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Drawing Fox McCloud in 3 Styles of Pixel Art!

Today I’m creating the same character in 3 different styles - and for this exercise I’ve selected Fox McCloud from the ‘Star Fox’ series! Follow along as I explore 3 interpretations based on distinct eras of pixel art in gaming, and discuss the design influences along the way!
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0:00 Intro
0:28 NES Sprite
2:55 SNES Spirte
6:54 PS1 Sprite
9:30 All 3 Styles Together
9:40 CRT Time
10:13 VID OVER
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  • @zackpi7874
    @zackpi7874 Жыл бұрын

    The 2nd one reminds me more of the Metal Slug style than DK, since the line-art is still easy to distinguish. If you want to get it closer to the DK style, maybe you could try emulating the process more directly, by taking a still frame from a smash game where fox is originally 3D, downscale it, then tweak the pixel-art from that point. Love your work, keep it up!

  • @BJGpixel

    @BJGpixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Haha you're totally right, he's even got that classic pose! Metal Slug would actually be an amazing template for a run-and-gun game set in the Star Fox universe 🤔

  • @hiiambarney4489

    @hiiambarney4489

    Жыл бұрын

    HOLY COW YOU ARE RIGHT. I was like "This looks oddly familiar but I cant put my finger on it and it's not DKC."

  • @mediocreboi
    @mediocreboi Жыл бұрын

    Yo it's cool to cover Playstation pixel art, it goes underappreciated

  • @ruolbu

    @ruolbu

    Жыл бұрын

    very very much. I love Breath of Fire. And I kinda dislike that I have a hard time saying it now without tripping up and saying breath of the wild XD

  • @niilokolehmainen

    @niilokolehmainen

    Жыл бұрын

    youre right

  • @alanaraujo7891
    @alanaraujo7891 Жыл бұрын

    This had slowly became my comfort KZread channel. Loved the sprite ideas, specially the last one.

  • @yalborap
    @yalborap Жыл бұрын

    Top notch as always! It's fascinating to see how the SNES sprite looked a bit busy just on the screen, but really came together once it was on the CRT and the colors could blend together a bit. A reminder of the context the original sprites we're so inspired by were made in.

  • @Jakkals
    @Jakkals Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this! Fox is my favorite video game character and it’s not every day you see anything new regarding Starfox. It would be really cool to see Wolf done in this style too!

  • @CKTDanny
    @CKTDanny Жыл бұрын

    Loved seeing the difference processes between each of the styles! The one done in the Breath of Fire 4 style has to be my favourite as well, I really like the cohesion of the colours and that one has a great pose too 🔫🦊 Also nice office re-organization! The CRT on top of the wooden crate is a cool aesthetic. That's a nice set piece right there 😎

  • @BJGpixel

    @BJGpixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Yeah that style has such a charm to it; great colour palette ✌️😊✨ And thanks, the crate used to be the original stand, and I've just rotated it down and hid the cables underneath - worked out quite well for the new setup 😌

  • @EdokLock
    @EdokLock Жыл бұрын

    Wasn't expecting the last one, good job 👍

  • @level12lobster8
    @level12lobster8 Жыл бұрын

    Have to say, the second and third sprite look absolutely amazing on the CRT screen. So glad you always add the CRT Time at the end.

  • @pixmael
    @pixmael Жыл бұрын

    I can't stop watching the brown pixel on the third's Star Fox foot

  • @ruolbu
    @ruolbu Жыл бұрын

    Oooh cool. Recently I suggested some Star Fox content. This is different from my idea but I appreciate it very much. I could see all of these games being popular and good fun.

  • @atsushihdez.993
    @atsushihdez.993 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing as always Brandon! my favorite is the SNES sprite.

  • @Dan_d00d
    @Dan_d00d Жыл бұрын

    No cameo from Slippy? haha , great work Brandon. All 3 have a ton of style, found myself surprised to see the PS1 sprite as fave. Maybe due to watching the SNES 16bit move away from pre render look by the end (the posterise colour crush was a bit soul crushing to watch at first!!).

  • @BJGpixel

    @BJGpixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks dude! Haha I'd actually love to see the entire cast done in each of these styles - maybe a larger project for the future! 😅

  • @Dan_d00d

    @Dan_d00d

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BJGpixel I don't think you'd hear any complaining over that attempt! Do a barrel roll! (my hope is also to see some Belmont family characters. Much love from in Australia at 3.45am here)

  • @NoahBility
    @NoahBility Жыл бұрын

    Breath of Fire is a game I grew up watching my stepdad play I was so drawn to the pixel art style and how emotive it all ways A visually stunning series of games Beautiful job with these interpretations, Brandon

  • @Substitute_Zero
    @Substitute_Zero Жыл бұрын

    I think the one thing that would have helped emulate that 3D model style more is simply making some of the lineart into highlight/rim light so that it doesn’t read as lineart so much!

  • @deluxeedition4639
    @deluxeedition4639 Жыл бұрын

    this was so much fun to watch, I always love your content! makes me inspired to actually work on pixel art again :)

  • @jameshills6314
    @jameshills6314 Жыл бұрын

    So cool as always! You sir are crazy talented! And one of my favourite content creators. I really appreciate you covering the breath of fire 4 style definitely think it is under represented. That fox version is really cool. I personally would appreciate covering more of that isometric style.

  • @nigelhill74

    @nigelhill74

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I love isometric pixel art too! Through BJG I am appreciating 1 bit and similar side view more. But definitely need more good top down and isometric in my life.

  • @nuclear-meltdown
    @nuclear-meltdown Жыл бұрын

    Yaay! He's my favorite videogame character

  • @juhis-dev
    @juhis-dev Жыл бұрын

    Now we need a SMB3 romhack with Fox, that NES sprite is dope

  • @retro3188
    @retro3188 Жыл бұрын

    I love this! You did really well. I love your NES and SNES interpretations of Fox!

  • @cheerwhiner7829
    @cheerwhiner7829 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much for this video! I saw this 8-bit Ryu as a loading screen animation in “Puzzle Spirits” several years ago, and would love to learn how to recreate the other SF characters… this will help very much. 👌 I truly appreciate this video. Thank you so much.

  • @brandonjacksoon
    @brandonjacksoon Жыл бұрын

    Awesome Brandon! As always the best!

  • @BJGpixel

    @BJGpixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Brandon! ✌️😊✨

  • @DadVader
    @DadVader Жыл бұрын

    Awesome work as always 😍

  • @BJGpixel

    @BJGpixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks dude! ✌️😎✨

  • @roncash7640
    @roncash7640 Жыл бұрын

    Bro, you are the Pixel Master. . .🤩❤️‍🔥😎👏🏾💯

  • @JoshRobertsonArt
    @JoshRobertsonArt Жыл бұрын

    Well done on the feel of each of these sprites. Great reference choices to go off of.

  • @snailmeat2204
    @snailmeat2204 Жыл бұрын

    i absolutely adore the SNES sprite!! it’s so pleasing to look at

  • @houseofpibb1435
    @houseofpibb1435 Жыл бұрын

    Oh man I love Breath of Fire pixel art style

  • @eboatwright_
    @eboatwright_ Жыл бұрын

    These are amazing! I agree with @zakpi with that the SNES sprite fits more with Metal Slug

  • @Boooo
    @Boooo Жыл бұрын

    The last one is so cool, it's a shame the star fox series will (probably) never have any kind of spinoffs, or new games

  • @KoroPSI
    @KoroPSI Жыл бұрын

    Wow. Your timing is impeccable. I was literally making Fox pixel art YESTERDAY.

  • @pauloheres
    @pauloheres Жыл бұрын

    10/10 quality content. Love you videos, mate!

  • @whatever_user
    @whatever_user Жыл бұрын

    The background music changing is nice touch to set the mood per era

  • @MegaBlight
    @MegaBlight Жыл бұрын

    BoF4 !!! Thank you :) i know ive been commenting allot about bof4 style, love the style. more the better :) id watch a full video dedicated to it :D

  • @nigelhill74
    @nigelhill74 Жыл бұрын

    All three are really good! Great work! Also, those BoF4 sprites look so good! I don't know the game, never owned a PS. Not many decent screenshots online but the game looks nice

  • @toochmcgooch4678
    @toochmcgooch4678 Жыл бұрын

    All-Range Mode!

  • @PixelledYohan
    @PixelledYohan Жыл бұрын

    It's really funny how you picked DK as the main point of reference for the SNES version, since originally the sprites for the game were all fully made in 3D software at the time, and then downscaled in a very specific way which was extremely for the time. Your result still came out great!

  • @ratroecalaranzo3329
    @ratroecalaranzo3329 Жыл бұрын

    Your work is amazing. Thank you for sharing it with us!

  • @corgikun2579
    @corgikun2579 Жыл бұрын

    you always make your own assignments really cool ones🎉

  • @JTRAN408_
    @JTRAN408_ Жыл бұрын

    I cried when I saw the Breath of Fire IV pixels were being used as a reference! Thank you for this video!!!!!!!

  • @_MGPz
    @_MGPz Жыл бұрын

    Pretty Amazing! Awesome work

  • @maxtoeh3301
    @maxtoeh3301 Жыл бұрын

    This last sprite omg amazing work

  • @GreenBlueWalkthrough
    @GreenBlueWalkthrough Жыл бұрын

    Loved how each came out!

  • @Tamugetsu
    @Tamugetsu Жыл бұрын

    Breath of Fire IV has my favorite art style of the games I played as a kid

  • @DigitalinDaniel
    @DigitalinDaniel Жыл бұрын

    The 2nd one is sweet!

  • @hiiambarney4489
    @hiiambarney4489 Жыл бұрын

    BOF 3 and 4 are Amazing Games. I loved how you could combine into different Dragons.

  • @Zachamation
    @Zachamation Жыл бұрын

    I am in love with your videos, they have really inspired me to get back into pixel art and push myself. Keep up the great work

  • @niilokolehmainen
    @niilokolehmainen Жыл бұрын

    I would totally play some sort of Starwing run 'n' gun with that art! Great video!

  • @freaking-handle
    @freaking-handle Жыл бұрын

    you are insane man. my biggest inspiration in art

  • @Rallypoly
    @Rallypoly Жыл бұрын

    Awesome well done creatings.

  • @bleuvertetforetdepin7308
    @bleuvertetforetdepin7308 Жыл бұрын

    Your videos are instructive and inspiring yet you never miss to had the fun! 🎉💚💙

  • @Snake1138
    @Snake1138 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing, love it!

  • @Alyslay_jc
    @Alyslay_jc Жыл бұрын

    love the FOX !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @PCgameandgamer
    @PCgameandgamer Жыл бұрын

    The 16bit fox looks AMAZING. I can already imagine a gba schmup with run and gun levels to break up the gameplay. If Nintendo were a bit more laxed with the copyright ban hammer I'd do it myself

  • @nextProgram
    @nextProgram9 ай бұрын

    Nice video, love your spritework

  • @SethKotta
    @SethKotta Жыл бұрын

    Now I'm trying to think what a Smash Bros. game worlds look like for the SNES.

  • @skoubidou00
    @skoubidou00 Жыл бұрын

    I want a 2D Star Fox game with your art now.

  • @juanrodriguez9971
    @juanrodriguez9971 Жыл бұрын

    I find quite interesting the PS1 sprite, I like to imagine that game did exist and then imagine what people at the time could interpret from that sprite imagining they did grow up with the PS1 version while ignoring the previous 2 so future fanarts could be interpretations of what they see in the sprites rather than what the box art says, I feel like the PS1 sprite has a ton of pockets on his left side for example.

  • @latxh
    @latxh Жыл бұрын

    amazing work

  • @juhis-dev
    @juhis-dev Жыл бұрын

    You had me at Fox McCloud!

  • @djjacoby1511
    @djjacoby1511 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome!!👏👏

  • @KariokaBurro
    @KariokaBurro Жыл бұрын

    Awesome videos dude

  • @blazerchocobo
    @blazerchocobo Жыл бұрын

    Yoo, Fox getting some love!

  • @simonestarace5249

    @simonestarace5249

    Жыл бұрын

    Because this year the Star Fox series has turned 30th.

  • @tuffmanchannel
    @tuffmanchannel Жыл бұрын

    Art looks great, I like it. I think removing the "outline" that you start with and incorporating it instead as part of the character using other colors can help it look more like the styles you tried to replicate.

  • @gustavobrazdarosacarvalho6689
    @gustavobrazdarosacarvalho6689 Жыл бұрын

    I like your videos specialy the GBC animations.

  • @soupinacan5955
    @soupinacan5955 Жыл бұрын

    so sick

  • @nesaiamon8727
    @nesaiamon8727 Жыл бұрын

    They are all amazing, but SNES version is my favorite

  • @healape3490
    @healape3490 Жыл бұрын

    This is awesome! Also wondering if there is a posterize adjustment layer equivalent on aseprite?

  • @Bealzabub
    @Bealzabub Жыл бұрын

    Id love to see you possibly tackle something in the style of the PC-98

  • @jakipop3397
    @jakipop33974 ай бұрын

    I think the 2nd one looks really nice as a sprite, but if you'd just done some more little chaotic pixels here and there, pixels you wouldn't really instinctively think to place, it would really channel the crunchy 3d-->2d look.

  • @tjp7154
    @tjp7154 Жыл бұрын

    Hmmm, the last style of fox looks like his tail is just pinned onto his side, and not on, you know, where tails go, lol. I love the palette for it! Second style definitely looks like DKC with the tail, but it's definitely harder to convey with all of foxes gear on.

  • @supermj767
    @supermj767 Жыл бұрын

    Great video Brandon! I'm thinking about starting my own pixel art channel because I've been doing a lot of pixel art for awhile now, do you think you might have any tips for me?

  • @TheMainCapitalOfTinySquares
    @TheMainCapitalOfTinySquares Жыл бұрын

    I need more BoFIV-style pixelart! :D

  • @danddhampstudio
    @danddhampstudio Жыл бұрын

    My favourite would have to be the 2nd one but if it had the third one's colour palette

  • @DommoDommo
    @DommoDommo Жыл бұрын

    They came out great, I think the BoF Fox had a little too heavy of an outline though. (On his right arm)

  • @marianopaz1577
    @marianopaz1577 Жыл бұрын

    Tremendas obras maestras 20/10 y GOD

  • @5ilver42
    @5ilver42 Жыл бұрын

    would have liked to see those sprite at their native, small resolution on the crt

  • @Ty-douken
    @Ty-douken Жыл бұрын

    Love using DKC as an inspiration point, I'm also a huge fan of how Mario RPG turned out with a similar method. Have you thought of using Chrono Trigger as an inspiration / starting point?

  • @alexsudati
    @alexsudati4 ай бұрын

    "A little nice warmup"... A LITTLE NICE WARMUP?!?!!

  • @pyxelpub8251
    @pyxelpub8251 Жыл бұрын

    Yo! Great stuff as always! You still drawing all this with a laptop trackpad you mad lad?!

  • @BJGpixel

    @BJGpixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Haha yes I absolutely am; but now that I've got my office reorganized I'm thinking of a proper monitor/keyboard/mouse setup - so we'll see! :D

  • @pyxelpub8251

    @pyxelpub8251

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BJGpixel Jesus Canadian Christ! For the love of all that is holy, Brandon, I beg of you, get a tablet! Your workflow AND your love life will increase exponentially. Also, it might help reduce the risk of carpal tunnel, and take it from someone who might be having that surgery soon, that alone is worth it! Keep up the great work, your work inspires me in mine!

  • @P1Ckl31
    @P1Ckl31 Жыл бұрын

    You must do this with everything and anything you get

  • @alexandreperez-goron279
    @alexandreperez-goron2798 ай бұрын

    good artist

  • @thatoneaim3683
    @thatoneaim3683 Жыл бұрын

    Im curious have you done any artwork for video games?

  • @longdongsilver3267
    @longdongsilver3267 Жыл бұрын

    Could you do some sprite work in the style of the Neo Geo Pocket color?

  • @cpab27
    @cpab27 Жыл бұрын

    could you do one using the megaman zero style of pixel art.

  • @StoryTimeWonders254
    @StoryTimeWonders254 Жыл бұрын

    How do you color it a 32px image at 256?

  • @NISHIAKI
    @NISHIAKI Жыл бұрын

    Have you ever tried working off the CRT as your monitor when doing these? I'd be interested to know if you chose colors or a different that you wouldn't normally do when working on your laptop.

  • @BJGpixel

    @BJGpixel

    Жыл бұрын

    I never have but that's a good idea! Things tend to come out much darker, and the hues appear different; it'd be nice to optimize for that specifically :D

  • @NISHIAKI

    @NISHIAKI

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BJGpixel right on! If you end up trying it, I'll be here to watch! Great work on these sprites, as usual by the way! I think it's really interesting how you apply different tools to modify your color choices, like the posterizing for the SNES sprite. It's cool to see all the ways someone might approach that. Thanks for making your processes so available!

  • @BJGpixel

    @BJGpixel

    Жыл бұрын

    @@NISHIAKI Happy to hear, thanks! Yeah it's fun to try out little ways to change or improve the overall workflow - and in the case of the SNES sprite, kinda leading me down a new path as well :D

  • @livanbard
    @livanbard Жыл бұрын

    The 16bit sprite was my favorite even tho it kinda looks more like a dog

  • @KirbytPink
    @KirbytPink Жыл бұрын

    Don't suppose you can add in Gameboy as well? Like , how they made Mario smaller in Super Mario Land. If not , maybe can request something for next ? Gender Reversal. Basically, take , like Mega Man and make him Mega Girl , or Mario as a girl or Princess Peach as King Peach . Or , like here Fox as girl , think get the idea.again, just an idea.

  • @TANWRLD2010
    @TANWRLD2010 Жыл бұрын

    Hi

  • @Ostnizdasht206
    @Ostnizdasht206 Жыл бұрын

    Fox on PlayStation?! Blasphemy! Lol jk. Great job.

  • @lause5809
    @lause5809 Жыл бұрын

    the 2nd one is a bit too bulky for fox, i think if you slimmed him down and removed some of the line art it'd look less like metal slug and more like DK

  • @salreishopemobile
    @salreishopemobile Жыл бұрын

    *blip blip*

  • @Keanine
    @Keanine Жыл бұрын

    The SNES one looks excellent, seriously great work, but I don't know if it quite captures the pre-rendered style. I think it could look closer without outlines, or at least outlines with reduced contrast. They've got this sort of ugly look to them, but yours looks crisp and well defined. Better pixel art, but not quite matching the style if that makes sense

  • @RewdanSprites
    @RewdanSprites Жыл бұрын

    "Andross won't have his way with me!".

  • @LeeChesnalavage
    @LeeChesnalavage Жыл бұрын

    Me: Oh man, I can’t wait to see how StarFox Adventures on GameCube influences the 3rd sprite. Brandon: So I’m going to be using PlayStation for reference… You’re killing me, dude. 😂

  • @BJGpixel

    @BJGpixel

    Жыл бұрын

    Haha sorry for doing a barrel roll around your hopes and dreams on that one 😅

  • @thegreatestever913
    @thegreatestever913 Жыл бұрын

    BOY

  • @user-kt9ej4fl5l
    @user-kt9ej4fl5l Жыл бұрын

    Honestly I feel like SNES is your style.

  • @BloodSlimeNuggit-un9fg
    @BloodSlimeNuggit-un9fg Жыл бұрын

    PlayStation is barely pixel at t

  • @G.L.999
    @G.L.9995 ай бұрын

    Yeeaah. We don't need sony's "art" tainting any of Nintendo's properties!

  • @whitedeath996

    @whitedeath996

    4 ай бұрын

    How do you mean? Pretty sure BoF is a Capcom game. Don't think Sony did and 2D games on the PS. He could of went with the Saturn and Treasures Guardian Heroes, good sprite work there.

  • @monke1340

    @monke1340

    4 ай бұрын

    @@whitedeath996 he’s talking about Starfox

  • @BloodSlimeNuggit-un9fg
    @BloodSlimeNuggit-un9fg Жыл бұрын

    My back hurts from making voxel art, embarrassing, considering I'm twelve

  • @mikamika4290
    @mikamika4290 Жыл бұрын

    Just gotta say your art inspires me a lot