5 PIXEL ART TIPS FOR BEGINNERS

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Timeline:

0:00 Intro
0:09 #1- Outlines
1:34 #2 - Value
2:03 #3 - Size
2:54 #4 - Color
3:50 #5 - Hue Shifting
4:38 Bonus: Intention
5:12 Bonus: Software
7:48 Outro

[RiptideDev]

Few things to say:

1. White outlines exist, but these are only really used to highlight things in a still image. Youtubers do this in thumbnails all the time.

2. Yes, that violin at 4:01 is mine.

3. No cows were harmed in the making of this video (2:45)

[nectarine]

Ty for this, I recently found out I have a talent for pixel art, so I'm watching these to become even better

[thehammmann]

I’m very late but Aseprite is free *if* you compile it yourself. There’s a great tutorial on YouTube that walks you through the whole process, no programming skills needed. You do need to download some pretty big files, but other than that, it’s great. You *do* have to update it by doing the process over again, but after everything’s downloaded, it really isn’t that hard. And it’s legal too.

[the-girl-next-door-ashleeb]

A great video, I love pixel art and want to push myself to do more than I currently do, I also want to make an amendment that minecraft blocks are 16x16 pixels, not 32.
I would love for you do continue doing tutorials like this, maybe for your process of animating or how *you* use aseprite.

[d-c]

This is amazing. Thank you for taking the time to put this together

[CalamityRemix]

I watch this video for modavation when I get stuck in game dev. Its good to watch

[cerberus_des]

7:00 Ok So, The Free Products Are Fine But I Suggest To Use

1) LibreSprite ( At Least I Think It’S The Name ) Which Is An Updated Software From When Aseprite Was Free And Open Source

2) Pixel Studio, It’S A Bit Clunky And Doesn’T Feel Good At All But It’S Pretty Darn Powerfull, It Has A LOT More Options Than You Think But It’S On Mobile Only

So I Suggest Emulating It

[cryism]

i’m such a noob at pixel art, i’ve been drawing for years and just got into it and it feels like i’m starting at square 1 😅 so thank you sm for this

[jrdoughty]

Libresprite is the free variant of asesprite

[fjtvjxi]

underrated your channel deserves better

[XyloBetaGames]

when it's 3 am and your brain gets philosophical:
2:53

[jonahlouque]

7:27 Can't believe he forgot to add #3 Krita, disliked, unsubbing, banning you from my discord server, banning you from my Minecraft server, decommissioning my music for you. Our friendship is OVER!

[tokyohotel]

Just something i didnt see in the video, i use a tablet and s pen to do my pixel art and i use a free program called pixel studio. Its got all the tools a beginner needs. It has animation functions as well. It does NOT have onion skinning but its a great beginners tool that can be downloaded on any android device. There is also resprite which has all the functionality of aseprite but on android and if you want aseprite on your computer but dont want to pay there is libresprite (aseprite when it was open source before it went to a subscription model) which has been updated to have similar functionality to aseprite. Im about 4 days into my pixel art journey and i hope this info helps somebody.

[goblingrowl]

one little correction, minecraft has 16x16 resolution

[ralexcraft]

All the information is great, but minecraft is 16x16

[scoopsomeicecream]

you messed up the thumbnail its beginner not begginer