Constructing Lines and Curves in Pixel Art (Tutorial)

The grid-style nature of pixel art results in a few special considerations when drawing straight lines and curves. In this tutorial, we’ll walk through a few approaches to keep in mind when creating clean-looking pixel art lines and curves!

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Title sequence theme music by Failpositive:

All other background music by mcguy215:

[Orygiri]

Me: Constructing a circle
Him: Take care and keep it square
Me: *Got it.*

[NitroNovaMusic]

For GIMP users, the line drawing feature in Aseprite is also present in this software, as well.

[kekman]

I LOVE THAT FONT AAA should be on Google docs

[norrickm]

As a programmer I've always dreaded doing the art for my work. These types of videos have made me dread the art portion of things a little less. Keep up the good content 😊

[dako]

I just recently got interested in pixel art myself to try something new, I'm at the stage of aquiring knowledge and I have to say, that from all the stuff on pixel art on Youtube, in my opinion your videos are the most informative, well made and fun. Keep up the good work, I hope this channel will grow fast.

[georgebrown]

Minecraft has been teaching me the fundamentals of pixel art without me even knowing it

[sluggknight]

I'm gonna use this tips more for minecraft than pixel art

[MinecraftToonLink]

As someone who used to work on textures in Minecraft resource packs, I can confirm that these tips are helpful. Sadly, I had to learn about all of this by myself since documentation on texture making in Minecraft wasn’t as prevalent back in 2012 as it is now. But it did help kickstart me into the world of graphic design, even if I’m never going to be an expert at it.

[YaraVMori]

I love the way your videos are structured, really comprehensible and helpful!

[durururururururu]

The effort put into this video is astonishing. I love the style. Great work :D

[canaldohector]

I like to use "regular jaggies" to achieve other line angles, for example: alternating 2 and 1 pixels to get a line between the 1 pixel line and 2 pixel line

[vinzenzdeanson]

You know its funny when you're staring at a screen for hours making a pixel asset and then you go visit your nana only to find that she's 1000× better at sprite work because she's been doing cross stich for the past 50 odd years!😅

[denesszendelbacher]

I feel like everyone who plays minecraft should already know this...

[tristanwegner]

Man. Your visual teaching skill is great. Just the opening picture explains so much!

[shsh]

i love and appreciate the effort and quality you put on a video! ;-; the pencil size, circle reference you used to identify the curve lines, it really helps! Training my muscle memory on pixel art here. So thank you for the tutorial! :DDD

[cuboembaralhado]

5:33 yeah i agree, altough removing the spikey pixels fom it makes it looks like a octagon

[mmk]

I love the way you lay out all (or most) things that were discussed in the video, helps in retaining all the info that was brought in.

I just stumbled upon this channel, but I've been loving it so far, definitely gonna sub!

[Kingsbeak]

This man taught me more in this 1 video than any of my art teachers

[tristangovier]

The vibe of these videos is so good, the computer tabs, the arcade noises the atmosphere is so good and original. Thanks for making this channel :)

[flinggonza]

I would recommend Microsoft Paint as a starter software. It works surprisingly well.