Pixel Art Class - Character Sprite Build!

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Hey, this is E4 of my series on everything pixel art! Today we're putting our stylus to the canvas and actually making a sprite for our little "Love Note" concept character. Next episode, we'll cover detailing and finalising the sprite :)
Enjoy!
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  • @Songfugel
    @Songfugel4 жыл бұрын

    Came here for pixel art... ended up learning more about drawing characters and eyes than I have in years

  • @HalfAcheesie

    @HalfAcheesie

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yep Ture

  • @hashhbrownn560

    @hashhbrownn560

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@HalfAcheesie “Ture”

  • @domedin9894

    @domedin9894

    2 жыл бұрын

    He is a great artist and his pixel art is blows my mind

  • @chimpuiudbilaw4871

    @chimpuiudbilaw4871

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@domedin9894 "is blows"

  • @favor1791

    @favor1791

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@HalfAcheesie Ture

  • @dsn3568
    @dsn35683 жыл бұрын

    2:07 this man has made a body in seconds better than the ones i do in half a hour

  • @rhyss5618

    @rhyss5618

    2 жыл бұрын

    ikr its sad lol

  • @ronyardev4421

    @ronyardev4421

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me To But Me In 2 days Lol

  • @alejmc

    @alejmc

    Жыл бұрын

    I’m in the conundrum of forever watching tutorials and never practicing, that makes me make a single body take months xD

  • @falaghsepehr5504

    @falaghsepehr5504

    Жыл бұрын

    I think doing it faster and not caring too much about the details helps you focus on more general things like anatomy.

  • @Bethniijoy
    @Bethniijoy4 жыл бұрын

    I love your positivity by starting the video by saying "No one is expecting you to nail it on your first go." :) edit: I wish I had your channel when I was learning about pixel art. There are some great channels out there, but you are incredibly talented and easy to watch, regardless of skill level of the viewer.

  • @Alche_mist

    @Alche_mist

    2 жыл бұрын

    I react rather late, but still - that line singlehandedly made Adam a pixelated version of Bob Ross.

  • @mizu9811
    @mizu98114 жыл бұрын

    I watch 1 min so far, yet I learned soo much already

  • @The-cyber-imbiber

    @The-cyber-imbiber

    4 жыл бұрын

    Agreed. :P These are some nice knowledge bombs this guy is dropping, huh?

  • @Dylan-cf6ld

    @Dylan-cf6ld

    3 жыл бұрын

    even the intro

  • @koss3089
    @koss30893 жыл бұрын

    adam: i highly recommend a tablet *me, learning pixel art because my tablet broke*

  • @N3M3SiS

    @N3M3SiS

    Жыл бұрын

    Me, learning pixel art because I couldn't afford one

  • @w1ck3dz0d1ac

    @w1ck3dz0d1ac

    Жыл бұрын

    Me Re-learning pixel art after a car accident that makes it painful to draw normally

  • @N3M3SiS

    @N3M3SiS

    Жыл бұрын

    @@w1ck3dz0d1ac Get well soon!

  • @SpookiDoki

    @SpookiDoki

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@w1ck3dz0d1ac hope you're better by now!

  • @annmarieroyal

    @annmarieroyal

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@w1ck3dz0d1ac I hope you're okay now!

  • @sirwonka_177
    @sirwonka_1773 жыл бұрын

    Making my own sprites for an rpg I'm making and the improvement I've made in the past week watching your tips and learning from your videos is freaking amazing. I am so stoked to get these character sheets done and get these uploaded into my game!!!!

  • @StaplesofDoom
    @StaplesofDoom3 жыл бұрын

    I spit out my coffee when you gave her the traumatized bug eyes.

  • @WaylonFlinn
    @WaylonFlinn4 жыл бұрын

    Looking forward to the rest of this series. Very helpful.

  • @xic777
    @xic7774 жыл бұрын

    this is teaching me a good ton man

  • @insanecomicdude
    @insanecomicdude3 жыл бұрын

    Your art is incredible, and you've got some fantastic tips in here. Amazing.

  • @jonathansilva9139
    @jonathansilva91393 жыл бұрын

    We've got to think of proportions and all that jazz, I like character design. It's one of the major things we've got to pay attention to it and thanks Adam for one more lesson. It´s really helpful, jolly good!

  • @ethanrieschiek6603
    @ethanrieschiek66033 жыл бұрын

    Been a while since you’ve posted it but this tutorial is already so good and your voice is honestly so satisfying somehow

  • @overratedprogrammer
    @overratedprogrammer Жыл бұрын

    It's really amazing how humans can detect so much about eyes that even single pixels can change so much perception

  • @SadTown99
    @SadTown994 ай бұрын

    This seems like it unintentionally became one of the best pixel character tutorials on YT 😅 I learned so much in just a 5min section of this video

  • @ninsebas3676
    @ninsebas36762 жыл бұрын

    I used to struggle at making characters a while ago. Saw this video and everything changed. Awesome tutorial!

  • @flavafee
    @flavafee2 күн бұрын

    lovely process work! thank you for sharing and educating!

  • @Fuyukori
    @Fuyukori Жыл бұрын

    Just 3 minutes in and it’s already so informative great video!

  • @PtfmusicUk
    @PtfmusicUk3 жыл бұрын

    Ace videos. Would be great to have more of these - specifically on character drawing... can find nothing of this quality anywhere else. Really fun and interesting to follow along.

  • @alejmc
    @alejmc Жыл бұрын

    Alright, officially hooked to this channel. This man is a master of the craft.

  • @RonnieMcDee
    @RonnieMcDee3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this video. I just started making sprite a couple days ago. From what I made the other day to what I made after this video and the elephant video is insane. I have something that looks like a person!

  • @CanalDojogames
    @CanalDojogames3 жыл бұрын

    Great technics and great lessons. I myself have easy on pixel art, i studied a little the shapes of some games and decided to do something like octopath, thats my avatar...but after a while i stoped doing only art and started making my rpg,i started with an sprite sheet from smilegamebuilder engine, an rpg engine...but after sometime i felt that i wanted more to have more space,so i went from 64x49 to 60x90, today i finished my characters design and did them on pixel art. Well maybe some i can do an better design on cloths...but i already know the scale i want to use and its about test... also get as many reference as you can, stop and look to them.. think what you want more to do and start doing... Now im studying scenario and how i will do them .... i have an good reference and saw your video about houses and it clarify my ideas... thank you. Love your videos. Every dot counts on pixel art. Its my mantra.

  • @TheAncientLich
    @TheAncientLich4 жыл бұрын

    Hey man, nice series. Just so you know, this video appears twice in the playlist :)

  • @yananesmeyana
    @yananesmeyana4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot, your videos are awesome! Very helpful and very inspiring

  • @alisonrose8911
    @alisonrose89112 жыл бұрын

    I am going to go into your learning eyes point and say that is amazing advice for anyone interested in storytelling in general. I love the content

  • @lacey_and_her_stories
    @lacey_and_her_stories Жыл бұрын

    Just what I needed, progress of making a character from scratch! :)

  • @ODet-93
    @ODet-932 жыл бұрын

    I recently got into pixel art and this is a great KZread channel.

  • @tantan7392
    @tantan73923 жыл бұрын

    Going to watch two of your videos each day and see where it gets me

  • @thelambsauce9365
    @thelambsauce93652 жыл бұрын

    this actually reeeaaalllyy helped me, since i was having alot of trouble creating people.

  • @fernandapanda
    @fernandapanda4 жыл бұрын

    LOVED IT!!!

  • @chris_columbus445
    @chris_columbus4452 жыл бұрын

    Ty you helped me a lot. Also you are so talented

  • @TheEpicSpire
    @TheEpicSpire3 ай бұрын

    this is the type of tutorial i need more of.

  • @glori4635
    @glori46354 жыл бұрын

    Needed this

  • @tabs3102
    @tabs31024 жыл бұрын

    Amazing channel, thanks!

  • @shorkyy
    @shorkyy3 жыл бұрын

    I love your tutorial so much 💗!!! It's simple to understand and simple to do!! Thank you very much 😊

  • @jojomama7659
    @jojomama76594 жыл бұрын

    Damn this is so informative

  • @kaulis6524
    @kaulis65244 жыл бұрын

    Oh man i decided to start on pixel art and...wow this is to helpfull

  • @ScopeSV
    @ScopeSV3 жыл бұрын

    Looking at how Adam builds a character teaches me to stick to coding.

  • @fahimaljahangir3059

    @fahimaljahangir3059

    2 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @aikou2886

    @aikou2886

    11 ай бұрын

    His techniques helped me improve my monster designs once I got to spriting them but I still suck at desining human characters lol.

  • @alvenkaiser4549

    @alvenkaiser4549

    8 ай бұрын

    I don't get how people say drawing is hard. Drawing is not hard, drawing while striving improvement is hard. This has no shortcuts but just to practice and practice. Well, I am not someone to say as I have been drawing as far as I can remember.

  • @giantmanice

    @giantmanice

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@alvenkaiser4549drawing is hard when you are not skilled enough to bring the image from your head to the screen

  • @khalilanarchy
    @khalilanarchy3 жыл бұрын

    this helped so much

  • @NicotheMerchant
    @NicotheMerchant3 жыл бұрын

    Much appreciated.

  • @ryuli1
    @ryuli14 жыл бұрын

    you channel is amazing i am happy to subscribe

  • @lonelysorrowknight
    @lonelysorrowknight2 жыл бұрын

    You should do a course teaching some traditional techniques and how they translate to pixel art in a stylized manner. Damn I would pay good money for that.

  • @TheHomelessNinja
    @TheHomelessNinja2 жыл бұрын

    I love that palette from the start of the video. Or you know...the whole video lol Where would I be able to find that? Or is it a custom made one?

  • @user-dr5su9cx1f
    @user-dr5su9cx1f3 жыл бұрын

    so good lecture

  • @MrLoser-ks2xn
    @MrLoser-ks2xn Жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @ryanwilliams3111
    @ryanwilliams31114 жыл бұрын

    Getting some Bob Ross Vibes☺️

  • @Gakusangi
    @Gakusangi3 жыл бұрын

    I start with the tablet with pixel perfect on to get the basic shape, and get the natural flow (very much like gesture drawing), and then I switch to mouse for fine-tuning and precise details. With pen and tablet I have and lack of experience, it's more difficult to be very precise with my pen.

  • @abrorboltayev1638
    @abrorboltayev16382 жыл бұрын

    this is nice

  • @jasonespinoza5105
    @jasonespinoza51057 ай бұрын

    Art is an iterative process. Get it wrong, add, subtract, refine, repeat.

  • @masterboa6321
    @masterboa63213 жыл бұрын

    make the glasses transparent, but have them become opaque when she has an idea

  • @gabrielluna2474
    @gabrielluna24744 жыл бұрын

    Can Someone gives me the link to the sketch program? I dont indertood what program is?

  • @linezokode9766
    @linezokode97662 жыл бұрын

    10:53 thats teacher looking, not innocent

  • @ultimateinternetman4335
    @ultimateinternetman43352 жыл бұрын

    it's just so easy for these people isn't it? i thank god every day for making me absolutely terrible at the one thing i want to do most, game design

  • @Sieghiro
    @Sieghiro4 жыл бұрын

    Arkanpixel asking the real questions

  • @rick.sebastian
    @rick.sebastian3 жыл бұрын

    Wow good job teaching me

  • @rangga6921
    @rangga69214 жыл бұрын

    Hi Reza Rahadian, thanks for the tutorial. this realy help for a non-artist background like me to build assets for my game.

  • @pocky3308

    @pocky3308

    4 жыл бұрын

    mirip yk wkkwka

  • @rangga6921

    @rangga6921

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cindy banget🤣

  • @shahrajibrahim5920

    @shahrajibrahim5920

    3 жыл бұрын

    wkwkwk

  • @fugosfork7907
    @fugosfork79074 жыл бұрын

    Great I still have so much trouble drawing figures

  • @misu9708
    @misu97083 жыл бұрын

    KZread comments : *AMAZING* ! Twicth chat : *pixel* *butts* :D

  • @pixelpower6861
    @pixelpower68613 жыл бұрын

    “Like she was up all night studying.” Me who just got called out at 4am because I’ve been studying with KZread in the background 💀

  • @fr0styboy
    @fr0styboy Жыл бұрын

    you're so talented man. why do my characters look like lumps of pixels?😭

  • @chanwo_opark
    @chanwo_opark3 жыл бұрын

    Hi Adam, how did you 'jump' from one palette to another at 5:25? is there a shortcut to do that And how did the character's body color change from green to lightblue?

  • @SpaceMango

    @SpaceMango

    Жыл бұрын

    Looks like a cut in the video so he just changed it manually

  • @jerradbieno6810
    @jerradbieno68103 жыл бұрын

    Hey Adam, love your content thanks for all the great vids! I had a general question for you as an indie dev. When you're working on a project do you use any task or project management software like Jira (or similar) to plan out features of the game? Curious if it is worth it as a solo dev if you don't need it for reporting schedules or time estimates to anyone.

  • @AdamCYounis

    @AdamCYounis

    3 жыл бұрын

    I've tried doing this for a long time, and never found that the results were worth it. As a solo dev, you'll often find that the project's requirements are changing as you're working on it. You realise some feature can be cut, or that some mechanic isn't fun unless it's expanded out into something else... so the tasks, features, dependencies etc are subject to change all the time. It's worth tracking your hours and it's worth trying to get your head around the scope of the project as best you can, no doubt, but trying to measure "how well the project is tracking" by comparing completed work against a list of requirements has only ever brought me frustration and anxiety. If it's a project small enough for a single person to complete, it's probably also small enough for you to manage the development by keeping a digital sketch pad of the designs and systems as you're building them.

  • @jerradbieno6810

    @jerradbieno6810

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AdamCYounis Thank you for the reply, that makes perfect sense!

  • @serenabrowne4517

    @serenabrowne4517

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AdamCYounis I was wondering, what software do you use? Or what do you think the best option is?

  • @austintan2745
    @austintan27454 жыл бұрын

    Hey Adam, thanks for the fantastic tutorial! I was wondering if a clip or some other resource exists for next steps after your running animation tutorial? I’m particularly curious how those single “blurred” frames representing a large sweeping motion get translated into a static pixel frame? Thanks!

  • @AdamCYounis

    @AdamCYounis

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hey! Often times I decide to leave the smear frames in, or I remove them as I'm refining the sprite. I don't have a set rule, but you could make a case for stylistic consistency to do one or the other. When removing, think about the smear as a range and you're reducing it to a point between the previous and next frame. Leaf back and forth between the frames to find the position that makes the most sense. I'll be sure to make a video covering this phase soon!

  • @griff424
    @griff424 Жыл бұрын

    I've been having a hard time drawing humanoid characters i hope these videos would ring a bell or smth

  • @suissefidelis9733
    @suissefidelis97334 жыл бұрын

    Please do an advance pixel art next!!!

  • @DarkArtAnimations
    @DarkArtAnimations2 жыл бұрын

    Pixel art is scary tbh when I first started I was freaked out

  • @spyrolancer
    @spyrolancer3 жыл бұрын

    whats program is that, it's making everything pixeled for you pretty much, like i saw just a stroke across the screen and it was pixeled

  • @7ANKOUCH
    @7ANKOUCH Жыл бұрын

    What are you using to make these pixel art sprites ? I mean the app . And can i make pixel art sprites on my phone and then send them to my pc ?

  • @tomyddd
    @tomyddd2 жыл бұрын

    3:33 "it's okay to get it wrong for a while before you get it right"

  • @jonks5913
    @jonks59133 жыл бұрын

    Really enjoy your content. Have a question with regards to 2D platformer that I'm attempting to create. When you have created an running, idle sprite for your character e.g. in a left stance and have drawn it so that the light source falls on one side. In the game engine I'm intending to use (gdevelop) you can flip the character sprite when the player turns the other way. (Pretty sure you can do that in most engines) My question is would I need to redraw it from the other side as the light source will now be on the wrong side or is there a way around it. Thanks in advance. 🙏

  • @AdamCYounis

    @AdamCYounis

    3 жыл бұрын

    I chalk this up as one of those "it's a game" things. It's super typical for characters to flip in games, even if they're asymmetrical. That said, I usually light from almost directly above to avoid this kind of conflict.

  • @jonks5913

    @jonks5913

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@AdamCYounis thanks Adam for the response, hmmm don't know if I have the energy to redo the Sprite with lighting from the top, as I've shaded my character from an almost 45° from right hand side. Prior choosing pixel art for the game I had no idea how not easy pixel art really is. I'll probably just flip the sprite in gimp and re-import them into Libresprite or Piskel to create the shading for when my character runs the other way.

  • @stealthxhawk22
    @stealthxhawk22 Жыл бұрын

    Adam, at 8:13, what did you use to auto color the top of the hair like that?

  • @pebbles6244
    @pebbles6244 Жыл бұрын

    I want that colour pallet

  • @MrSpacepauls
    @MrSpacepauls3 жыл бұрын

    What is that awesome tune playing @8:30?

  • @saslykvogard1077
    @saslykvogard10773 жыл бұрын

    7:34 what is that program?

  • @pipimichan3251
    @pipimichan3251 Жыл бұрын

    what pixel editor you use? Aseprite is not available ni tablet im using samsung s8 tablet and I use pixel studio

  • @TadashiOniota
    @TadashiOniota2 жыл бұрын

    What size are the grey cubes in the background?

  • @Rexodiak
    @Rexodiak4 жыл бұрын

    BRO YOU'RE LEFT HANDED THAT'S SO COOL I'm left handed aswell, when using a tablet it's very annoying to hit the shortcut keys on the keyboard because they're meant for the left hand by default so we either have to cross our hands, or constantly take our left hand off the tablet and into the keyboard. The buttons on the tablet itself are a life saver but there's only like 4 to 6.

  • @otoesan7769
    @otoesan77693 жыл бұрын

    what app is he using?

  • @monkesoki9963
    @monkesoki99633 жыл бұрын

    What canvas size did u used

  • @streesinhole
    @streesinhole3 жыл бұрын

    tokyo skies by chipzel what i think about: just shapes and beats?!

  • @heysupratim
    @heysupratim4 жыл бұрын

    What canvas size were you using ?

  • @jekkey

    @jekkey

    4 жыл бұрын

    Aseprites background tiles are 16x16 so his sprite is probably 48x32

  • @cinemaphar
    @cinemaphar Жыл бұрын

    “No one is standing behind you unless it’s me right now” Wait what-

  • @BigDylan
    @BigDylan4 жыл бұрын

    what drawing tablet do you use?

  • @williamdrum9899
    @williamdrum98993 жыл бұрын

    The older the system you're making the game for, the more limitations you have.

  • @kitsune7970
    @kitsune79702 жыл бұрын

    What tablet do you recommend?

  • @MaxYoung-Maxinfet
    @MaxYoung-Maxinfet3 жыл бұрын

    Small legs, gotta make sure your pixel art characters dont miss legs day

  • @roger2599
    @roger25993 жыл бұрын

    What canvas resolution used in this video??

  • @schrodinger547
    @schrodinger5473 жыл бұрын

    Mine is looking so weird, it's quite difficult for the first time 😅

  • @helluci6449
    @helluci64492 жыл бұрын

    2:07 HOW THE ACTUAL FK DID U DRAW THAT SO FA--- OOOOOOOH MY GOD

  • @FlyingSundae
    @FlyingSundae Жыл бұрын

    what software did u use at the 11min mark??

  • @gameclips5734
    @gameclips57342 жыл бұрын

    the preview window is there so you don't have to keep zooming out

  • @jules_________
    @jules_________ Жыл бұрын

    hi, whats the soft you're using at 7:33 ?

  • @renzodepoortere23
    @renzodepoortere234 жыл бұрын

    Does anyone know how big his canvas size is?

  • @logotheking1275
    @logotheking12753 жыл бұрын

    What app are you using by any chance?

  • @paulogodoyp
    @paulogodoyp4 жыл бұрын

    Grëtte loremma

  • @softcakelol
    @softcakelol Жыл бұрын

    Can you do a tutorial for big character sprites like 200 - 300 pixels? :)

  • @TEDDYBeat1988
    @TEDDYBeat19883 жыл бұрын

    does anyone know which program is used for the animation? also Leonardo? BTW great turorial :)

  • @AdamCYounis

    @AdamCYounis

    3 жыл бұрын

    Aseprite!

  • @TEDDYBeat1988

    @TEDDYBeat1988

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your answer. I have seen today a another video on you Chanel who u say this :D

  • @yellow4602
    @yellow46022 жыл бұрын

    yup

  • @blackjew6827
    @blackjew68272 жыл бұрын

    Are you using a tablet or mouse? *nvm i did not get to THAT (4:53) point....

  • @halobread
    @halobread3 жыл бұрын

    only things that i think matter for collision head torso

  • @allandeschamps1167
    @allandeschamps1167 Жыл бұрын

    Which tool does he use for pixel art

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