Designing an EPIC (and small) pixel art MOVIE POSTER! | Star Wars Episode I
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- Опубликовано: 13 июн 2024
- To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, I’m gonna attempt to go all out with a pixel art movie poster tribute. Along the way, I discuss issues with canvas size, colour selection, and the plight of TPM fans.
#ThePhantomMenace
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0:00 Intro & Inspiration
2:25 Sizing & Concept
6:15 Lettering
7:35 Colour
11:15 FINAL ARTWORK
12:15 CRT Time
12:52 VID OVER
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Software used: Adobe Photoshop 2022
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Captured the rat tail at that scale. 1000/10
Darth Maul’s beady little sith eye in this piece looks really, really cool.
No they dont
I'd hang that up on my wall, yeah. Pretty killer work, & a lovely palette!
THATS SO COOL OMG! Seriously man, your work is amazing and I get so excited to make art every time you post, keep being the good person you are!
Its garbage
4:47 little pro-tip that not a lot of people know about Photoshop: you can actually type math equations into any value field. In this case it's a bit redundant because it's not difficult to calculate x+8 but in case anyone is using more complicated numbers or just doesn't want to run the risk of making any mistakes you can always just type any equation and Photoshop will turn that into the new value. Also works with multiplication and division as well as percentages.
i love this! Episode 1 holds a lot of nostalgia for me and the pixel art poster just enhances that vibe even more!
the prequels:start being more liked
TPM fans:at last we will reveal ourselves to the star wars fans
For most the people I know, the Sequels were so damn bad that it made us far more accepting of the Prequels. The same thing happened with the Hobbit movies, after watching Amazon's Rings of Power. It makes me very scared to think of what the next Star Wars trilogy will be, that will be so godawfully bad as to make the Sequels palatable.
Your words at the beginning resonate with me; for me it was the 2008 Clone Wars movie; that was the first SW release that I was old enough to appreciate and I LOVED it! 🤩
I also appreciate some of these iterations with this video, from seeing how the canvas size came to be, to the colour palette itself being an evolution of the one used in the Mario sprite!
Excellent timing with this being the 25th anniversary of TPM, may the force be with you! ⭐⚔️
Thanks! ⭐️ That's awesome, I've yet to fully dive into all the animated Clone Wars material but it's always been on my radar; feels like there's a lot of important pieces of lore to be found there. And yeah, pretty happy with how it all came together; I like when an older bit of work (like the Mario sprite) can come back around to help in other ways 😄✨
Having warm background for Jedi and cool one for Sith actually helped their colors (red face of Maul and blue sabers) pop! I really like how the result looks thanks to the limited color palette - you refined this palette pretty well!
I also like this small pattern of dashes near Maul's face and three little planets (spheres) on top, and the final fade from purple to black, well done!
Thanks so much, that's a good point about the warm/cool! The little dashes were meant to represent the units of battle droids - pretty low res to make out, but the intent was there! 😅
The way you managed to do the half and half colors is really amazing
I'm in a rough patch of life, and these wholesome, lovingly rendered pixel arts you make are just awesome. Thanks for doing what you're doing
There are dozens of us Episode 1 fans! DOZENS!
Thanks for another great video Brandon. You're my favorite pixel artist and I love seeing your process.
"I may have gone too far in a few places"
I see what you did there 😄
Fantastic work. The color choices are perfect. Also it's amazing how much people have come around on the Prequels, now that they have actually bad Star Wars movies for reference.
That looks SO COOL. You did an incredible job, it feels so dynamic and vivid. Great colour choices, too
This is so amazing and it literally makes me want to rewatch a movie I haven't thought much of for 20 years.
try to find an older copy. VHS or early DvD. George Lucas loved cutting the old SW so much that he did it over and over again for almost every new release, tinkering and adding sometimes blatantly unnecessary fluff.
Aaaahhh. The Phantom Menace. I "had" to watch it with my then six years old brother after our mother refused to watch it with him. I saw the movie the first time several days before, so I didn't hesitate for a second to accept her offer to accompany my brother.
Besides that a great pixel artwork. :)
Why was your mother refused to watch the movie with your brother?
@@DigiPen92 Because she wasn't and still isn't into movies in general.
@@robertpenway Is she like had serious allergic thing to watch all movies?
@@DigiPen92 She doesn't care about movies just like everybody else doesn't care about sports or literature or the string theory.
For me, the Kenobi series really helped reveal just how many good ideas were in the Prequel, as did the Clone Wars and Bad Batch series.. Seeing the Anakin/Hayden performance soar was incredibly satisfying and shows that George's core idea for the character were spot on, and perhaps just needed more working and more time to make sense.
Absolutely gorgeous! Please draw big pictures and scenes more often ❤
Phantom Menance fans, assemble!
This is absolutely amazing
Always a highlight of my day when I see one of your videos recommended in my feed.
I wore _OUT_ my Phantom Menace VHS, haha. This looks so perfect!
BJG, HELLO THERE! I was wondering where our May 4th/star wars 2024 upload was, so as usual - A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one!
I'm already loving this, and how Obi Wan's padawan braid is also a convenient mug handle.
You've often replied on several of my posts, esp star wars, its just great that you engage, and seeing your improvements is a joy.
PS. i was there... opening night in June 1999 for TPM midnight screening (In Australia, still have the tix stub!) , always been a fan.
Oh hey dude! - didn't recognize you at first with the new profile pic - but now that I know I'll continue to watch your career with great interest. And yeah I decided to let May 4th roll by in lieu of the TPM anniversary date! That's awesome you still have the ticket; kinda wish I hung onto mine 😅
@@BJGpixel I have once again been touched by royalty. avatar change to something toon , amazing recall. This poster was so good. Id love to see more, like maybe video game box art, in something like classic cyberpunk / noir palettes
In June 1999 I was 5 :)
I NEED this for my office! So cool!
This looks sick, man !
awe i love your perspective on all the nostalgia for us kids who grew up with the prequels! it made me smile. this is a horribly unpopular opinion, but attack of the clones is actually my favorite star wars movie!
This is incredible. I am in awe of the detail and composition with so many limitations. Phenomenal.
great job as always brandon! i love seeing these process videos because it helps me create better art too :)
Solid drawing, and masterful use of color theory. You just keep getting better!
That’s so awesome man, I love the shading you did in the lettering
Thank you for capturing my childhood. This was awesome!
I always love these videos, the posters/magazines are so cool. It's all cool! Wonderful job.
Super neat final result
Yess, prequel-positive people rise!! This is really amazing!
Amazing poster! I too was in the generation that grew up on the prequels and this really hit my nostalgia for phantom menace.
only 7 minutes in, yet it's already so beautiful... reached the end, and it's so beautiful indeed.
Phantom Menace is my favorite episode and always has been (born in 2000). There are dozens of us indeed!
Wow, beautiful choice of colors at the end. I am also learning about pixel art but in a different way, I paint acrylic on canvas, water color, graphite and charcoal pictures but I love the patterns that can be created with triangles and pixels and so my style is like - well, I flow between different styles in a single picture, thereby it is like a single brush painting several styles as the eye flows around the picture. One time I had a moment where it felt like I saw everything at the same time and it was an unusual situation where everything was fractal and had hyper dimensions where an object is inside another object. And so I took that experience and tried to understand what I was looking at, and that led me to some ideas about what existence is made of, so I try to paint what I saw and I like pixels because in an artwork, there is a point where the human eye can no longer see detail, and at that point, it looks messy if the information isn't clear, and so by using pixels as my smallest units in an artwork, it allows me to create patterns that flow over every object in the scene so that all things appear unique but connected at the same time.
Fantastic as always, would love to see other film poster designs like this!
I really loved seeing the timelaps of this poster. It is different compared to how I've seen you do your work before and it's a great inspiration to try it myself
I can relate. Phantom Menace was my first new Star Wars movie, and it really stuck for me, one of my favorites! My favorite part is the Droid army, I just love how snarky the Battle Droids are, even if that's more a later mvoies thing, the Droidekas are awesome, and I love that the Droid Fighters are their own characters.
Wow, Brandon... You inspire me every day. This is awesome!
Amazing work as always. Keep it up. I love your videos.
very cool
Looks absolutely amazing as always! Would love to see more posters in that style
excellent piece! i always loved the phantom menace too. between the prequels and the rereleases and the shadows of the empire campaign, it was just a good time to be a star wars kid in the late 90s / early 00s
This rocks! You truly have a gift.
Great workflow as always and I love the final result!
I think this is one of your best pieces!
Cool idea! Maybe you could try other movies!
THIS IS FREAKING AMAZING, DAMN CONGRATULATIONS
8:30 the opposite color actualy works well when you consider the possibility of contrast it gave you (eg. Darth Maul being red on a blue background and the jedi holding the light sabers against the red background)
That shame some fans put under after episode 1 was intense. I hope we get to see people lay off the newer movies eventually too.
I was already loving this poster, but when you did the coloring, it reached an absolute higher level. Great work.
Insane work! I'd love to see more movie poster pixel art
first time on this channel, love it. thanks for sharing your process
Great work! I love the way you plotted out the colours for the overall piece. Definitely going to try that on future pieces.
Another amazing video! It’s always so great to watch your videos for inspiration on my own pixel art projects!
I really like this easy to follow and clear need more tutorials this straight forward 10/10
Fantastic! More film posters, please.
Beautiful poster!! Imagine if games had looked like this when the game boy and the nes were all we had!! Awesome Skills!!!
You are an incredible artist man! Keep it up!
Very cool! I hope you do more movie posters in pixel art. So fun.
Excellent work as always. Looks like an actual poster design.
Hey thanks! Just discovered your channel recently btw - really cool stuff! :D
@@BJGpixel Oh man thanks so much! I'm actually linking to your channel in my next video, because you inspired me to enter the Nokia Game Jam!
@@RobinsonPixels Oh that's awesome, looking forward to it! Quite a fun style to work with
I didn’t even notice the Vader shadow until the end. You went just far enough!
I need more of this!🥲
absolute banger. watching your process is always so inspiring
Oh no, now you’re obligated to do every Star Wars movie poster in pixel form
Nice work!
Beautiful artwork as always. 😁👍
That's glorious. Amazing work
that’s sick man! do the whole trilogy!!!
truly stellar
I love your work, man!! U'r a genius
Amazing!!
That’s really cool!
early, also WOOOOOO NEW STAR WARS ARTWORK
So sick
this man is an artist
Awesome dude
“Phantom menace fans, and there are dozens of us…” that got me 😂
This is awesome. Would make a cool physical poster aswell. Nice job
So beautiful!!!
I LOVE this
loved the arrested development reference xD
great work as always
love it
Amazing!
this guy only makes banger art
Man this is awesome
Fantastic Work! I'd buy this as a poster...
Me too!
Phantom Menace is by far the best of the prequels. I don't absolutely loathe it.
Bro you are good!
Love this!
ITS THE GUY WHO MAKES PICTURES WITH TINY SQUARES!!!
What a masterpiece
Very nice concept! You should make whole trilogy posters and sell them printed to put on the wall ;)
man thats really epic
this feels hella nostalgic
Very Good and very Quick Draw
Hey great video! I love Star Wars. I know I'm going to sound like a bunch of other commenters, and I know you might not even read this, but you inspired me to start pixel art! I bought aseprite and that's all l've been doing recently. I've watched almost all of your videos within the last month or two. Anyway, I'm writing this comment to tell you thanks for inspiring me and having great content. Have a great day!
Awesome