this is actually revolutionary for me. im a pixel artist but never did the "rite of passage" of making isometric pieces due to my difficulty with spatial visualization but this would make building 3d forms so much easier!
Seems fun too I’m excited to try it out. Not that far off from what I imagined, but now I don’t have to sort out the intricacies. Also I’m not tryna main art
"i hope you found this workflow useful" homie i feel like you just blew my mind. i've always struggled with trying to conceptualize some creative process and some way to get a finished piece out of my beginner level artistic skills. i felt like this opened up a whole new world and super quick way to start building up my skillset and actually giving into those creative urges!
Quick tip, rather than having your squares be a 1:1 ratio (16x16, 32x32), try to have them as 1:1.10 (16x18, 32x35) If you keep them at 1:1, blocks of different heights will perfectly align and will throw off the depth of your piece and reduce its readability It will also appear more correct, if you'll look up an isometric cube, you'll notice that it's actually slightly taller than it is wide. The math isn't exactly 1:1.1, but that'll mostly be accurate and is all I can explain without external links, I think my previous comment got deleted because of links.
hey, where can I find more info/resources about it? what should I search for? I am curious in how different it looks and why one over the other would be prefered
@@vih-silva-36-7 It seems any comments with links get automatically deleted, try googling 'eniko fox / enichan isometric cube', you'll see a comparison.
@@vih-silva-36-7 an example of the problem can be seen at 5:57 in the video with the roof piece. The roof has the appearance that its off centered because of how it perfectly overlaps the blocks on the pillars.
there is actually many different isometric perspective variations that all over the world. This approach is the “real “ isometric one and the one that you are talking about is called “dimetric” because there are 2 angles that are same and 1 is different, the last one is called trimetric which is every angle is different. but you should note that the curves have also different regulations in the world that varies from region to region. ayou can choos whatever you like.
@@TheSpekhtra actually both the video and this comment are both using dimetric, since both use 2:1 pixel ratios and thus would not be able to have three 120 degree angles as in true isometric
As someone who still struggles with the isometric look two years later and who kinda fears doing it, this actually is SUPER useful and is making me excited to try out making some more isometric works. So glad you made this video since this will help me out so much in the future~!
seeing the blocks move during the CRT time makes it feel like old timey tv commercials on a brand new block toy, or educational videos for kids. great vibes!
While this doesn't necessarily make the process more efficient, it certainly makes it substantially more accessible, and that's something always worthy of praise!
An interesting thing in iso-pixel art, is that you can focus on the parts you do want to make, unlike in minecraft or lego, where you'd have to take more perspectives into account
its incredible how when you get creative there is really so many cool structures you can craft with just cubes and wedges, and seeing it go from a grid pattern to having texture and finally being a complete building is so satisfying.
I have no experience with pixel art whatsoever and I’m generally pretty artistically inept, but this seems like something I could pick up and produce quality artwork with in a few hours. Genius.
I love how this mirrors the workflow for 3d level design, where you create a blockout of a level and create props and cliffs after being happy with the general shape
I can't wait to try out this medhod. I've been really overwhelmed by complex objects and been avoiding it, but this makes it very easy to visualize and block out the shapes.
I've been drawing isometric geometry since I was six, and that came with me when I started working on pixel art, but I never thought about approaching it in this modular way. You've really kind of blown my mind. So often, there are instructional videos that are correct, but implementing the information feels predicated on already possessing the instructor's skill level. In just seven minutes, you have improved me as an artist. Thank you so much!
Recently found your channel. Absolutely love your work! You've actually helped to get me over an art block and got me inspired to draw again and try out making my own pixel art! Keep up the amazing work!
Dang. Per usual, I'm just sitting here amazed at how you convey ideas while showing off your skill at pixel art as a whole. Thanks for continuing to put out great and inspiring content!
I was trying to make my own assets for G-Develop and making modular pieces like this was a great way to learn some perspective. The sprites were just place holders, and that was huge because it kept my brain from getting hung up on the aesthetics. 10/10 would recommend making these assets for yourself.
This is amazing. I love to watch new buildings and worlds come into life. Makes me wanna make a huge pixel art game world just to wander around. Then build up native folks and some weird lore. This is so inspirational, thank you. Subscribed.
Watching those blocks side together is blissss 😌 Awesome demonstration of isometric pixel art principles! It's especially cool to see that it was all done within Photoshop with layers. Very crispy 😎 Awesome CRT Time as usual!! 6:31 has to be my fav piece this time. It's giving me some very pleasant slice of life vibes ✨
Thanks dude! It's so satisfying to see it the exploded views come together and build up. I'd love to also lay this out like the instruction manual of a Lego set, and label all the pieces and steps, etc. 😅 And thanks, I love how even something like a simple shop on the corner looks in this perspective - the 3-colour palette is quite nice to work with for the lighting/contrast as well! :D
I could actually see a strategy game about radios working and being pretty fun! Maybe with more types of media it could actually have a Rock Paper Scissors style balancing system, with the goal being to dominate the oposing side's communications building. As for the tutorial: This "cell" system sounds cool, and as always, the result was very good! I will try it. Maybe then I could make an Isomatric piece!
Thanks! Yeah it's even quite fun to just move the blocks around and experiment with what to build! Hmm love the idea of the rock/paper/scissors balancing for the strategy game; maybe there's something there after all! :D
Was literally making my own shapes in minutes, thanks a TON for this idea. My biggest struggle with art is that I'm bad at visualization (probably why I'm primarily a writer), so being able to build stuff out of blocks first is extremely helpful.
Amateur pixel artist here, your one of the reasons I started this journey! Its fun even if it's and your videos are the best content I have found on how to do pixel art. Just wanted to comment to both boost the video and show my thanks!
I'm such a fan of isometric pixel art. Probably why I liked to play habbo for the aestethic and left instantly when I learnt you have essentially nothing to do unless you pay money 😅
This looks so beautiful. I'm really into pixel art but i haven't seen this kind of style in creating pixel art. This is very useful for game creation, instead of creating individual houses, we can easily copy paste the base form and just start adding details into it. Thank you for this!
This tutorial was something I always kind of knew, but seeing it done in front of me has locked it in... I'm absolutely using isometric tiles to build my game world. This process will be hugely helpful in making buildings and stuff, and Godot has a pretty easy to use tilemap system for everything else, like terrain, fences, doodads, player-built stuff... your videos have me hyped, I thank you a ton.
I love your videos been a big fan. This video made pixel art much more easy and fun to understand. Thanks so much will continue to look forward to your new videos and art.
This was great. I get really easily intimidated by a blank page, so anything that helps break the creative process into more manageable and isolated chunks is great for my productivity. I'll definitely be using this in the future :)
Brandon you inspired me to make pixel art like pixel consoles pixel games scenes and logos thank you for being a you for being a youtuber you inspire me and hundreds of others who do pixel art thank you
I literally learned how to make voxel art because i kinda struggled with isometric, even tho i manage to made one back then lol, now with this idea i can see/understand it now. Thanks Brandon
Love the feel of your pixel art, makes me feel like I'm experiencing the marvel of super Mario world on the snes, or some old segas game from one of those 1000 games in one machines all over again
I'm just starting to get into original pixel art (I've mostly just done sprite edits) and this is the first I've heard of isometric pixel art. I love this approach - part of why I'm taking so long to get into original work is because I have a hard time going from concept to design and just being able to play around with pseudo-voxels will be super helpful for that! (Also I love making mediocre voxel art in games so this is combining two of my favorite things!)
It's such a simple way of keeping uniform scale that it's blowing my mind. I took drafting in high school, so I would've been wasting time with measurements and stuff.
Really great video! I wonder how you would go about making isometric pixel art in a more lineless style. I've tried to do it many times, but I've had a bit of trouble. Also, I'd be super interested to see your take on making character sprites from a pre-rendered 3D models like in Donkey Kong Country. I feel like that method has a lot of unexplored potential to be used in conjunction with this sort of isometric pixel art. I tried it with Blender and got some really cool results!
Beautiful and so well explained! You’re as talented teacher as you are an artist. I would love to see how you approach isometric character designs, such as those in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance someday.
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this is actually revolutionary for me. im a pixel artist but never did the "rite of passage" of making isometric pieces due to my difficulty with spatial visualization but this would make building 3d forms so much easier!
I hope this process helps you. Good luck! ❤
I think that is because this technique best represents architecture in real life from a fundamental Euclidean aspect. Peace!
Seems fun too I’m excited to try it out. Not that far off from what I imagined, but now I don’t have to sort out the intricacies. Also I’m not tryna main art
"i hope you found this workflow useful"
homie i feel like you just blew my mind. i've always struggled with trying to conceptualize some creative process and some way to get a finished piece out of my beginner level artistic skills. i felt like this opened up a whole new world and super quick way to start building up my skillset and actually giving into those creative urges!
Quick tip, rather than having your squares be a 1:1 ratio (16x16, 32x32), try to have them as 1:1.10 (16x18, 32x35)
If you keep them at 1:1, blocks of different heights will perfectly align and will throw off the depth of your piece and reduce its readability
It will also appear more correct, if you'll look up an isometric cube, you'll notice that it's actually slightly taller than it is wide.
The math isn't exactly 1:1.1, but that'll mostly be accurate and is all I can explain without external links, I think my previous comment got deleted because of links.
hey, where can I find more info/resources about it? what should I search for? I am curious in how different it looks and why one over the other would be prefered
@@vih-silva-36-7
It seems any comments with links get automatically deleted, try googling 'eniko fox / enichan isometric cube', you'll see a comparison.
@@vih-silva-36-7 an example of the problem can be seen at 5:57 in the video with the roof piece. The roof has the appearance that its off centered because of how it perfectly overlaps the blocks on the pillars.
there is actually many different isometric perspective variations that all over the world. This approach is the “real “ isometric one and the one that you are talking about is called “dimetric” because there are 2 angles that are same and 1 is different, the last one is called trimetric which is every angle is different. but you should note that the curves have also different regulations in the world that varies from region to region. ayou can choos whatever you like.
@@TheSpekhtra actually both the video and this comment are both using dimetric, since both use 2:1 pixel ratios and thus would not be able to have three 120 degree angles as in true isometric
As someone who still struggles with the isometric look two years later and who kinda fears doing it, this actually is SUPER useful and is making me excited to try out making some more isometric works. So glad you made this video since this will help me out so much in the future~!
as someone who was a sculptor for years and got into pixel art only a couple of years ago, this is exactly the kind of crossover I needed. thank you
seeing the blocks move during the CRT time makes it feel like old timey tv commercials on a brand new block toy, or educational videos for kids. great vibes!
While this doesn't necessarily make the process more efficient, it certainly makes it substantially more accessible, and that's something always worthy of praise!
An interesting thing in iso-pixel art, is that you can focus on the parts you do want to make, unlike in minecraft or lego, where you'd have to take more perspectives into account
they cannot see the unfinished back side
@@LoraLoibu Grian would love this type of building, he'd never need to make backs to any of his builds.
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its incredible how when you get creative there is really so many cool structures you can craft with just cubes and wedges,
and seeing it go from a grid pattern to having texture and finally being a complete building is so satisfying.
I have no experience with pixel art whatsoever and I’m generally pretty artistically inept, but this seems like something I could pick up and produce quality artwork with in a few hours. Genius.
Really good for isometric map building where consistency is important throughout. Thanks for the tips!
I never thought off doing this! Now I'm inspired to do more isometric pixel art illustrations❤
I love how this mirrors the workflow for 3d level design, where you create a blockout of a level and create props and cliffs after being happy with the general shape
The assembly/disassembly animations look very cool :)
I can't wait to try out this medhod. I've been really overwhelmed by complex objects and been avoiding it, but this makes it very easy to visualize and block out the shapes.
That's soo cool. I appreciate the mini tutorial. The idea of creating a kind of lego block system is genius.
I've been drawing isometric geometry since I was six, and that came with me when I started working on pixel art, but I never thought about approaching it in this modular way. You've really kind of blown my mind.
So often, there are instructional videos that are correct, but implementing the information feels predicated on already possessing the instructor's skill level. In just seven minutes, you have improved me as an artist. Thank you so much!
Recently found your channel. Absolutely love your work! You've actually helped to get me over an art block and got me inspired to draw again and try out making my own pixel art! Keep up the amazing work!
Dang. Per usual, I'm just sitting here amazed at how you convey ideas while showing off your skill at pixel art as a whole. Thanks for continuing to put out great and inspiring content!
I love youtube. It's like learning and enjoying ur time at the same time.
Thank you sir for this video !
I was trying to make my own assets for G-Develop and making modular pieces like this was a great way to learn some perspective. The sprites were just place holders, and that was huge because it kept my brain from getting hung up on the aesthetics. 10/10 would recommend making these assets for yourself.
This is amazing. I love to watch new buildings and worlds come into life. Makes me wanna make a huge pixel art game world just to wander around. Then build up native folks and some weird lore. This is so inspirational, thank you. Subscribed.
I’ve been waiting so long for a quality tutorial of this. Can’t thank you enough!
(They've been waiting for so long!)
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@@MetrocyshWas NOT expecting to see a Rhythm Doctor reference here
@@Orenshaii Haha, thought no one would notice!!
Watching those blocks side together is blissss 😌
Awesome demonstration of isometric pixel art principles! It's especially cool to see that it was all done within Photoshop with layers. Very crispy 😎
Awesome CRT Time as usual!! 6:31 has to be my fav piece this time. It's giving me some very pleasant slice of life vibes ✨
Thanks dude! It's so satisfying to see it the exploded views come together and build up. I'd love to also lay this out like the instruction manual of a Lego set, and label all the pieces and steps, etc. 😅
And thanks, I love how even something like a simple shop on the corner looks in this perspective - the 3-colour palette is quite nice to work with for the lighting/contrast as well! :D
@@BJGpixel Oh man the Lego instructions layout idea is awesome, would love to see that one day!! 🤩
this is absolute genius! i just dabbled on pixel art a few days ago and to me this is revolutionary! thanks!
I could actually see a strategy game about radios working and being pretty fun! Maybe with more types of media it could actually have a Rock Paper Scissors style balancing system, with the goal being to dominate the oposing side's communications building.
As for the tutorial: This "cell" system sounds cool, and as always, the result was very good! I will try it. Maybe then I could make an Isomatric piece!
Thanks! Yeah it's even quite fun to just move the blocks around and experiment with what to build! Hmm love the idea of the rock/paper/scissors balancing for the strategy game; maybe there's something there after all! :D
Seeing a new video from you never fails to put a smile on my face. Lovely stuff, keep it up!
I make Pixel Art Battle Maps for my DnD Campaigns. Doing a Technique like this will absolutely BLOW my Players Minds.
I'm watching out for your new videos not just because you're my inspiration/motivation to improve, but also a life saver!
6:11 This is amazing, it looks like it would be in a top down isometric adventure / puzzle game
Was literally making my own shapes in minutes, thanks a TON for this idea. My biggest struggle with art is that I'm bad at visualization (probably why I'm primarily a writer), so being able to build stuff out of blocks first is extremely helpful.
oh my, this is a really great technic tbh, and also, your creations look neat as always
That's actually so great! I'll need to try this soon, because the final effect looks amazing with all those small pieces attached.
The joy and love for pixel artwork hasn't diminished since the 80's for me!
the CRT animations are sooooooo nice to watch. so satisfying. this was awesome!
Amateur pixel artist here, your one of the reasons I started this journey! Its fun even if it's and your videos are the best content I have found on how to do pixel art. Just wanted to comment to both boost the video and show my thanks!
I'm such a fan of isometric pixel art. Probably why I liked to play habbo for the aestethic and left instantly when I learnt you have essentially nothing to do unless you pay money 😅
This is actually visually-appealing & serene to see direct pixels cubes look this isometric & a rest of realistic :)
This looks so beautiful. I'm really into pixel art but i haven't seen this kind of style in creating pixel art. This is very useful for game creation, instead of creating individual houses, we can easily copy paste the base form and just start adding details into it. Thank you for this!
this is so awesome! i wish you got more views nowadays brandon :c
Very neat method and I like that you've kept this video nice and short yet concise as well.
you will never cease to amaze me. thank you for being who you are
This helps a lot! Thankyou, I always seem to struggle when it comes to shape in genral, so this will be a great tool to put in my tool box!
Nice color palette, man! I think I'm gonna practice with these same colors. They look amazing for isometric art!
SO SMART. This is the best art advice ive seen in a while. great video!
Oooh, this is a game changer. I might have to use this technique in the future.
I was just trying to make an isometric piece, this video has a great timing
Love your art style
Oh my god this is amazing. You are genuinely my favorite RUclips channel as of late.
This tutorial was something I always kind of knew, but seeing it done in front of me has locked it in... I'm absolutely using isometric tiles to build my game world. This process will be hugely helpful in making buildings and stuff, and Godot has a pretty easy to use tilemap system for everything else, like terrain, fences, doodads, player-built stuff... your videos have me hyped, I thank you a ton.
I love your videos been a big fan. This video made pixel art much more easy and fun to understand. Thanks so much will continue to look forward to your new videos and art.
This was great. I get really easily intimidated by a blank page, so anything that helps break the creative process into more manageable and isolated chunks is great for my productivity. I'll definitely be using this in the future :)
Brandon you inspired me to make pixel art like pixel consoles pixel games scenes and logos thank you for being a you for being a youtuber you inspire me and hundreds of others who do pixel art thank you
I've wanted to try isometric for ages. This is going to be a big help.
I literally learned how to make voxel art because i kinda struggled with isometric, even tho i manage to made one back then lol, now with this idea i can see/understand it now. Thanks Brandon
I AM AMAZED. Been doing art for many years and I'm mind blown
This makes isometric art seem much more accessible and I want to give it a try now
I've been doing pixel art professionally for quite some time now, but damn, those isometric scenes, they will kill me one day.
Thank you for this.
this video is very cool. I'm glad with the thumbnail and in the video you made me feel like I could make Pixel art like Lego builds
always so excited whenever you upload a video :D
You make me save so much time, i’ll try this one on my project, thank you so much dude.
This is absurdly satisfying to both watch and do.
Love the feel of your pixel art, makes me feel like I'm experiencing the marvel of super Mario world on the snes, or some old segas game from one of those 1000 games in one machines all over again
This is like the "cheat sheet" I've always wanted for making isometric art. Nice!
Your method is really interesting, I don't work much in isometric, but it's very inspiring.
This video right here should be the gold standard for how to make tutorial videos
wow, just wow!
Something so simple, yet, so mindblowing.
this was a really cool pixelart video!
Brilliant! I love seeing all the components come together as one.
This was my FAV video you have ever done. It is soooooooo goood.
i just got started on learning pixel art, i love your channel !
Love the concept. I'm using voxel art, and will need to figure out building modularity. This'll be great for inspiration!
this style of art is actually really amazing, want to give it a try when I get home
I'm just starting to get into original pixel art (I've mostly just done sprite edits) and this is the first I've heard of isometric pixel art. I love this approach - part of why I'm taking so long to get into original work is because I have a hard time going from concept to design and just being able to play around with pseudo-voxels will be super helpful for that! (Also I love making mediocre voxel art in games so this is combining two of my favorite things!)
The way the pieces of buildings come together reminds of building things in the lego games
It's such a simple way of keeping uniform scale that it's blowing my mind. I took drafting in high school, so I would've been wasting time with measurements and stuff.
This helps so much. Its a shame that Isometric Pixel Art is so hard to make. It looks so good when done well.
This looks like a really nice tool for brainstorming designs!
This method can be totally applied with vector art as well and then weld the proper shapes out of the piles,maybe or just trace again.thank you!!
Your videos make me want to try pixel art for the first time of my life. :)
YOU INSPIRE ME!! Time to jump into Asprite again.
Could you make more about this? More stone types, more about coloring and so on? I love this tutorial and technique!
My god! That's so simple, versitile and fun!
Really great video! I wonder how you would go about making isometric pixel art in a more lineless style. I've tried to do it many times, but I've had a bit of trouble.
Also, I'd be super interested to see your take on making character sprites from a pre-rendered 3D models like in Donkey Kong Country. I feel like that method has a lot of unexplored potential to be used in conjunction with this sort of isometric pixel art. I tried it with Blender and got some really cool results!
Yet another piece of media that just reinforces my love of the Megaman Battle Network series of games.
This made my brain go 😮. It's like that itch I used to have for Minecraft now focused elsewhere
Beautiful, really clever approach
Thank you! You are so skilled and inspirational
Mans made an asset system for pixel art
Not sure why, but the CRT segment at the end just hits different on this one. Like it really, really fits.
I just love these wholesome nostalgic vibes. Why am I not subscribed yet? Now I am
I love CRT time 🤩
This is so cool, im gonna have to give pixel art a try now
I like this concept! Makes me wonder if any studios have used this technique before 🤔
Total Game changer
Beautiful and so well explained! You’re as talented teacher as you are an artist. I would love to see how you approach isometric character designs, such as those in Final Fantasy Tactics Advance someday.
Not quite the exact thing you're looking for, but he DOES have a video where he made an isometric RPG battle screen mock-up.
Awesome video, truly inspiring and at the same time relaxing to watch ^^
Very well executed!
this is an awesome concept!
this brings me back to my furcadia days. :] so satisfying.. excellent tutorial!!
:ooo the best technique for isometric buildings!!!!