Creating Pixel Art from an Object (Sizing Tips!)
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- Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
- When translating a reference object into pixel art, it’s important to select a sizing based on the desired level of detail, or any pre-existing size constraints for a particular purpose. In this video we’ll go through the concept of “Pixel Vision”, in order to spot the details that are important and size out suitable pixel art dimensions.
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I wish this vid was 30 minutes long. Extremely helpful!
Thank you! Haha some day I'll make a sequel with some more examples :D
Brandon James Greer Glad to hear that! If there’s one request I can ask of you that I’m confident will help many aspiring pixel artists, is that you consider using a pixel art program, which not only will teach people pixel art skills, but also what the workflow of pixel art is like.
I’ve seen you with photoshop, so switching to Aseprite will be pretty smooth for you. I alternate between Aseprite, Pyxel Edit, and the beast that is Pro Motion NG, and I believe Aseprite is a great starting point for most.
Cheers Brandon! Looking forward to your next vid. Consider issuing the community a challenge at the end of the next vid (like telling us to draw our own radios after this episode). I find that alongside teaching the skill, directing us towards our first step really sets you on the path. Someone can teach you how they think/use a certain skill, but knowing when to use it is the biggest block I’m facing thus far.
That’s it from me, keep up the great work!
@@stdiogypsy Thanks for your suggestions and insight, I'll keep this in mind! Yes a community challenge would be great; it'd be fun to see different artists interpret a common theme or idea :D
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What's the name of the radio reference art?
I feel that the magic of this is the how simple it is, if you can trasmit a whole idea in 5 mins, its because you understand the topic.
And that may be enough
This is a MUST WATCH guide for anyone looking to do Pixel art. Just hopping in and starting is fun but starting smart like this, picking the smallest things you want to see before you begin... Master Level. I love these videos. Please keep them coming!
Thanks dude!! Yeah it's pretty easy to jump in and start making something that's actually WAY bigger than it needs to be. I've found this approach helps me dial it back to what's important, and I tend to prefer a really simplified/stylized look anyway though!
I love the idea of "growing" your art from a reference point!
Also, at this point, I think Brandon sees the world through pixel vision :p Congrats on 2K subs dude!!
Thank you!! Hahaha yeah, when I look around it's not unlike that scene from The Terminator where you see his digital overlay, except it's pixels 😂
brandon sees the world in minecraft graphics
@@animasuper1343 He should sell goggles that give Brandon-vision! 😁
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Same here! I like his voice, and the editing and visual aids are great at keeping things concise and interesting!
Born pixel artist and born teacher, bravo!
that 32x32 radio came out soooo good!
I'm so glad a video like this finally actually exists.
I've read so many tutorials on how to size pixel art and it always came down to "find the smallest detail you want to be represented and just go from there."
"Just go from there" is the least helpful advice I may have ever received. I got like, the general gist of it, but I've never actually seen someone break down the process and now that I've seen it in action it makes way more sense than I thought.
Thank you.
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Gotta admit you are the best pixel art teacher. You analyze the hell out of everything and put it in a way everyone can understand in a technical level. It's almost as if you're a math mathematician breaking down a formula to it's very basic formula.
Great work, yet again! You're really an excellent teacher. Most people who are good at pixel art, or anything for that matter, aren't necessarily good teachers. They might get the point across well enough, but you take it a step further and actually present it in a fun and effective way. You also explain things so efficiently! For such a short video, I feel like I have all the info I need to pick the right size for what I'm making. Keep up the good work, dude!
Wow, thank you so much! This is about the highest complement anyone doing this sort of thing could hope for 😃I put in a fair amount of planning to make sure the content is clear and concise, and it's nice that it's received as such. Thanks for watching, and best of luck with your art!
I have learned more in this video than I have in 3 years of doing pixel art. Seriously this is jammed packed with so much information. As are a lot of your videos, you cover very obscure topics and details that most gloss over and is extremely well presented.
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This is the video I needed, learning to sacrifice detail and that that's not a bad thing is something I needed to hear. Thank you!
Dude, I am addicted to these "Getting Started" videos! You are natural born teacher! Thank you!
I’ve learned more watching your videos in one week than pixel art for 2 years, thank ya bud
as a noob pixel artist these videos are really helping me, please don't stop
This is one of those channels that I love watching even though it teaches me something I have no interest in doing myself.
As an absolute beginner, this was immensely helpful. Subscribed!
From all of the amazing videos you've made in this channel, this is probably the most right to the point interesting and useful.
And I mean it as this is a masterpiece of advice, rather than lowering the value of other works.
Is just that "pixel vision" and "how to think when transposing and object to pixel art" has to be the best piece of advice I've seen for anyone trying to manage a start on how to form figures on pixel art.
My personal struggling usually comes from that last tip of an object having to be more shaped towards specific pixel art lines. And the switch example will be something to have in mind for any time I'm trying to figure out how much detail an item should have (I'm always amazed at how much information some people is able to portray with 32 or even 16 pixels).
Awesome. Really appreciate the detailed walkthrough from real object to finished pixel art.
SO helpful and will make all my pixel art look so much better. Making the right dimensions is good because you gotta make the peice look like it isn't just a messy blob.
I think I’ve watched all of your videos and they’re great and informative. Ur content is so helpful and makes me want to try and get back into pixel art. Keep it up!
Oh that's awesome, thanks for watching! You should definitely give pixel art another shot if you feel like it! Sometimes taking a fresh approach can make all the difference :D
I have never made pixel art in my life, neither am I planning to do it but I still watched this video and I don’t regret a thing
Extremely helpful
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I love this channel and I am really mad at anyone who dislikes these videos.
Slowly going through all of your videos, you're truly talented man and your explanations/tutorials are really informative! Thank you for making these videos!
Wow I've never seen an explanation like this - this is fantastic and makes total sense! Thank you so much! Love your channel, subscribed to it!
Wo, I’ve been really impressed with your videos so far! This is going to be so helpful! I love the cute little sound effects too. I can’t wait till after I finish work to start making some household items into different canvas sizes!
Your videos are so informative while being aesthetically pleasing.
you know whats a top tier felony, watching a pixel art tutorial video in 360p so they are anti-aliased to blob of mess. i just committed it and regret.
Love it, gets at the goal of representational art to abstract away details while keeping the essence of the object.
This is going to be so helpful. Trying to make a python game based on the kids book Room on the Broom and I need to convert the beautiful flowing illustrations into my game.
Suffice to say with repeating backgrounds and wind effects I can't do it justice so fully embracing pixel art might be the way to go. Building from smallest feature up looks like a great way to try. Subscribed!
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your videos are so informative, well done, and entertaining to watch. Excellent lessons on sizing - I never thought to use one reference point and then build off from there to get the scale I want. Great work!
I wish I had seen this video years ago. I like making macrame bracelets and never realised until recently that they are esentially the same as pixel art. This helps a lot on trying to simplify characteres to make them reconigzable inside of a bracelet, no matter the number of strings (or resolution) it uses.
I love your instruction video and draw switch pixel art. I never thought I can make such a beautiful picture! Thanks a lot!
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Geez, I just found your channel by luck. What a helpful video. Gonna check out your other videos now to see what else you can teach me. :) Thanks a lot Brandon!
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Hey! I’ve started learning pixel art for a platformer and your videos are GREAT help!
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Thanks, glad it was helpful! :D
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I needed help with some TS icon's and now they look awesome.
I had so much fun creating these!
man that small radio and then immediately a big ass mech.. so beautiful ! I wonder i can get to this level one day. I shouldnt have left art FCK! Now i need to learn art and pixel art.
P.s. annd like the one other guy said, i wish this video was longer with more smaller examples(breaking down real life objects to pixel art) Beautiful work.
Love the way you explain this, it's so clear!
Amazing video!! Your content is amazingly well presented and is helping me learn pixel art lots! Thanks! 😁
I love you work, and you explain very very easy Just I start to draw pixel art and is very useful for the people that never draw in a pixel art mode.
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Oh hey! Yeah I had this on my mind after we talked, which is why I made the vid haha 😂 So thank YOU! Glad everything is working out!
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My brain is hurting so much right now. Still, it's really cool that you help people with pixel art.
wow, i got my eyes some pixel vision like a few days after starting to do pixel art, i guess its a common power
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You are great at explaining!
Thanks for the tips! I’m gonna now use it for Point-and-Click Adventures
I don't personally like pixel art (not my jam) but this video is extremely helpful for any and all forms of abstraction.
This was very informative and useful. Thanks.
This was in my recommended right after I took a long time trying to draw a nes controller lol
Very useful! Thank you for the video!
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Damn this was good. I'm gonna try and put this to use in tomorrow's pixel daily :)
Thank you for this tutorial! Very helpful
"Anyone can do pixel art" they said
And now I'm supposed to learn a super power?
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This tips are gold... ty
These concepts work for Lego too, I think. If you've ever seen Lego Masters, this could be incredibly useful for sculpting theory when going with big lego.
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Thank you so much for this! It helped a lot!
What a really cool video. keep going :3
Thanks so much, I really love this topic of sizing for some odd reason 😅
Someone just showed me your videos, and they do a great job of explaining how pixel art works.
I haven't worked with pixels much, I am no artist, I am only able to copy what I see rather than thinking up creative pictures on my own. I do use creativity to turn objects and logos into small pixel art. Recently I had taken to recreating vintage tech logos to the tiny 32x32 15 color canvases they give you. The most challenging thing is making small text readable. For iconic logos, your brain will fill in the information if you're just looking at a cluster of pixels all close together. Like with Windows 98, I had to reduce the lower-case letters to just 3 pixels high, which is too small for something like an "S." Still, with some differently shaded pixels clustered together and the human brain filling in the rest from memory it kind of works.
I am curious how you would handle small readable text, especially getting it down to the tiniest point where you can still read it.
Recreating things you see in a new format counts as art! :) Also, you can make a 3-pixel-tall “s” if you have 3 pixels of width available.
So helpful. Thank you!
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Amazing, I'm actually learning
Great video! I have a question about steps taken from black and white radio image to 3:36 where a colored image with details and dithering appears. Is there any good way to split this process of adding details? From what I see the as a beginner (who wants to learns) we first choose basic colors, next add light and shadows and end it with adding details (including dithering). Would it be correct approach?
I am trying to deconstruct it into some basic skills that I could practice. Ex. Now I want to get a feeling on drawing the lines, circles and shapes as shown in one of your vids.
Thanks a lot for all your videos!
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@Brandon James Greer can you do a video on creating people from reference in pixel art?
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Coulda sworn i saw this already... not that i’m complaining :)
I suddenly want to do this all the time. And because I like to program video games, this is gonna be very useful for low-resolution styles (which I’m more into those anyway. Anyone else like Shovel Knight?)
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