26 Aseprite Tips for Beginners

I recently did a thread over on Twitter where I posted a bunch of small things I've picked up over the years.

Since people seemed to like it, I've combined them all into a single 8-minute video to put here, hope they help!

I elaborate a lot more on these techniques in the thread I linked above: when I use them, why I prefer them over others, etc. So, if there's some confusion surrounding a few of the clips, I'd recommend checking the original posts out.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Quick Reflection
00:27 - Multiple Windows
0:39 Animating position with Custom Brush
1:11 Custom Brush Eraser
1:25 Cheap Impact Frames
1:52 Creating Tags
2:13 Exporting Tags
2:27 Ignoring Tags
2:41 Outlines
2:59 Outline when working with multiple layers
3:32 Adjusting Onion Skins
3:50 Replacing Colours across an animation
4:10 Link Cells
4:28 Quickly Delete section across an animation
4:43 Freeze Frames / Adjusting Frame Speed
5:00 Moving Selection with Arrow Keys
5:13 Simple Squash and Stretch Frames
5:37 Simple Squash and Stretch Frames Pt.2
5:57 Pop-out Text
6:07 Studying GIFs
6:27 Scaling down downloaded work
6:46 Setting up brush size shortcut
7:12 Duplicate frame cell across a timeline
7:26 Create Palette from Sprite
7:36 Duplicating a group of frames
8:00 Exporting your work

Music by insaneintherainmusic :

[SadTown]

Not only are these the best tips for Aesprite, but this dude has some of the most fluent pixel art animation I’ve seen 😮

[nemecsek]

This is the best Aseprite tutorial. No blablablablabla babbling...just simple and quick text based video. I love it!

[Antigela]

i hope a lot of people will say the same months after months : it's such an underrated video, and your art style is so good thank you a lot

[alejmc]

That punching bag bird animation is beyond amazing. With the hit flash highlights and all that… loved it.

[TimConceivable]

6:36 you can also just type "/4" after the width or height and it will divide it by 4 for you so you don't have to do any math. tons of great tips in this video though! i didn't know about several of these.

[Giulion]

Thanks for your video and your advice, I'm getting into pixel art and the tips you are sharing are making my life so much easier

[blackjam]

when someone looking for tips for Aesprite, this should be on the top of the list. Not showing me how to change my theme. This is helpful!

[heronupples]

Thia video is so goated. I nearly fell out of my reaction to simple reflection. This video alone made me create an Aseprite tips Playlist. 10 out 10 would definitely recommend.

[jackoftraes]

This is incredible! Also that sax player in the first song was going crazy 😂

[SoulSync]

Damn when I drew my first pixel art character at some point I wanted to change a main color and I wasted sooo much time doing that, can't believe I could've just clicked like twice :D this video is really helpful, thank you!

[mwah]

One of the best tutorial videos ever made, across all topics. You should be proud

[PDD]

I think this is one of the most helpful tutorials out there. Also the animations are so good

[veni_art]

With 20K views, this video is soo underrated. Probably one of the best videos for Aseprite out there. Also awesome music choice, luv it!🔥

[filipjovanovic]

Came for the art tips, stayed for the awesome music (and also the art tips)

[NicoBleackley]

I put this on to listen to thinking there would be a voice over. Ended up just jammin to the jazz!

[thatboyzulu]

This is probably the most useful Aseprite video that I've seen

[Samuel_]

I wasn't sure how good the tips be but right off the start with good tips, thanks

[UberOfficer]

Wowww so helpful especially the use of custom brush!

[GiorgioBaradit]

You sir, just won a new suscriptor with this video. :)

[stepankondaurov]

Thanks dude, you explain everything methodically, it really helps. Best tutorial on Asperite I've watched so far