A Programmer's Guide to Pixel Art

Pixel art is very approachable when learned through the patterns it's made out of. This is a general tutorial for pixel art from the perspective of someone who doesn't have natural talent for it.

Games featured in this video:
My newest project:
QuickDraw TCG:
Alchemic Archer:
Precious Cargo:
Aeroblaster:
Lucid (rxi):
No longer available on the internet outside of archives. :(
Roguelight (Daniel Linssen):
NYKRA (ENDESGA):
Eagle Island (Pixelnicks):
Eastward (Pixpil):
Lollipop Ninja:

Background Music:
OneShot Solstice - Sunrise Remix [Kamex]

[dirtywhitellama]

"It's not about talent, it's about a willingness to learn." This is what so many people don't get about art.

[HeilmwaterStudios]

Me an artist would like a guide to programming lmao

[heroscapeguy]

Being colorblind, this is a nightmare

[codergopher]

All you really need for pixel art is a fresh supply of MS Paint

[Vesdus]

Thanks for this! I found I have a very intuitive sense for pixel art, but I wasn't able to put a lot of the ideas I used into words. You helped me better understand what I already knew I was passively doing and helped me realize rules that I didn't know I was using.

[temmieio]

Thanks for this video, I was looking for a tutorial to draw pixel art and I think this one makes the most sense

[AntonioLatronicoDeveloper]

Incredibly useful video, thanks for sharing these tips!

[NeatGames]

Some super awesome tips!! I need to remember to do Hue shifting more~

[ohhellno]

Straight to the point, never goes off topic. Awesome video!

[Zodiacman]

These are awesome tips that apply to non-pixel art too, like 4K drawings or 3D models. Great video!

[ronitsingh]

Those magic words at the end and the cool outro music just sold the video



PERFECTION!!!

[yousefmahmood]

Bro I love how u talk fast without any addition like subscribe to the channel or something like that, keep it up body

[Krugmaster]

thank you for that even if i choose now to not use pixelart itself and switching to prerenderd 3d objects as my way to go. Helped a lot and gave a ton of insight

[nahruz.w]

Wow this is really great, should had been recommended to me sooner

[zeldaandTwink]

I love how you logiced art for me.
My mind is wierd and pattern recognition helps

[johnathangieger]

You are so fking good man.... wow. Keep the videos coming please!

[tmtlcsj]

You are one of my favorite YouTubers, your videos are so inspirational and helpful i learned alot from you. Pixel art isn't easy can you give me tips about pixel art for Ms paint it would mean alot???

[yashholkar]

Amazing dude! My games are inspired from yours!!👍👍

[sukima]

I would love to see a tutorial for camera-zoom

[LimitedWard]

I've always been interested in game design from a technical perspective, but one thing that's held me back from trying it is a lack of vision. When you started getting into game development, did you go into it with a plan for what type of game you wanted to make? Or did you just start making something? I'm concerned that if I dive in without something specific in mind, then I'll give up too easily.