because I like the style, and I also sometimes edit the clothes and fully add stuff myself. The one I‘m working on now has basically just the body as a base left from the original.

Thank you so much for your tips! Your way of explaining things motivates me to keep going and practicing :)

These are awesome tips! Definitely going to try get into pixel art again soon!

Great tips to just get startet. Thank you! Great video!

this helps so much, thank you, subscribed

please keep the good work! I'm starting to get into pixel art and hope to keep following your tips

Nice content. I usually skim over small channels that youtube recommends, but you still caught my attention from the titles/thumbs. Looking forward to what you put out!

Thank you for the tips! Really encouraged me to start pixel art. I am surprised that your video/editing/quality and all that stuff is great but your channel is so small compared to that! Turns out you are new to youtube. Surely you'll grow quickly, keep up the good work!!!

Great first longer video! Your passion for pixel art comes through, and that's very happy. 👾 Also, it was neat seeing all your re-edits and Frankensteins!

The video was great! Super helpful, especially the advice in the final tip. I don't know how I hadn't thought to try something like that yet (I use Gacha Club and Gacha Life 2 for other projects, so I can easily make references for myself in pixel art now).

I've always had an interest in pixel art and seeing as I'll have some free time this summer I decided to try my shot at it :) I'm in the process using a template from pixel art youtuber Brandon James Greer that's basically sprite-editing on steroids, and remaking some original characters from the newest project I'm writing. Amazing first video and best of luck with the channel :D

I've always been interested in pixel art. I know some of the more basic basics but that's about it on my knowledge. Loved the video (thank you for the resources you mentioned and all the tips.)

Krita has a built-in hard pixel brush and when you zoom in far enough, there's a pixel grid, and it's super easy to use once you get the hang of it. Found it through recommendations, and wanna try doing pixel art, even though my first game will be simple 3D

I had no interest in pixel art prior to watching this. I now want to do pixel art. Thank you for this video and i will definitely keep an eye out for more of your content!

Im glad I ended up here because of the Pixaki recommendation. I want to learn pixel art for one of my many dream games so I've been searching for tutorials.

I started a while ago to try and do some pixel art and got totally bummed when I realised I suck 😆even it was an obvious ending for someone that hasn't drawn anything in the last 20 years or so. Your video gave me some real good pointers and suggestions to not surrender and keep trying 😄. So here's my subscribe good sir, keep up the great work!

Thank you. I’ve been looking for something like procreate but for pixel art.

Yes, yes, yes! Couldn't agree more with these stuffs. Great tips, and great video! Hope you blow up soon :)

I ended up here because I want to make my own video game assets!

Instant sub!

cool!

I have made some 16-16 pixel art before, but I really do need inspiration for what to make. Do you have any suggestions?

Great video! Thanks for the info. I'm excited to do pixel art. I just reeeally wanna draw tiny pixel food.... lol

I'm trying to get back into pixel art. Thanks for the video.

Alright it's time

Excellent video. You make me want to go back to pixel art. Last thing I did was my channel's avatar, and it's been a good while.

Nice tips.

This was an inspiring tutorial! Thank you for making it, getting art for any project is insanely expensive so unfortunately I'll have to do it on my own.

AMAZING VIDEOO

Great video.

very helpful video ^_^ i recently bought myself aesprite to play around (mostly done small neopets gifs) but its nice motivation hearing how your pixel art journey was like! as someone who came from digital art where recolouring is soo shameful and not ok it will be a hurdle to jump for me but i appreciate the video :3

Such a cool video Your channel should be a4 times larger ngl

I found you after watching some recommended videos about recoloring nes graphics

Awesome, video. Extra good for being new to YT.

Great video man! It would be cool if you released those comics cause I’d honestly love to read them!

I think that the whole pixel art scene is a bit stuck in making almost literally the same stuff non-stop. Its low pixel 32x32 sized retro platformer characters, or tilesets. Pixel art can be a great way to do more complex art too or use it as a medium to learn about colors and composition. As a final note I’d say that the most important pre-requisite to pixel art is to learn to draw and paint first. Not at some master level but get the basics down and your pixel art is gonna get so much better.

Been trying to get motivated to make something and I feel I need a lot of guidance to get this project done. Feeling really overwhelmed. Have been for months. Lots of research probably lead the algorithm to you and here I am.😂 earned a subscribe as I’m also using procreate. Though I’m using pixsquare and pixel studio. I haven’t heard of pixaki though I’ll definitely play with it. I’ll be following to learn more. I don’t have any specific questions just yet except about sprites and scale. However I don’t know how to ask without rambling about other things I’m confused about. I just don’t know how to calculate things so that I’m scaling it all correctly. I will make a sprite and I’ll try and confine myself to certain rules and end up needing to break my rules to have it make sense and then I’m out of scale. It’s a bit frustrating.

Hey man i like your video. I watched all your shorts too !!! +1 sub

I really like that bunny frog. :3

Wew nvr expect to see this just recently got back to pixel art after 2years tbh which this is helpfull in a way lol

Now I’m curious how to animate the sprites and how to make a video game lol

"This sketch is trash" *Rendered a perfectly amazing frog jumping

amazing keep it up

bro, we had similar childhoods! Thank you for telling your story!

Pixel art in comics sounds really cool! 😁

Sir you had me at the 6 stuffs

awesome video ^w^

I've been an off and on pixel artist for some time. That app looks like it was tailor made for me. I think I'm gonna invest in an iPad.

Idea for better pixel art Start Off With A Non Shaded Pixel Art , And Then Shade it

Heeeey i did those without even knowing! XD Mainly recolors of Mega Man Zero and Zx biometals I really loved doing it I used Adobe Fireworks It's like a photoshop lite for beginners 😂

Just got into Pixar art. I got a book, photoshop, and was now looking at videos. I wanted to see if I could make a top down arpg with pixel art.

This was an awesome video so thank you for it, and some of the techniques you shared. When it comes to shading though I still just can’t get that down pat. Any character I make ends up looking like garbage because the shading is wrong. Do you have any techniques for shading?

My friend sent me a link and so I ended up being here 😂 love your content. Really amazing tutorial for beginners looking forward to doing pixel art. Would love to try this technique as soon as I get a new device to draw on!

I watch a lot of draw tutorials. I got this from recommendations.

8:01 currently doing pixel art

I usually use simple MS Paint to do pixel art, which works fine in most cases, but I've got to find a way to do that resizing trick. It looks way too useful to miss out on.

So I dived head first into game making not as a new skill just a game idea Im making for fun the style of the game is pixel art my first-pixel art wasn't that bad id say, but I would love some feedback so maybe in like a few days I upload a video and ill showcase my pixel art if you want to judge it or something (please give feedback) Btw this video is generally awesome keep it up :)

You are only under 200 subscribers ?! I don't draw pixel art but you need to have more subs ! 😮 So I subscribed and like ! ❤

im a Deltarune fan and ive made a shopkeeper oc that i wanted to draw in the Deltarune style and this video is really helpful!! I know 0 pixel art anything so thanks :D mew subscriber :]

i am so lost but trying to figure it out lol. recolors sound actually feasible might try that

omg I haven't made pixel art comics in years.

what apps on windows would you recommend that has the ability to trace pixel art over a higher resolution image like you are doing at 7:20 ?

makes me angry that i cant practice programming the way i want to because a premade sprite sheet is always missing something. I gotta learn how to not rely on them

You are a funny guy 😅

What about converting 3D into 2D pixels? What are the uses of that? I know games like Dead Cells used sometimes 3D models and converted them into 2D sprites.

I have GiMP and Asprite, but my god I'm terrified of them both

Looking at a bunch of art videos as a animator thats how i got here😅

I wish to start but yet I dont know how- literally I dont have an Ipad or anything to draw pixel art on it but I really wish some day I start pixel art and turn my sketches into pixels

Have any advice to make hi res sprites like in Ion Fury?

1:59 Hi New! I'm dad!

where i can resize the image? i try some website but the quality is low :(

I like my pixel art a little more detailed 96x96

More or less a fan of good pixel art.