Pixel Art Animation Tutorial - (Aseprite)
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In this video I share with you how to animate pixel art characters and take you step by step on my pixel art animation process in Aseprite. Hopefully this pixel art animation tutorial will help you bring your own ideas to life! :o)
#pixelart #animation #pixelartanimation #tutorial #aseprite
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What is this?
Pixel art is super cool, quick, and easily accessible! If you're new to art or looking for new ways to create art in game development, definitely try making your own Pixel Art!
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 Introduction
00:22 Step 1: Reference
00:49 Step 2: Break It Down
01:06 Step 3: Key Poses
01:24 Smear Frames
01:45 Step 4: Timing
02:54 Step 5: Secondary Animation
03:14 Final Animation
03:18 RECAP!
04:10 Bonus - Full Process!
14:01 Conclusion
12 Principles of Animation Graphic by Lachina Creative - www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/43417...
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This guy is amazing. At first you think he is a complete serious character, and you take him as a professor in the arts of pixel art. A couple of minutes later he's mimicking a jumping frog, then you know what you got yourself into. Absolute madlad, love this videos - subscribed.
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Dear PMantis lord, thank you for your in depth analysis and appreciation of the wizardry that I share with you. As you have now joined the subscriber ranks each video I will shock and awe with the lengths Im willing to go to to mimic a frog as accurately as possible. Thanks for sticking around :)
@CarryPotter007
3 жыл бұрын
I just found him and bro, you mean you didn't see his YT Avatar lmao XD
@Mikelica69
3 жыл бұрын
@@saultoons
@yelloflannel2549
3 жыл бұрын
I just found this guy and subed instantly im using what ive learned from him in my game
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
@@yelloflannel2549 Thanks Yello!
I had to make a simple walking cycle for school. (Gamedev student, we are making a simple platformer). At firsr i didnt think much of it but now im completely hooked to pixel art and animation. These videos are great to learn more about it!
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome I hope your next platformer game goes well! Make sure you join the discord and share your work if you’d like :D
@AstriaTVTruthExposed
7 ай бұрын
Were you at an actual school or did you do it online and if it's online what was it called? Did you learn a lot from it?
This dude and his videos are Underrated. epicly. As a gamedeveloper myself, our art skills are prrtyy trash. This tutorial definitly helped improve it +99.
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it could help, thanks for the kind words :D
@serotonin69
2 жыл бұрын
@@saultoons mama mia lezatos
@julianmy7abibi804
2 жыл бұрын
he look like johnny sins
@SMABSYSTEMS
2 жыл бұрын
@@julianmy7abibi804 EXACTLY LMAO 🤣
@HarlintonLopez
Жыл бұрын
i wanted to dwaw da dwarf so i clicked this
love that you can see your chair is worn down. This guy knows his priorities and it's making good ass art
@saultoons
Жыл бұрын
hahahaha my bald head is like sandpaper it destroys that material :'D
So glad you took the time to make these videos, they really are the best pixel art tutorials I've found! I've been sifting through a lot having just started getting into it with Aesprite a few weeks ago and I feel like nobody else so concisely details what each tutorial is on, how they go about it, EXACTLY how they go about it, and capture all the processes from start to finish! Thanks so much!
@saultoons
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words Silly Con Valet :D I'm glad you think the videos are useful, more coming soon ish :'D
i cant pay that program but i dont think anyone need it with such a good explanation/tutorial, thx for your effort and time.
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
No problem! Yes you should be able to apply the same process to any animation software :) thanks for watching
@blackreaper1660
3 жыл бұрын
@@saultoons is it possible on android if it's possible what app do you recommend?
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
I don’t have an android so I’m not sure, though others recommend Pixel Studio so maybe give that a shot :)
@blackreaper1660
3 жыл бұрын
@@saultoons thanks
@spoofsherlock5897
3 жыл бұрын
You can compile it yourself for free. It's legal too
I really appreciate your videos! You are well spoken and easy to understand, perfect for us beginners! :D
I really want to thank you sosososo much because now i really understand how to animate simple things like this!! You word it so casualy yet professional and not make it sound super confusing!!
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the love Jam, I'm glad I could help! Best of luck with your learning journey :D
Gotta love the videos, also the motions you do gives a whole other feeling to the videos. subed :D
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for subbing and for the kind words Chris T :) More videos coming soon!
Wow, the video structure is really great : quick & clear demo with an already made animation, then the full process with a known character from a previous video. Really nice job. I just watched the frog creation from KZread recommandations then this video, I'll keep watching for more information ! (Already noticed the walking animation 😏😏😏)
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it Reituag, always trying to find the best way to share necessary information without bogging people down or becoming boring 🤣 thanks for watching
you just literally explained the animations so well!! i just found my new animation teacher/channel!!! Thank you!!
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it could help Abner!
A Marc Brunet pixel animator version.. man.. love the vibes
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
What a compliment! I love Marc Brunet!
Thanks man, I have been wanting to make some stuff for my end screen, and I am starting to enjoy the process of making pixel art!
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Great to hear! Im glad I could help :D
This tutorial is pure gold!!
@saultoons
Жыл бұрын
Glad you found it useful!
I am currently interested in pixel art and your tutorial videos are my favorite from the whole KZread!
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you like them Lucy, good luck with your pixel art :D
Great video! Found this incredibly useful watching you animate your wee frog! Away to work on animating my first character to use for a project
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it could help! Good luck with your project.
wow I was doing research for begin animation and your channel is very decent, the montage and the content are super good. I subscribed
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks for the sub! I am working on another animation tutorial (should be out in a month or so) which will go more into depth in animation principles :)
i just discovered your channel and its just amazing ! im an indie dev and i need 2d assets, so i wanted to create my own and it really helps me !
amazing, so gooooooood tutorial for pixel animation!
Love you videos!!! I am starting with pixel art and I try to replicate your videos to learn how animation works. Thanks a lot!!!
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the love! I’m glad you find the videos useful! Feel free to join the discord to share work and get help from the community :D
I love that u reply to ur comments it shows ur one for the community. I’m subbing rn (btw do the points in the video apply to Krita or pixilart or other programs like that)
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for subbing! :D Yeah the points in the video are applicable to most software where you can animate, even if its not pixel art but 2d or 3d. It's a common work-flow for animation I think :)
I had loads of trouble finding a place to sprite animate and now I have, this has helped me a lot with animation and the deep voice ch ange is really funny, especially when you cough😂🤣🤣🤣🤣
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it could help and you found it entertaining! :D thanks for watching
Definantly subscribing, as i do pixel animation in my spare time, this is a welcomed channel to my sub box. Very entertaining and easy to follow, which i could have used a few months back when i was doing my game design exams hahaha
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Quick get out the time machine :D haha glad you find the videos useful!!!
@TheRealKwisty
3 жыл бұрын
@@saultoons Oh that would just be amazing if i could xD
I love you man! keep up the good work❤
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the love ❤️
your channel is mega underrated, love your vids bro
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Legend, thanks Bobby! Appreciate that :D
Excellent ! Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
No problem, glad it could help :D
Definitely subscribed love what your doing !
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! :D
Great tutorial! My boyfriend just got me Aseprite for my birthday. I'm so excited to use it! I used GIMP when I first tried out pixel animation art. But then a year went by and I forgot how to use it. Figured if I've got to re-learn anyway, I should try a new program 😊I love your hopping pixel frog btw, so cute! Your animation instincts are spot on.
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Nice!!! Saw your comment on the donut video too so I hope your learning adventure is going well 😁 always fun to learn something new! And thank you! Acting like a frog irl helps to understand how to animate it, at least I tell myself that 😂
This was helpful.. thanks Liam, you're the OG!
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Happy to help Angad! Thanks for the kind words :)
You having only 7000 subs is a crime, this content is amazing
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the love :) 7000 is a lot to me :'D
me encantó el vídeo ^^ Es decir,a veces es difícil encontrar personas que expliquen tan bien,lo digo porque yo en lo personal no se mucho inglés,pero el recurso gráfico hizo entender muy bien el mensaje. Muchas gracias por el vídeo,y muchas gracias si llegaste a leer mi comentario :D.
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Muchas gracias por tus amables palabras, ¡te agradezco que hayas visto el video aunque no está en tu idioma nativo! Espero que pueda ayudar
When doing squishy things i like keeping the eyes solid and have them move around instead of stretching with the body.
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
That’s cool, whatever works best for you Lizard Geek 😄 do your thing!!!
Dude u are awesome and deserve way more subs
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
I just watched the first 3 minutes before leaving for work, and already, thank you!
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Hope you enjoyed it! Thanks Brique :D
You deserve more viewers. Great content you have bro.
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! New video coming soon :D
@marblerunworld965
3 жыл бұрын
@@saultoons can't wait. Subs you bro.
I love your videos. You're super smart, explain techniques well, all the while being entertaining. I laugh so much!! Please keep making pixel art videos!!!
@saultoons
Жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot, I'm glad you enjoy the videos :~}
this is pretty cool man!
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Pixel Pete! Thanks for the love man, Dwerve is looking sick :D
so GREAT!!!
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot :D
I'm looking to make a top down 2d action rpg with combo based combat. That smear frame is exactly what I had pictured for sword slash animations. Super helpful.
@saultoons
11 ай бұрын
Yeah smears are awesome! Perfect for a sword slash too!
Amazing example video!
@saultoons
Жыл бұрын
Thanks :)
WELL... I'm just gonna go and vibe with the frog
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Frog vibes 🐸
This.. is legendary
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks YellowBebo :)
I really love your humor lol, got me entertained and educated. Great vid
@saultoons
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for the kind words , I'm glad you like the videos :D
This video was very helpful! Thank you!
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
No problem glad it could help
realy good, thanks for the video!
@saultoons
10 ай бұрын
No problem!
Awesome work bruh
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Killy!!
Dude i really respect you not only your vids are entertaining, it's very educational like bro i love it you make me learn without giving me a hard time. Love your vids -- subscribe Also thank you :D
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for the kind words
I like your animation, but can you make a tutorial for each of the tools that are used frequently in aseprite? I'm not used to using it yet. Thanks
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Sure! :)
this is very niceeeeeeee
I'm kinda worried that this video doesn't mention "No bushes were harmed during the making of this video"
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
hahaha it would simply be a lie
great video, really helped me understand how to animate pixeled characters
@saultoons
Жыл бұрын
Great to hear!
Thank you very much. Your video was super helpful.
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
No problem, thanks for watching, I'm glad it could help :D
Thanks for your tutorial !
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching :D
I love the video, this really helps.
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Glad it could help :} any other topics you want to see in the future?
i love how the frog looks like sleepy sam (if you watched adventure time)
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
hahah yes it does now you mention it! :'D
Love the humor 😂😂😂 and thanks for the tips :P
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
haha thanks Shakur appreciate ya
Thanks for the tutorial
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching :D
thank you so much bro me and some ppl were trying to create a game now i can make good pixel art for this game thanks
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
You got this! Good luck :)
Cool ! thx!
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
No problemo!
Thanks for the help
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
No problem, happy to help! Best of luck with your pixels :D
Thanks for your explanations, You are helping me a lot understanding pixelart. Greetings from Uruguay
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Greetings! I'm glad it could help :) Hello Uruguay :D
Really helpful! thanks!
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
No problem, I’m glad I could help!
I didn't even know there were 12 principals of animation
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Haha yah I will make a video about em :D
@Daniel-eg5sh
3 жыл бұрын
@@saultoons do it NOWWWW
@baconguy777
Жыл бұрын
I know already
you're videos are so usefull
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
I’m glad you find them useful 😁
This was a AMAZING VIDEO
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
awesome video. thanks so much dude. funny too
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching PTB I'm glad you like it :D
amazing brooo thank you lol it was so entertaining :)
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it thanks for watching Danny! :D
so cool
@saultoons
Жыл бұрын
Thanks ❤️
same as the last guy, u make me laugh and make sick art videos. Not much more you can ask for. - subscribed 2
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Im glad you like the videos Daniel, thanks so much for watching
You probably make some great NFT art
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
haha maybe I think it requires a pretty large following on social media (twitter, etc)
Woah i just checked and he has replied to every comment! Amazing video it really helped!
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Not sure how long I can keep that up but I’ll try my best 😂
@giraffehater2674
3 жыл бұрын
@@saultoons hold on, 2 minutes after me commenting and I get a reply from the owner, when the video is over 3 months old!? You are truly amazing, I love your content and I only saw it a few minutes ago. Keep it up!
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Must be an auto reply bot 🤖 oh wait, it’s me 🤣 appreciate the love Iron Boulder! 🙂
Cool bro ❤
@saultoons
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
I really like your pixel art tutorials, looking forward to next
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot! New video coming today with another tutorial on the way when it’s done too :)
hello ! i'm french and your videos help me so much ! thank you !
@Noceda41
2 жыл бұрын
and your stretched frog looks like a gecko x)
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Glad they can help, thanks for watching :D
Hi, I have a question, when doing your scaling and doing ratios for your pixel art assets, how do you do the ratios for characters and scale it to the game objects and screen resolution, how do you ratio all that so it looks good across all the assets.
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Frosty Map, when I’m creating assets for a game I first establish what resolution the game is going to be in. For example, 16:9 screen resolution ratio. Which is the most common screen size, especially for console/PC. Then I design the game based on that ratio. So if I want my game to work in 1920*1080 (a very common resolution), I may design a pixel art mock up at 480*270 which is pixel art to 1080p ratio of 4:1, (divide 1920 by 4 and 1080 by 4) so my pixel art would scale by 4 in engine. But the actual ratio depends on your game and character assets too, if you need more room on the screen you may do 3:1 and design in 640x360 so the characters don’t take up as much space. I usually just keep experimenting and find what works best for the game, as long as it’s a scale factor of common resolution that I’m targeting, (typically 16:9 1920x1080) it will scale fine :) I’ll be making a video on my background design process at some point so I’ll try and address this issue in that video if you need further help! If you have any further questions or need any help don’t hesitate to join the discord or find me on social media and I’ll do what I can to help :D
it'sa little bit late for me here, but hey.. you got one more subscriber man. love your tutorials
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot
I can't wait to start working on animating I do real basic stuff I keep getting better at editing animation is my next step
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
You got this!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep going :D
Awesome.
@saultoons
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
omg thank you so much man this helped me a lot cuz my project was to make a game and they didnt teach or told us how to make the game at all💀
@saultoons
Жыл бұрын
Glad I could help!
very good tutorials well explained, efficient and with good editing besides that they make me laugh I am from Mexico and I do not speak English, I used the youtube translator and even so they are one of the best videos about pixer art that I have seen greetings
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Gracias por las amables palabras Pedro, ¡te lo agradezco mucho! Me alegra que te gusten los videos, ¡habrá más videos divertidos en el futuro y también más tutoriales! :D
@pedroiturielolveraosorio675
3 жыл бұрын
@@saultoons On the contrary, thanks to you you always help me and you facilitate me some things that I do not find well in the animations, I am starting on this and for a moment I was stuck at a point where I did not improve or have any progress but thanks to you I was able to leave and now I feel that I have improved a lot GREETINGS !!!
you're amazing
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
No, you’re amazing!
I'm making a pixelated shooter games for my what's app events for friends and I the first serious project and decided to make it pixelated so this helped me a lot I'm still working on I it's gonna be a banger not gonna be released to public tho
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome I’m glad it can help I hope it goes well for you 😄
@shailendbaucha8542
2 жыл бұрын
@@saultoons I'm doing the smears to save time making my characters slowly having references and I think in a week or two I'll be done with the models that I'll be using if I focus well thank you for the tutorial I was getting intimidated with other people's artwork and couldn't rlly get a good tutorial that wouldn't overwhelm me.
0:31 he just went *b o n k e r s*
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
b o n k :D
Typically I cringe when people say that a youtuber does not have enough subs since it seems fine, but this is incredibly high quality content for only 50k subs, this is higher quality then some million sub youtubers. Thank you for helping me and many others!
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the love Bizar! Glad you like the videos :)
this is really good video
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks, glad you like it! :D
Thank you for making thies highy educational videos!!
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Of course! Thanks for sharing your magic with the world 🐸 🧙♂️
@thefrogmagician9866
3 жыл бұрын
@@saultoons how..how did you know that im a frog magician
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
The Frog Magician because I’m a magic frog too 🐸
@thefrogmagician9866
3 жыл бұрын
@@saultoons impossable
HOLY SHIT I LOVE THIS GUYS VIDEOS
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Habib! :D
Please make similar tutorial for isometric pixel design. It's so hard for me to animate isometric character and maintain the volume proportion right. Changing angle of complex shape character or item really mess my brain.
thanks a lot...great video :)
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! :D
you sir are very entertaining and instructive, me Like
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Haitam I'm glad you enjoy the videos :D
Thank you 😍
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Hope it could help! :D
Bro your so underated
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the love Ahyaan
i love ❤️
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Damn, you replied to every single comment. Also great content, it helped a lot!
@saultoons
Жыл бұрын
Haha I try my best to respect those who spend time leaving a comment! Thanks for watching :D
Man I like the narrative ...I guess animation tutorials can be fun ..
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Haha thanks! That’s my hope, to make tutorials fun :D
@tictoktrending7184
3 жыл бұрын
You know that I'm actually watching it right now ..
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
@@tictoktrending7184 Wew nice! Same time :D
i love u bald man thanks for this i will now proceed to subscribe
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you fungus 😂
@lala-4458
3 жыл бұрын
@@saultoons 💚💚💚 youre welcome bald man never change
Instant subscribe.
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
I like that im learning and laughing at the same time 🤣😃😁
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it AndiMations :)
This help a lot since Im still new with pixel art animation My first pixel animation was a bouncy ball lel (try to adapt line animation to the pixel one)
@saultoons
2 жыл бұрын
You got this! :D
I really like your channel. Keep up the good work. what application do you use?
@saultoons
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks glad you like it :) I use Aseprite, but all is possible in other softwares :D Remember to join the discord community if you have any other questions, links in the description :)