1-Bit Isometric Pixel Art Timelapse

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  • @darksentinel082
    @darksentinel082 3 года назад +183

    What you said with capping time and such, that’s really good advice not only for art but for music as well. I’ll spend weeks doing little tweaks on a song, and in the end the tweaks don’t add up to much - it’s important to know when to stop, so you don’t waste hours accomplishing little to nothing.

    • @BJGpixel
      @BJGpixel  3 года назад +29

      Exactly, that's an understandable parallel! On top of the extra time, it also feels like sometimes it can affect the quality, like taking ideas too far or overworking them. We gotta find that balance everywhere, best of luck with your projects! :D

    • @miguelluceroart
      @miguelluceroart 3 года назад +1

      I will start doing that too!

    • @emmettbrown3463
      @emmettbrown3463 3 года назад +1

      reminds me of the kliksphilip vid where he said that he kept changing songs more and more, but then noticed that the new variants aren't significantly better - they're just "different"

  • @ThePixelExpedition
    @ThePixelExpedition 3 года назад +122

    I can't get over the complexity you can achieve with the apparent simplicity of 1-bit art. Absolutely astonishing!

  • @gamedevmanti4578
    @gamedevmanti4578 3 года назад +60

    Isometric perspective combined with a 1 bit palette is an excellent combination, very striking! Reminds me of some of old Zx Spectrum games like Knight Lore, though that took a slightly different rendering approach - having 2 faces with the light colour and the third being dithered to make the blocks stand out more against the dark background.

    • @BJGpixel
      @BJGpixel  3 года назад +14

      Oh nice thanks for the reference, I've never seen this game! Love those colours, and great to see an example of a different shading scheme like that, looks really nice too will have to try the dithered face shading next time :D

    • @gamedevmanti4578
      @gamedevmanti4578 3 года назад +5

      @@BJGpixel Yeah I don't think the Spectrum is particularly well known outside the UK, but the hardware limitations make for some really interesting pixel art!
      It's just one colour per sprite, and only a palette of about 8 colours, which are the extreme values for each hue - red, cyan etc.

    • @BJGpixel
      @BJGpixel  3 года назад +5

      @@gamedevmanti4578 Yeah I recall seeing this palette used in some challenges before - like you said it's about as extreme as it gets! Really unique look, will have to study some of these games and try some work within those parameters!

  • @jaimegraca2628
    @jaimegraca2628 3 года назад +14

    Brandon: *uploads
    Me: A blessing from the lord

  • @saultoons
    @saultoons 3 года назад +4

    I actually really enjoyed the TED talk segment :'D I find it hard to control the time I spend on work too. I've been doing 1-hour daily art with no intention of showing anyone or posting it anywhere, which has helped me lose a bit of the perfectionist mindset, but still working on finding that balance you mentioned, between too long + perfectionist, and too short + unhappy with the work. I'm definitely going to try your 1-day method so thanks for sharing, you created something really nice in that time.
    Also, I think this is definitely a taming game, but you control an army of bunnies who tame humans to build them nice homes like this cute treehouse you made. Thanks Brandon :D

    • @BJGpixel
      @BJGpixel  3 года назад +1

      Happy to hear! Your 1-hour daily art seems like it'd be great for keeping momentum in practicing - it'd be kinda fun to mix the ideas and maybe add 1-hour's worth of work to the same piece every day and see what it becomes after a month / a year / etc :o
      Hahaha love the idea that the bunnies are taming the humans - gotta be on the lookout for the bunny uprising 😂

    • @saultoons
      @saultoons 3 года назад +1

      @@BJGpixel Ooo that's a great idea, that would be really interesting to see the final result and process.
      hahaha it's too late, they're already in the trees!!! 😂

    • @BJGpixel
      @BJGpixel  3 года назад

      @@saultoons Would also make for a really cool video once it's all finished 😉👍
      Hahaha "First, they took the trees. Then the homes, and eventually full cities too." 🐇

  • @brandonblack5499
    @brandonblack5499 3 года назад +8

    You're like the Bob Ross of pixel art. I love sitting back with a cup of coffee and watching your videos. Great work as always!

  • @blakecarey8522
    @blakecarey8522 3 года назад +2

    I love squinting my eyes when you’re done; it’s incredible the detail that the mind makes

  • @bctalicorn809
    @bctalicorn809 3 года назад +4

    You're my new favorite channel. Been binging your stuff like crazy. Thank God for blessing my timeline with your content, you've got awesome stuff!!

  • @Logandroid
    @Logandroid 3 года назад +1

    So glad I stumbled across this channel the other day. The aesthetic, the chill vibes and great art advice. It's so good.

  • @iamsushi1056
    @iamsushi1056 3 года назад +23

    1-bit _and_ isometric? What did I do to deserve such an honor of an amazing combination?

  • @darknexxenby
    @darknexxenby 3 года назад +6

    broooo wtf how are you so good?
    as an aspiring pixel artist this helped me a lot and i definitely plan on checking out the rest of your vids! love your work!

  • @conqu2
    @conqu2 3 года назад

    You are so brilliant! Cannot believe the balance of readability and complexity you are able to achieve here. Really hope you don't get too busy to keep posting videos because your channel is inspiring and really keeps me going!

  • @kingkhoan6748
    @kingkhoan6748 3 года назад +2

    I'd love to see more 1-bit videos, there's something about your 1 bit pieces in particular that I find both beautiful and inspiring.

  • @Blinaka
    @Blinaka 2 года назад

    just seeing the way it builds at the beginning made me go up a level

  • @angrypotato_fz
    @angrypotato_fz 3 года назад +1

    Dithering the trees worked really well here!

  • @abbeybrickner6603
    @abbeybrickner6603 3 года назад +2

    I really love your videos! Always so clean and to the point! Great work! :)

  • @Mattno.777
    @Mattno.777 3 года назад +13

    Can you review Pokémon sprites from gens 1 to 5? and try to create pixel art of nano in one of the games?

  • @melody_BP
    @melody_BP 3 года назад +2

    Dropped everything to watch this!

  • @CKTDanny
    @CKTDanny 3 года назад +10

    Really cool look, I feel like this would be a lovely setting for some sort of a chill farming sim game cuz of some of the visual cues! 🤩
    Also appreciated the "TED Talk" segment, the things you noticed about your workflow definitely resonate with me!
    I've also been thinking lately, there must come a point in any kind of work or skill, where learning to be more efficient becomes the most fruitful path. Maybe it's at the point where you start getting results that you want, so then getting them out more efficiently becomes more beneficial than feeding into the diminishing returns of production quality. 🤔 I don't know if I have a fully formed idea there, it's just been on my mind haha

    • @BJGpixel
      @BJGpixel  3 года назад +2

      **I think you may be onto something!** Some of it may have to do with the change in progress you're able to make as a beginner versus once becoming more competent. Early on, most of what you're doing is brand new and you gain a lot of skill with every step, but eventually you're looking to refine and/or gain efficiency while still taking new steps where you can.
      And yeah gonna have to follow up on the farming sim idea, maybe even branch it out to some veggies also, could have a carrot patch in there too lol

    • @CKTDanny
      @CKTDanny 3 года назад +1

      @@BJGpixel Haha right! I think I also heard somewhere that this is kind of the spectrum where _enthusiasts_ & _professionals_ are separated. It's all good things to think about from time to time, especially if it leads to experiments like your blocked-off days! 😁✨
      I could totally see the farming sim being a really fun & lively animation!! 🐓

    • @BJGpixel
      @BJGpixel  3 года назад +1

      @@CKTDanny Yeah gonna have to keep paying attention to those sorts of things and notice what pays off ✨
      Will also consider building out the *_1-Bit Farm_* some more 😁

    • @CKTDanny
      @CKTDanny 3 года назад +1

      @@BJGpixel Aye, the *_1-Bit Farm_* is a great name too! 😁

  • @luizpaulopratesdesouza9036
    @luizpaulopratesdesouza9036 3 года назад +2

    It's my favorite style!

  • @that_cupoftea
    @that_cupoftea 3 года назад +2

    so cool!!

  • @DadVader
    @DadVader 3 года назад

    Yes. My favorite part of Sunday!

  • @TheTrueAlpharius
    @TheTrueAlpharius 3 года назад

    I'm so glad RUclips recommended your channel to me! Great stuff

  • @coffeduck9014
    @coffeduck9014 3 года назад

    Amazing work! I've been watching your videos for the past few days, and i've learned a lot! Even non-tutorials give lots of advice, very informational stuff! Sub-worthy channel, no doubt

  • @jaredjohnston1259
    @jaredjohnston1259 3 года назад

    Words to live by! Great work!

  • @jordentacoztm
    @jordentacoztm 3 года назад +1

    Yay BJG vid

  • @RAI-diate
    @RAI-diate 3 года назад +63

    You find youself in what seems to be a treehouse of sorts, and are cornered by a fluffle, their eyes locked onto you...

    • @AnoterosHershy
      @AnoterosHershy 3 года назад +1

      They're almost upon you, you can see blood on their faces, blood everywhere. You move in retreat but your leg. AH! Its caught in a bear trap. Shia Surprise!

    • @boonraksaboonparn4988
      @boonraksaboonparn4988 3 года назад +1

      now roll initiative

    • @depresso.b.
      @depresso.b. 3 года назад

      @@boonraksaboonparn4988 i rolled a 1...

  • @unknownfactor6489
    @unknownfactor6489 3 года назад +1

    Very well made

  • @windwalkerrangerdm
    @windwalkerrangerdm 3 года назад

    oooooofff so friggin beautiful.

  • @starzboyminecraftskins1138
    @starzboyminecraftskins1138 3 года назад +1

    Awesome video! As always

  • @DDCRExposed
    @DDCRExposed 3 года назад

    This is fantastic and feels as though it should be in a Gameboy cart!

  • @xeppepochannel
    @xeppepochannel 3 года назад

    Thank you so much. I deeply love everything in this video. Cheers from Argentina!

  • @EssentialParadox
    @EssentialParadox Год назад

    I’d love to see this style in a Playdate game!

  • @Bee-wk7hw
    @Bee-wk7hw 3 года назад

    wow. After watching your isometric and one bit pixel art videos I decided to do a one isometric, then as soon as I'm finished this comes out!?!?!

  • @taube_g
    @taube_g Год назад

    Watching your videos makes me feel like crap, but it motivates me to improve my pixel arts to reach your level!

  • @caduduarte7250
    @caduduarte7250 3 года назад

    If you want to make isometric pixel art circles, you first make a normal circle and then you make each column of 2 pixel above or below the next and previous column (something like the isometric line which is made by segments of 2 pixels, a column of 2 pixels above or below the next and previous)

  • @fishercawkey
    @fishercawkey Год назад

    Love this. Would look totally at home on a Macintosh 128K screen.

  • @tealseal4123
    @tealseal4123 3 года назад

    Great video dude!

  • @tokyotidien
    @tokyotidien 3 года назад

    I'm amazed

  • @Hideikey
    @Hideikey 3 года назад +1

    I love it!

  • @dwaari1301
    @dwaari1301 3 года назад

    Actually learning so much from you, thanks 😊

  • @DillioGherkin
    @DillioGherkin 3 года назад

    Amazing. Great job! I hope I learned something from this.

  • @nanonano2666
    @nanonano2666 3 года назад +1

    You have no idea how much your channel has helped me! Can i request for a thorough animation tutorial, please? I'm a bit slow in this area. 😅😂 Thank you!

  • @MocaHere
    @MocaHere 3 года назад +20

    Mixing styles, i like it, are you thinking of doing it again with some other styles?

    • @purplmeadowe0016
      @purplmeadowe0016 3 года назад +3

      Btw i think they are not really styles, more like different visualizations techniques. In pixel art, all of these are used freely and switched up because the way they are deeply connected (with pixel art being an art genre deeply defined by the tech restrictions/methods around it).

    • @AtomicVegetable
      @AtomicVegetable 10 месяцев назад

      *perspective and style, which isn't really "mixing" anything.

  • @2boonegames
    @2boonegames 3 года назад

    This turned out so great! I might revisit some of the graphics in my game now lol

  • @v8metal
    @v8metal 3 года назад

    holy shit man, you are a genius

  • @ADZF_
    @ADZF_ 3 года назад +1

    If I was living in 1960s and there's a videogame that looks like this, my mind would be blown.

  • @nmstoker
    @nmstoker 3 года назад

    Great video. For input are you using a mouse or some kind of stylus?

  • @four-play
    @four-play 3 года назад +1

    Surely Photoshop must have a dithering tool. Watching you add each pixel to the smoke looked very labour intensive.

    • @MuscarV2
      @MuscarV2 3 года назад

      There are so many things that are way easier done even with basic knowledge. I actually have a hard time with these videos because of that, a lot of the time I'm cringing and wanting to shout at the screen "Why are you doing that manually!"

  • @raphdoods
    @raphdoods 3 года назад +1

    This was so much fun to watch! 1-bit art is always fascinating to me, cause I can't imagine making something that has so few pixels in it and having it still be readable haha. (This is coming from someone who uses 2000 x 2000 px as their starting canvas, so maybe I'm the insane one?)
    Speaking of 1-bit, as I was watching I thought about how cool it'd be to see you do a sprite analysis of Tamagotchis!! They were a big part of my childhood and I'm always amazed at how much personality they could have when they were made of like, 20 pixels tops. Maybe that means there wouldn't be much to talk about, but still, cool stuff I think!

  • @pixelmbarindelli7160
    @pixelmbarindelli7160 3 года назад

    Muy bueno!😀👍
    Very good
    !😀👍

  • @270jonp
    @270jonp 3 года назад

    Amazing as always!
    Also, Appreciate the time taken mention :D

  • @laut0
    @laut0 3 года назад +1

    you should try 2-bit sometime, i think it would be fun seeing how you approach it

  • @skip0s874
    @skip0s874 3 года назад

    I love the sound of that TV

    • @MuscarV2
      @MuscarV2 3 года назад

      What? There's no "sound of that TV", there's music on the video when the TV is shown, nothing else... You're astoundingly dumb.

  • @bloomfool
    @bloomfool 3 года назад

    EPIC!

  • @Johanofkarlsson
    @Johanofkarlsson 3 года назад

    I've found so darn inspiring that you only use the trackpad so I've ditched my iPad for now just drawing with my trackpad I Aseprite.

  • @Etnassoft
    @Etnassoft 3 года назад +2

    I would love to see more 1-bit pixel art videos. Especially with 8 and 16 pixel character design.
    Very good work, congratulations.
    Regards!

  • @pufferhorseproductions8248
    @pufferhorseproductions8248 3 года назад

    what about an analysis/custom character of leap day game sprites?

  • @EricNightStorm
    @EricNightStorm 3 года назад +1

    Hey bro, can you make analyzing the Metroid for Nes sprites?

  • @pigcatapult
    @pigcatapult 3 года назад

    the bunny tail wags might not be accurate, but they *are* cute, and that's what's important.

  • @samuelmwangi4715
    @samuelmwangi4715 3 года назад

    Hi Brandon, I was randomly thinking about pixel art and thought up a quest that you may want to answer in the form or a video :)
    Question: Pixel art was so cool in the 8bit era(Megaman1-6), and then improved in the 16bit era(MM7+MMX1-3), and then yet again in the 32bit era(MM8+MMX4-6), so how cool would pixel art have looked like if it had continued on into the 64 bit era?

  • @sanstheelumbu
    @sanstheelumbu 3 года назад +1

    Hey Brandon , ever tried Aseprite , just asking because many do in aseprite I mean no wrong in using Photoshop just asking

    • @SethKotta
      @SethKotta 3 года назад

      One of his videos talks about different programs to do sprite work in. Aseprite is one of the ones he lists. I'd check it out. It's pretty good.

    • @BJGpixel
      @BJGpixel  3 года назад

      Yeah I have Aseprite also, just way more at home within Photoshop, even if it mostly just placing squares down lol :D

  • @desativado1210
    @desativado1210 3 года назад

    satisfactory 😆

  • @Twiddle_things
    @Twiddle_things Год назад

    Late to the party but bun owner here! Bunnies are basically vegan cats. And yes, they do wag their tails! When pissed off, that is! 😂

  • @TheEverythingEnthuiast
    @TheEverythingEnthuiast 3 года назад

    off topic any tips on sprite creation?

  • @mr.nicaohara416
    @mr.nicaohara416 3 года назад

    I like pixel art 👍

  • @kolehmainen6678
    @kolehmainen6678 2 года назад

    a bit late but "General busyness" explaines everything

  • @AkosiIns04
    @AkosiIns04 3 года назад

    7:43 you thought im cat, But it was BUNNY!

  • @theREALsilviautism
    @theREALsilviautism 3 года назад +2

    the first character sprite kinda reminded me of aubrey from omori lol
    honestly very nice job! i like it

  • @sm_uadib
    @sm_uadib 3 года назад

    just out of curiosity, what are your thoughts on the art of undertale/deltarune

    • @sm_uadib
      @sm_uadib 3 года назад

      and the scott pilgrim game

  • @ramsey2155
    @ramsey2155 3 года назад

    when i see it first time i thinked it was a disco then i understand that is a room that has animals in it

  • @tboongirdboongird7765
    @tboongirdboongird7765 3 года назад

    what image size you use

  • @Dan_d00d
    @Dan_d00d 3 года назад +1

    General Greernobi ! ( if you keep saying hello there )

    • @BJGpixel
      @BJGpixel  3 года назад +1

      You are a square one!

  • @clobre_
    @clobre_ 3 года назад

    what you do when crt breaks

  • @t1g049
    @t1g049 3 года назад

    I thought isometric was pretty hard, but isometric and 1 bit at the same time?? that is like difficulty level Expert++

  • @absurdshroom
    @absurdshroom 3 года назад +5

    How the frick did you call my expectation of a cat rather than a bunny?

  • @Solysis5
    @Solysis5 3 года назад

    BJG - What theme should we make the piece?
    BJG's brain - Sci-Fi!
    yeah i really like the sci-fi theme and your art in general!

  • @kitanowitsch
    @kitanowitsch 3 года назад

    Isn't it easier to do that in MS Paint?

  • @ronkus5126
    @ronkus5126 3 года назад

    Bunnys dont wag their taols they just stand there like a statue until they want to do it somewhere else
    I know i have two

  • @ifeelverygood
    @ifeelverygood 3 года назад

    Are u selling these as NFT's?

  • @miguelleon2831
    @miguelleon2831 Год назад

    and if you make an isometric pixel art template to download for free

  • @DE23
    @DE23 3 года назад

    For some reason I read the title as insomniac.

  • @pandoratheclay
    @pandoratheclay 11 месяцев назад

    1 bit isometric characters

  • @promania8956
    @promania8956 3 года назад

    If this was a game it could be called Legend of the carrot rabbit taming rpg

  • @NoxmilesDe
    @NoxmilesDe 3 года назад

    Now color it

  • @tentakrool7032
    @tentakrool7032 3 года назад

    What if you tried voxel art? You seem pretty good with 2D art and making look 3D.

  • @jaimegraca2628
    @jaimegraca2628 3 года назад +1

    I'd be cool if you made 16x16 gameboy pokemon inspired characters

  • @luohuiluo7814
    @luohuiluo7814 9 месяцев назад

    1-BITwait me

  • @abandonedcranium6592
    @abandonedcranium6592 3 года назад

    Suubbb-scribed!
    (Daaa Bears)

  • @i_am_a_cursor8403
    @i_am_a_cursor8403 2 года назад

    Wait so you'r teling me im a 1bit pixelart artist my whole life?

  • @crazyraccoon1064
    @crazyraccoon1064 3 года назад

    Habbo.

  • @Brik2246
    @Brik2246 3 года назад

    uuh nice 200th like :D

  • @madmaster3d
    @madmaster3d 2 года назад

    ur skills & works are great
    but u have a big problem
    u dont answer comments 😒
    what is ur job? i mean u have alot skills in pixel art drawing. u using them in ur job? or?

  • @Robix-ph9qd
    @Robix-ph9qd 3 года назад

    Try something from Risk of Rain 1, PLLLLLLLLLZZZZZZZZ

  • @MuscarV2
    @MuscarV2 3 года назад

    How is this 1-bit? Isn't it 2-bit? One bit is only one color, you need two for something to not just be a single color fill. 8-bit is 8 colors, so this has to be 2-bit. That a bit can be two things (0 or 1 normally) doesn't apply, because it can't be both of those at the same time, so it's only one thing. If this was one color and transparency, that still is 2-bit, because each is a defined thing.

  • @endersquid1132
    @endersquid1132 3 года назад

    Brandon not including a cat??!! is the world ending? have you been kidnapped? blink twice if you need help