What Canvas Size Should you use for Pixel Art? (Pixel Art Tutorial)

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Hello! In this video I'll be explaining what the best sizes are for your pixel art.
Thanks for watching, and enjoy the video!
Intro: (0:00)
Part 1: Deciding on a Size
Sizing your Character: (0:38)
Choosing a Tile-map size: (1:43)
Part 2: Drawing within a Size
Materials at different Scales: (3:42)
Using your Pixels: (4:23)
Animating your Character: (5:59)
Summary: (6:33)
Outro: (7:09)
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  • @jaredjones6570
    @jaredjones65702 жыл бұрын

    My takeaways from this video (a paraphrase of the video summary, essentially): The most common resolutions for pixel art games are 16x16 and 32x32. Larger resolutions than 64x64 tend to look like photos. Photos generally require high resolutions to look good, so 128x128 and larger tile sizes can look sloppy. This also means that the value of a single pixel will vary with scale. A misplaced pixel will very obvious on a 16x16 sprite, and will remain fairly obvious on 32x32 scales. Don't worry too much though, since sprites will look small against the backdrop of the canvas when they are displayed on screen. A sprite must visually convey what it will do at all times. All choices related to sprite sizes and animations need to contribute to enjoyable movement and gameplay.

  • @jokesterthemighty227

    @jokesterthemighty227

    2 жыл бұрын

    well you are wrong

  • @thekingscrown8931

    @thekingscrown8931

    6 ай бұрын

    @@jokesterthemighty227 "You're wrong" *refuses to elaborate.* *leaves*

  • @BattleBossZeri

    @BattleBossZeri

    27 күн бұрын

    Gigachad​@@thekingscrown8931

  • @Gustavo-ye1ko
    @Gustavo-ye1ko11 ай бұрын

    Something that nobody mentions: 320x180 is the perfect resolution for full screen, it scales perfectly to HD, Full HD, WQHD and 4K monitors :)

  • @fonzy675

    @fonzy675

    9 ай бұрын

    Does that mean I can make 32x18 tile maps?

  • @DizzieXD

    @DizzieXD

    9 ай бұрын

    can it be multiplied? like 640x360

  • @-TheOddity

    @-TheOddity

    9 ай бұрын

    @@DizzieXDyea

  • @lucascapelao

    @lucascapelao

    9 ай бұрын

    thanks brother. that's what i was looking for.

  • @Roxor128

    @Roxor128

    7 ай бұрын

    It's also not far off the classic DOS gaming resolution of 320*200, though that one uses non-square pixels (320*200 on a 4:3 display has pixels that are 1.2 times taller than they are wide).

  • @OmegaSanctum
    @OmegaSanctum2 жыл бұрын

    This tutorial was smashing. Most ''pixel art'' tutorials just go into normal art/color theory, which is not the reason you look up ''pixel art tutorial''.

  • @hollowknightenjoyer

    @hollowknightenjoyer

    11 ай бұрын

    Not really

  • @fonzy675

    @fonzy675

    9 ай бұрын

    No that's exactly how it goes.

  • @aliaksandrilyushenka5597
    @aliaksandrilyushenka55973 жыл бұрын

    This is an EXTREMELY HIGH quality video. It definitely deserves more views and likes. Not mentioning that the info given in the video is super useful for a beginner Thank you!!!

  • @jokesterthemighty227

    @jokesterthemighty227

    2 жыл бұрын

    no it's not

  • @marxrubronegro9677
    @marxrubronegro96772 жыл бұрын

    Excellent! I just want to point out that 64×64 is very hard for beginners and should be avoided, but once you mastered it, it can lead to gorgeous Hi-Bit Art, while still retaining the Pixel Art aesthetic.

  • @Artazix

    @Artazix

    11 ай бұрын

    Im beginner but my comfort canvas size is 128 💀

  • @TurtleTracksStudio

    @TurtleTracksStudio

    8 ай бұрын

    @@Artazix Working with smaller sizes definitely improved my art, definitely have to be a lot more clever

  • @Artazix

    @Artazix

    8 ай бұрын

    @@TurtleTracksStudio yeah i forgot to say that i often do landscapes so

  • @leiferikson4279
    @leiferikson427910 ай бұрын

    It's fine to say that you shouldn't start with 64x64 because it's too hard for beginners. But you absolutely cannot ever convince me that it looks worse or loses it's charm. Good 64x64 art looks insane. Even the example you showed, the 64x64 leafy block looked so much better than the others. Some people really appreciate the art and want a nice medium between "old school" and drawn art. This should not be discounted.

  • @jomambo
    @jomambo3 жыл бұрын

    Another thing that i think it's worth mentioning is, the default resolution for RPG maker MV and onwardsis 48X48. Great video btw!

  • @lucern1
    @lucern13 жыл бұрын

    These videos are fantastic - for their quality, I'd expect at least another three zeroes to the views. Keep it up!

  • @MAXIMUMPOWER42

    @MAXIMUMPOWER42

    2 жыл бұрын

    137 million views

  • @joscharadaj6735
    @joscharadaj67353 жыл бұрын

    This channel is really underrated (yet). Excellent content, very high production quality. Please keep going.

  • @SirSagaSage
    @SirSagaSage3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for making this, I was unsure what size to work with for my sprites, but now I'm a bit more confident in what I want thanks to the explanations in the video. Deserves a lot more attention especially for the effort in the presentation, absolutely beautiful job.

  • @litjellyfish
    @litjellyfish3 жыл бұрын

    Nice but don’t forget that 8x8 do not mean this low detail. All games in the 8 and 16 but era used 8x8 that then was used to form meta tiles. With that approach you could decide on your base “this is 1 meter” tile size. With this you do not even need to go from 16 to 32 to 64. You could choose a base size formed by 3x3 / 8x8 tiles = a 24x24 tile size. Or why not 40x40 Also remember that with this approach you also can reuse and create really detailed tiles that also take VERY little memory

  • @Pixeloper

    @Pixeloper

    3 жыл бұрын

    Micro Mages is the best example I can mention.

  • @brandannh

    @brandannh

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mobile platforms specifically have image optimization in the background for images size 2^x I believe it has to do with compression so I assume the same is on PC/Mac/Linux too.

  • @frokydafroakie

    @frokydafroakie

    2 жыл бұрын

    i was gonna say that u were wrong but i remembered that link has 2 sprites ( his head and his body )

  • @jarlfenrir

    @jarlfenrir

    2 жыл бұрын

    NES used 8x8 sprites internally that was combined for larger sprites, but video was about total size. You see... what's the difference for a player if a sprite is 32x32 or consits of 16 8x8 sprites?

  • @kaojaicam

    @kaojaicam

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wouldnt this dramatically increase the workload in having to stitch all the 8x8's together to make larger tiles and characters?

  • @Benvoyonsdoncle
    @Benvoyonsdoncle2 жыл бұрын

    Incredible video quality. The effort really shows and the information is top quality. Thank you for making this a free upload.

  • @foxtorche
    @foxtorche3 жыл бұрын

    These videos are calming, educative and have a nice style to them. Well done, keep up the good work!

  • @EliotWeber
    @EliotWeber3 жыл бұрын

    The video quality is crazy high! I can't even imagine the amount of work it took to make it, but this is the most beautifully crafted video about pixel art. Liked, subscribed, and waiting for more :)

  • @sireggan54
    @sireggan543 жыл бұрын

    This video was really helpfully for me as I'm now starting off with pixel art. Thank you!

  • @Illusionaire1
    @Illusionaire13 жыл бұрын

    While I really do love your content in general, I'm pretty sure you ended up "pillow shading" the character and it made the ghost look extremely flat. I really think a more careful placement of the highlights and shadows, and not just "left edge highlight, right edge shadow" could really benefit this kind of pixel art. With that being said, I just love your whole video presentation, the design and the way you speak!

  • @shadow-bo8tn
    @shadow-bo8tn3 жыл бұрын

    I like the way you display in the video a lot, everything in the design is coordinated, great, what program do you use to make the animation

  • @PixelOverloadChannel

    @PixelOverloadChannel

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! I use Piskel for the drawing and pixel animations, and then I import them as image sequences into Hitfilm, where I do most of the editing. I also use key frames in Hitfilm if I'm just moving an image (e.g the chapter cards). Both programs are free.

  • @serenabrowne4517

    @serenabrowne4517

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@PixelOverloadChannel ohhh i used piskel before but now that the accounts thing is gonna be gone ive moved my work over to pixilart

  • @Stopinvadingmyhardware

    @Stopinvadingmyhardware

    2 жыл бұрын

    I had a cat named Shadow. The neighbors poisoned him. He weighed 35lbs of furry Tom cat. Big alpha boy.

  • @aadithecool448

    @aadithecool448

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Stopinvadingmyhardware damn that got dark. Sorry for your loss man, and screw those neighbours

  • @gamedevelopment1973
    @gamedevelopment19733 жыл бұрын

    OMG !!!! This tutorials are sooooo clean !!! i love it please make more tutorials like this!!!!

  • @alexramos9155
    @alexramos91553 жыл бұрын

    Great information, beautiful edit and just overall fantastic! Got yourself a new sub! Thanks for the help you bring to us new pixel artists! Keep up the good job

  • @redmist4963
    @redmist49632 жыл бұрын

    I'm so happy i found this gem of a channel

  • @gattillynx
    @gattillynx2 жыл бұрын

    This video is such high quality! Great content! You've got a new subscriber

  • @bencepaul3497
    @bencepaul34979 ай бұрын

    Excellent summary with some things that I can put into action. Thanks!

  • @henrysarunic8377
    @henrysarunic83772 жыл бұрын

    awesome video! it helped me get through this difficult threshold in getting better at pixel art!

  • @pixellated-turtle1164
    @pixellated-turtle11643 жыл бұрын

    This is really useful! great work, and great pixel art :)

  • @addisoncorey5636
    @addisoncorey56362 жыл бұрын

    Great video my dude! Seriously! The high quality is appreciated; I’m excited to see your channel grow. Surely it will if you keep up the work like this :)

  • @jeffy7621
    @jeffy76212 жыл бұрын

    Underrated channel, amazing quality!

  • @LaserGadgets
    @LaserGadgets28 күн бұрын

    The fact that you give credit to the guy who gave you the idea...thats rare! Sadly. You're a good cookie!

  • @Sunbreaker7
    @Sunbreaker72 жыл бұрын

    This was an outstanding tutorial! Thank you.

  • @spellmender7902
    @spellmender7902 Жыл бұрын

    Subscribed. Thanks for the clear descriptions and tutorial! Very helpful!

  • @berkeaksoy9808
    @berkeaksoy98082 жыл бұрын

    Perfect beginner tips! Thanks for sharing

  • @ConnectedGamerGirl
    @ConnectedGamerGirl Жыл бұрын

    Informative and beautifully presented. This channel is awesome!

  • @user-hy2yy3qh6c
    @user-hy2yy3qh6c8 ай бұрын

    Very helpful rundown. Thanks!

  • @Charlie-cu9vc
    @Charlie-cu9vc10 ай бұрын

    Actually perfect, exactly the info I needed to know. Thank you!

  • @KamiSlayer0
    @KamiSlayer026 күн бұрын

    Thank you for this high-quality tutorial

  • @hw2007
    @hw20072 жыл бұрын

    thank you soo much! I have been really struggling with pixel art, so this helped a ton!

  • @h7d50n-ii5uv
    @h7d50n-ii5uv2 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much for making this, it should help a TON!

  • @nelloorsolon7763
    @nelloorsolon77632 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant explanation! This help me to understand how to make a briefing to artist

  • @camilalouisem
    @camilalouisem3 жыл бұрын

    On the first 30 seconds I subscribed already. High quality video!

  • @perdugo
    @perdugo11 ай бұрын

    Man, finally I found some good explanation about this topic! Thanks a lot, great video.

  • @deamorta6117
    @deamorta61172 жыл бұрын

    What canvas size to choose, drawing a pixel sprite, animating it in one video. well done.

  • @TheHostelPodcast
    @TheHostelPodcast Жыл бұрын

    beautiful video. this deserves to be seen by every pixelart creator in the world

  • @kevinmantao1357
    @kevinmantao13573 жыл бұрын

    What a great video. I want to make a pixelart game but I never know where to start especially with resolution. Your video is really helpful :)

  • @potantirittisak8494
    @potantirittisak84942 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the well-made video!

  • @pixzelbeast7451
    @pixzelbeast74513 жыл бұрын

    i love u so much bro

  • @definitelydead-666
    @definitelydead-666 Жыл бұрын

    this is so useful I was struggling as a beginner to pixel art and this helped ( the octopuses that were drewn were so cute )

  • @brandonjacksoon
    @brandonjacksoon3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you! Really useful)) I want to know more about Pixel Art. I want to watch more tutorials))

  • @MelMacaluso
    @MelMacaluso2 ай бұрын

    This was extremely informational and put me in the right directio, thanks!

  • @meiv_
    @meiv_2 жыл бұрын

    I've just found the answers to most of my questions. Amazing content and visualization ♥

  • @Xansafaroov
    @Xansafaroov2 жыл бұрын

    This is one of the best starting video for Pixel Art.

  • @Shmark
    @Shmark2 жыл бұрын

    It felt like I watched a cartoon or a let's play while actually learning stuff. Fantastic

  • @joseangelestevez8367
    @joseangelestevez83673 ай бұрын

    Something finally made sense to me after watching this video. Thank you so much!

  • @midnightgallery8
    @midnightgallery83 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, this was extremely helpful for starting out and what to consider :)

  • @sirondium
    @sirondium2 жыл бұрын

    Great video, I had to go for 36x36 simply for the reason that I am limiting myself to maximum three tones per character, so more pixels are required to add detail rather than shading etc.

  • @trollgame5480
    @trollgame5480 Жыл бұрын

    Hey I'm new in making pixel arts for game and this help me a lot ! Thank you! Much love !!!

  • @raindeir5860
    @raindeir58603 жыл бұрын

    Dude, you’re so underrated, really hope u will blow up soon! :D

  • @tilanitaliarin
    @tilanitaliarin6 ай бұрын

    this was very helpful, thanks for uploading!

  • @LucaPassini
    @LucaPassini3 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful video, thanks! It would be useful a video explaining different canvas sizes related to the size of your tile.

  • @unluckypanda5448
    @unluckypanda54482 жыл бұрын

    wow the effort put in this video is incredible :0

  • @honu2980
    @honu29803 жыл бұрын

    Commenting for true algorithm to recommend you more!

  • @Leoxxxxx5
    @Leoxxxxx5 Жыл бұрын

    Well, this was the most useful video about pixelart sprites. Thanks.

  • @theoldgoddeuce5943
    @theoldgoddeuce59432 жыл бұрын

    nice shading... lol love your videos, about to binge them all

  • @alis1079
    @alis10793 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos, thank you for sharing your art and knowledge Cheers mate

  • @mymans7742
    @mymans77423 жыл бұрын

    This is a great video! Thank you so much!

  • @bini420
    @bini4203 жыл бұрын

    Very professional video dude!

  • @AshcanComicsPub
    @AshcanComicsPub Жыл бұрын

    Great vid. Thank you for posting. Very helpful for a noob like me, who is just starting out with Aseprite.

  • @KalGgoooo7
    @KalGgoooo73 жыл бұрын

    Amazing! I learned a lot watching this video billion thanks!!! 👏

  • @hawkgamedev
    @hawkgamedev Жыл бұрын

    Thanks this video was really useful to help me decide what's best for my game, so 16x16 is the best for top down in my book now, THANK YOU!

  • @Hawk_Leigh
    @Hawk_Leigh2 жыл бұрын

    This was a great, super helpful video. Really appreciated that you did an example for each size of canvas, really helped me see which size would be best for me! Can tell you put a lot of effort into your videos!

  • @impact674
    @impact6743 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, this helped me out so much!

  • @Mercymurv
    @Mercymurv10 ай бұрын

    nice video and examples / overall art, thanks

  • @bowersindustry
    @bowersindustry2 жыл бұрын

    This is a very helpful video! Thank you!

  • @zoltanmeszaros988
    @zoltanmeszaros98811 ай бұрын

    Very helpful video, thank you!

  • @frogboy831
    @frogboy8313 жыл бұрын

    thank you thank you thank you !!!! this is exactly what i was looking for!

  • @eris4734
    @eris47342 жыл бұрын

    I actually like 8x8, especially because the simplicity means you can add many different tiles more easily, to create more variety and more complex interactions between tiles that just isn't feasible at a larger scale.

  • @holymacaroni3319
    @holymacaroni33193 жыл бұрын

    you know it's a great tutorial when there are only 5 dislikes. keep up the good work!!

  • @Manas-co8wl
    @Manas-co8wl3 жыл бұрын

    I honestly really like the 64^2. It's probably really hard to pull it off well however.

  • @benoitbriere6247
    @benoitbriere62472 жыл бұрын

    Amazingly informative 😍🙀😸!!

  • @BilluDoesThings
    @BilluDoesThings10 ай бұрын

    this really did help thank you for making it

  • @arthurrodrigues7088
    @arthurrodrigues7088 Жыл бұрын

    Your video is so good that I managed to reach my recommended in Brazil

  • @spiers1018
    @spiers1018 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks man! You nice tuto!!

  • @FrozenSpark12
    @FrozenSpark122 жыл бұрын

    amazing video! you've earned my subscription.

  • @caped57
    @caped573 жыл бұрын

    Another great video!

  • @brandonjacksoon
    @brandonjacksoon3 жыл бұрын

    Mb more loong pixel art tutorials?)) Liked and subscribed! Cool channel!

  • @nvrblonde
    @nvrblonde3 жыл бұрын

    another great vid man, your stuff is akin to the quality of Brandon James Greer, another pixel art KZreadr :)

  • @mobiledevloperroadtopro
    @mobiledevloperroadtopro3 жыл бұрын

    Great work i love this channel

  • @theera9514
    @theera95142 жыл бұрын

    Personally16x16 is my go to for tiles and medium size characters but if something ever needs to have different dimensions I like to stick with multiples of 8 for both x and y

  • @DirtDiaryMTB
    @DirtDiaryMTB3 жыл бұрын

    Amazing Work!!!!!

  • @grymmjack
    @grymmjack2 жыл бұрын

    Excellent ! Subbed

  • @doriginew7blackent
    @doriginew7blackent Жыл бұрын

    Your tutorials are super dope! I would love to see what you think about doing what you do using Moho Pro 13! Just a thought. Thank you for what you do!

  • @nowifi3266
    @nowifi3266 Жыл бұрын

    best pixel art channel

  • @eyalav6293
    @eyalav62933 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff :D

  • @SagePlayz
    @SagePlayz3 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial, thank you

  • @hammadriaz7724
    @hammadriaz77242 жыл бұрын

    Hello! These were some great Tips, is there a video of about how to animate pixel art efficiently and have a feel to the animation! loved your video! Keep Up the good work

  • @courtneysmith9807
    @courtneysmith980717 күн бұрын

    Dude you are a life saver

  • @MohamedElHanoun
    @MohamedElHanoun Жыл бұрын

    Very informative Thanks

  • @AngusJMcGregor
    @AngusJMcGregor2 жыл бұрын

    Woah! Talk about a hidden gem, damn.

  • @XtrimUniverse
    @XtrimUniverse Жыл бұрын

    Its such a platinum tutorial. Everything said in a nutshell was equivalent to probably 1 or 2 months of paid study !!

  • @antcoelho
    @antcoelho3 жыл бұрын

    awesome video! thanks a lot

  • @darkvctry7482
    @darkvctry74823 жыл бұрын

    What a great video !

  • @bobobobob2
    @bobobobob23 жыл бұрын

    Really good video! Though i think for the goust it'll be better to show how to make an idle animation, becuase its a more common animation then an intro animation. About a video idea while making the art for my game i have a lot of problms with textures (Of wood and stuff like that), so if you'll make a video about it , it'll help a lot! Keep it up!

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