Evangelion RPG Mock-Up | Pixel Art Timelapse

[@conqu2]

1) Absolutely Incredible Pixel Art 2) Evangelion RULES 3) Tons of great tips in this one -- masking, layer construction, and paring down palette. Your videos are just the best

[@roboat6755]

I'd love to see u do more of these mock-ups!!! Have you considered a Trigun mock-up? I think the train episode would work perfectly!!

[@goobachev]

i love trigun!!

[@valvalson4804]

!!! yes

[@BJGpixel]

That's a good idea! I made a Vash sprite a few years ago actually ( twitter.com/bjgpixel/status/1183057142154006528 ) - A full mockup would be fun :D

[@jamesmorwood6249]

I love how the silhouettes of the characters are so iconic even in grayscale at tiny pixel scale. It makes me appreciate the original design of the characters even more!

[@MrMopo5]

The rainbowy hilights are amazing! Very inspiring

[@Eugensson]

That's a great discovery indeed!

[@maldivirdragonwitch]

Yes!! I loved that too!

[@awizard72]

i’m a huge eva fan, and i’ve been watching your videos for like 2 years. waking up to this was a dream come true :)

[@BJGpixel]

Haha awesome! Been wanting to make and Eva piece for a really long time; I'm honestly not sure how I made it this far already without tackling it! 😅

[@nittayoshifumi8252]

The glistening liquid looks really nice! Your detailing work is quite impressive. Shinji's old man (forgot his name) looks really menacing with CRT!

[@bodhii]

You are truly the king when it comes to Pixel Art... Can't wait to see what you'll do next!

[@mimisaiko]

Both color palettes are cool, but I really like the concentrated one. I think it's because it makes shades tinted, almost like introducing subtle reflection light or retro filter effect.

[@alexandrelorusso2178]

Now I want to play a game like this, looks amazing! I can only imagine the battles would be something like that Power Ranger game from Mega Drive, something like Street Fighter, but with colossal angels and evas, and buildings and mountains on the background

[@beetrootpaul]

I rally like the effect of "rainbowy" lights!

[@NSeaBear]

This is so impressive. I love the full use of color throughout while also staying true to the original idea

[@spiridiums]

These colors look so beautiful!! The rainbow highlights look really nice, and I love how the darker details fade away into the background without actually getting lost.

[@ViewtifulSam]

I'm so glad for CRT Time, this one was particularly striking and beautiful :)

[@user-nn5vg5ct5n]

Been watching your stuff about a year now i’ve finally decided to bite the bullet and start my pixel art journey

[@saultoons]

This is nuts, I’ve never seen this show but now I want to check it out. Always inspired by your attention to detail and the colour simplification was super satisfying, something I would definitely skip when I’m feeling lazy (always) 😂😅 thanks for sharing your process on this!

[@embergamedev]

This was a really fun one to watch. It's wild to see it from the beginning wireframe and by the end the scene feels so alive. So good!

[@noodle1228]

Earliest I've caught an upload! This is fantastic!

[@zetazimmer4769]

There's so many great little tips in your videos, and your presentation is so relaxed and inviting.

[@SharmClucas]

Woah, I really like the rainbow highlights. I feel like it made those highlights extra shiny and feel a little more like real light. What a fun trick!

[@radekkotyza956]

I love it! The colors, the style... It´s perfect. I would love to see some Gurren Lagann inspired Mock-up.

[@stevencasteelassistantgene5263]

Dang bro, your design sense and ability continue to increase! Very nice job. Love the graphic design on the right.

[@AlanGodshaw]

I'm always blown away by your art! Thank you for the inspiration!

[@chauncymarlowe3710]

Love the rainbow reflections, awesome job!

[@donfabio90]

Looks stunning! Would love to play this!

[@justahuman4862]

Shadowrun for the genesis is one of my favorite games. It's one of the reasons cyberpunk is my favorite genre.

[@ARDIZsq]

LET'S GOOOOOO! Not only do we finally get to see Brandon make something from Evangelion, my personal favorite anime and something I've requested before, but it's also one of the most iconic scenes in my opinion. Also, EXCELLENT choice of console to use as size reference. In the show, we actually see Asuka playing a different SEGA console, the SEGA Saturn, but still, it's keeping in the SEGA family. Also, most of the existing Evangelion games were on SEGA consoles (and also PlayStation). Bonus Fact: We see yet another retro game device within Evangelion, this time in the form of the WonderSwan, seen first in the 2.0 movie. The final piece is absolutely incredible. Even with such small sprites, and even while still in the grayscale, those character sprites are nothing short of perfection. You can clearly tell at a glance who is who. Also, those colorful highlights are an odd yet beautiful addition. Certainly something I never would have expected, yet it turned out amazingly and gives the piece just that extra bit of pop. (I particularly love the reflection highlights on the bakelite surrounding the Eva) Hilarious touch adding the infamous mug as an inventory item for Shinji. Also, I'm guessing you watched the Netflix dub, seeing as you used "Third Children" instead of "Third Child." Just one of those weird version differences between dubs. As a huge Eva fan, I'm just thrilled with this piece. The vibrant colors, the stunning character accuracy with so few pixels, the small touches that fans would recognize, it's all just so amazing. I hope some day we can revisit this masterpiece of an anime, hopefully with my personal favorite character, Asuka. (Maybe we can get something like the iconic shot from the End of Evangelion. You know, the one with the giant head?)

[@johndurish4092]

That moment when you go from 28 to 17 colors!!!! Also, who WOULDN'T play this game?!?!?! Seriously...an RPG centered on the pilots?!??!?!?!

[@CiliosX]

That idea about the colour highlights is amazing! Can't wait to try it out myself

[@brub1738]

I loved this mock up! also your videos have inspired me to start doing pixel art.

[@Oliver-zy8sq]

I really like the colored highlights everywhere.

[@CKTDanny]

8:00 ah yes, the uni-colour palette 😂 That was a really cool watch! I'm not too familiar with the reference material so it's really cool to get more exposure to it through the artwork too 😁 I really enjoyed the explanation on the logic behind the colours used to highlight bright spots. That was a really comprehensive way to explain this technique which looks pretty abstract! ✨

[@BJGpixel]

Only a true master pixel artist can properly wield the notorious and elusive UniPal 😱 And thanks, I'm glad the colour stuff came through! It was a fun experiment on this one; gonna have to keep that one in mind for future work too - it's an interesting style ✨

[@CKTDanny]

@@BJGpixel One day, I will paint a large canvas with the fabled UniPal. That is my dream 😌

[@BJGpixel]

@@CKTDanny I'll be there watching in great admiration, and to provide a deep analysis on the hex code of that palette 😎

[@Milkshakist]

Appreciate you for allowing me to really remember my roots and find passion in things thought to be “outdated” you’ve inspired me and many others c:

[@gerhard_adler]

Woah! Looks beautiful!

[@reinverhaag94]

i have no words for how skilled you are at pixel art. I love all the works you do!

[@DominicGo]

why do i feel so nostalgic about a game that doesn’t even exist haha (i love the color palette, especially the iridescent highlights - i see those a lot in digital painting, never thought it could be applied to pixel art too)

[@rpvarela]

Always a pleasure to watch your videos, Brandon!

[@Booskop.]

Wow, awesome. The palette reduction method is very nice and useful. Great video as always Brandon!

[@jkeyloop7772]

Thank you for sharing your great talent, it is very helpful.

[@MrFacepunch33]

This has got to be one of my favorites of yours! The HUD looks incredible, and I love all the color.

[@artofadval]

Dude, this is awesome! You're very talented

[@i.am.adrian]

This is amazing. I’m not familiar with the anime but I love the look of overhead vintage RPGs. This has a very early Final Fantasy vibe. I had an idea for your next video: I don’t know about you but I’m a huge Stranger Things fan. With Season 4 out and the 80s setting I think it could be a great subject for pixel art. Maybe turn the ST characters into a Street Fighter-esque character select screen? Or a side scroller like the TMNT arcade game? They all have such unique looks in the show, it could be fun to explore. Really enjoy your videos!!

[@deluxeedition4639]

I always get so excited when I see you've uploaded a new video-- your work is a big part in what motivates me to actually practice pixel art!! especially your shop series!

[@Ryan.Lohman]

omg, I love how you do hue shading! and I didn't know about gradient mapping. Thank you for showing this.

[@RainMakeR_Workshop]

By far my fave of your work that I've seen.

[@marcosadrian65]

Beautiful piece !! Love it

[@fin9442]

damn now i gotta try a mock up like this, so inspiring watching your videos not just with the art quality but the overall video production quality is insane it reminds me of corridor crew, and there literally professional industry editors

[@GothicSorcerer]

Well, color me impressed. Evangelion is one of my favorite animes and You did a pretty awesome job with this. I know this is just an artwork but I do thnk videogame developers should hire you. Still though, really amazing work.

[@nthSonata]

The end piece looks really good!

[@kappy2151]

I get way to excited when I see you upload a new video :) would love to see another studio Ghibli piece if you feel inspired!

[@effeottantuno]

i love Evangelion and i just got into pixel art, so inspiring!

[@tylerh3378]

This channel is such heat. Thank you.

[@kroos0208]

I like your artworks,Brandon.

[@JRPGinspired]

Incredible!! Love your pixel art!! New sub and Instagram follower!

[@uniworkhorse]

Bro you never miss!

[@bencanfield]

Great work as always. You talked about how you do your layer masking - control click then create layer with that mask.. another way to do it (since you may want to then later change your base layer and not have to recreate your mask) you can alt click (on windows) the line between the layers.

[@bencanfield]

Also “Sega Genesis Evangelion” 🤌🏻

[@BJGpixel]

Thanks dude! Oh interesting, I never knew about that shortcut! Gonna have to try that one out :D

[@BJGpixel]

😎

[@maxesreal]

The Sega Genesis can have you use 64 colors at once... yet you made a feast for the eyes with a quarter of that color requirement!! Amazing work

[@THEBLUENINJASHEN]

you're just insane, everything look perfect

[@griffinbrooks6748]

That looks amazing! wow.

[@MrAndyWiggins]

Always love your videos! Video topic suggestion: would be cool to see you create a pixel art translation of an image from the DALL-E image generation AI.

[@nuclear-meltdown]

YAY!! I love evangelion

[@MrRemmington]

I've been a pixel artist for about 6 years now, I don't like doing things the "proper" way, I've always been an against the grain kinda person for whatever reason. So my style and approach and thought pattern has never been consistent or well defined, just chaos until the end result. Yet I always come back to your channel, most of what you do I know I can do to some degree, but because there is structure and some sort of reason or process behind how you go about it, for some reason it makes me REALLY anxious and I don't know why, questioning my own skillset perhaps. However I find myself coming back all the time, perhaps to reaffirm what I know or to provide structure for myself and make the process more enjoyable and not seek solely the end result. I want to be a better pixel artist, and your videos help ground me and help me relearn what I have forgotten or establish order to what I already know.

[@RyzerRanveer]

I just love ur intro music haha 😂😂🙌🏻❤️

[@FlapJackSyrup]

Shinji used gun! The attack missed! Shinji‘s mental health is quickly deteriorating!

[@SethKotta]

That pun was delicious

[@HUGO-vl4ur]

you should really make a game, it looks absolutly amazing :))))

[@WillieArenasRojas]

Been following you for quite some time and by God you've gotten good! The highlights in this case look absolutely amazing! Bravo! It's the kind of thing I really envy, because I'm color blind and my pixel art always lacks those certain bold colour choices.

[@BJGpixel]

Thanks so much! Ah interesting - I'm curious, how to do you tend to approach colouring in your work? Does the greyscale method come into play so you can assess the contrast first?

[@WillieArenasRojas]

@@BJGpixel the trouble with colour-blindness is not so much the contrast but the hue, which is greatly warped, and the saturation, which is dulled down quite a lot. So I need to use pre-established pallets and I need to actually write down what each color can be used for. Fortunately my wife is an expert in color and she comes to the rescue. I can spend more than an hour prepping the the pallets with her before approaching any sort of work.

[@BJGpixel]

​@@WillieArenasRojas Ah I see, glad you've worked out a system for it, and to have that second opinion too! Might even be cool to release a colourblind-friendly palette you've designed that people could use in their work too. That kind of care and assignment is likely a lot more than most artists would think to do, so it's probably something that gives a unique feel or level of polish. Thanks for the insight. ✨

[@WillieArenasRojas]

@@BJGpixel we actually teach art for animation and video games together at a Spanish uni, and precisely color accessibility is something we both try to raise awareness of.

[@BJGpixel]

@@WillieArenasRojas Wow that's so perfect! Wish the best to both of you! :D ✨

[@2050arpit]

Brilliant Work

[@MrJ177]

Looks amazing!

[@CamAlert2]

AGH you were so close to reducing it down to just 16 colors

[@samo7162]

So cool !

[@DadVader]

Great Job, again 😁 And Another Stuff which I've missed being young. I have not enough life left to catch up with all stuff I would like to haha

[@BJGpixel]

Thanks dude! Hahaha yep me too, gotta pick and choose what to catch up on these days 🥲

[@cy8646]

There needs to be a CRT time t-shirt.

[@emmettbrown3463]

great piece and pun

[@AnimaKon]

Dude really did everything even with the mirror tool already on that Photoshop version

[@kauanbarretooliveira7369]

JUST PERFECT

[@svenhegenmusic]

bro, you're on photoshop 2022. use the mirroring tools already :D looks awesome as always, Brandon!

[@ac5v]

I just finished this Evangelion, kind of an interesting coincidence.

[@jonrenicus1832]

I never watched this anime but if they made a genesis game with your artwork I'd play it.

[@jallomoth]

patiently waiting for a mock up of spike vs. mad pierrot from cowboy bebop

[@BJGpixel]

Haha wait a sec, have you seen this?: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXiyl6KCr6iclaM

[@leoniezellweger3237]

Please make one with Akira, I think it would be a visual treat :)

[@maggieparis8281]

Brandon! This is amazing. I've been so into this anime recently + revisiting some old top-down RPG favorites and this is really striking all of the right chords for me. Quick question that is pretty... dumb. Haha! How do you organize your windows to have photoshop up and that gallery of reference photos at the bottom? I've been really struggling with that lately as a fellow laptop + trackpad pixel art creator dealing with limited screen space.

[@BJGpixel]

Thanks so much! Haha great timing on this one! :D Haha yes our screen space is at such a premium! To organize the windows, I click and drag the file tab out and it becomes a floating window. From there you can resize it to whatever shape (of rectangle!) you want. The reference images were pre-selected and organized into a strip, so that's just a single image file that you're seeing

[@ruolbu]

So pretty and very informative. Did you say how long it took you to finish this piece. A lot of your scenes create this desire to play a game like that for real, and I wonder what effort went into just this one image and wonder how that would scale :p

[@bassguitarbill]

Fantastic

[@kchup5299]

I love it !!!

[@IAmBael]

This particular style seems quite beginner friendly. There are a lot of rather large areas with no detail, and the characters have really good recognisability but still look quite simplistic detail-wise. And still it looks really good!

[@spoopyscaryskelebones3846]

Sega Genesis Evangelion Hehe good one

[@volutedberet]

Fantastic looking art!! Have you thought about turning one of these mockups into an actual smaller game demo? If yes i could help you out with the actual coding and development part since i am a hobby dev.

[@emmanueloverrated]

Really nice work. If you wanted to be more close to the actual limitations, Genesis hardware has only a palette of 512 colors to pick from, and they are evenly spaced on the spectrum... So, First gray is 0x212121, then 0x434343, 0x656565 and so on... you probably guessed the darker the color the less nuances you have to pick from. That was the biggest problem with the color system on that platform and that's why darker games has a lot of problems displaying gracefully! :D

[@adud6764]

At least I can create some really great looking images with a 1 color pallet.

[@Sanorace]

If you have just way too many colors to manually reduce them, you can try using Image-Mode-Indexed Color and it will reduce the colors for you. It's not as delicate as doing it manually, but might save you some frustration.

[@magicalhats]

Now I want to play a 2d pixel Evangelion rpg.

[@Benjakems]

Fly me to the moon Let me play among the stars Let me see what's spring is like On a Jupiter and Mars In other words Hold my hand In other words Baby, kiss me Fill my heart with song And let me sing forever more You are all I long for All I worship and I adore In other words Please, be true In other words I love you Fill my heart with song Let me sing forever more You are all I long for All I worship and adore In other words Please, be true In other words In other words I love you

[@axelguzman8432]

Saludos cordiales desde Michoacán de Ocampo México viva sega siempre siempre eternamente

[@xavierwalko4175]

I love these custom anime rpg mock ups! Can you do ones for Transformers Armada and G Gundam?

[@CalvoMaldito]

Dang! This one is insane. Have you considered to review subs pixel-art? I think it would be useful!

[@RoodyOh]

Never getting over the fact how you create such an artwork from some mere screenshots! I'd never be as brave as you to use the full pallette all over the place! Is there a reason why you prefer Photoshop over Aseprite? Is it that Photoshop has more variety of tools or just a habit from working with it all the time?

[@polish_soap2360]

"GET INTO THE TINY SQUARES SHINJI"

[@Yumaja]

Great work as usual! Quick question, how do you get the current color palette used on the scene? Sometimes I find myself not picking my palette from the get go, and after I have to do a bit of a tedious search for each color I used. Is there an easy way? Thanks!

[@BJGpixel]

I know there are ways to extract a palette from an image (maybe to save it as a colour table) - but to be honest I do that tedious search myself along the lines of what you mentioned; I'll colour pick and drop them onto a new layer using my pencil tool 😅 It doesn't really bother me because this way I can understand exactly which component of the illustration they've been sourced from

[@Yumaja]

@@BJGpixel Oh, that's actually a good point. Having context helps a lot when changing a color ofc. Thanks! Keep up the good work! Love your videos ♥

[@tabletop.will.phillips]

That library of Photoshop gradients looks really helpful. Is that something you put together yourself or purchased/downloaded somewhere?

[@BJGpixel]

Those are just defaults actually! When I used Photoshop CS6, there were fewer default gradients and I don't recall them being organized by colour - but now with CC 2022 it seems there are a lot of options in that way :D

[@mumrikken4288]

would love to see a tlou rpg mock up!!