How I Made Shiny 3D Pixel Art

[@saultoons]

Making a shiny Charizard card in pixel art... THEN 3D 😱 More of a fun video this time. I had a blast working on it, lots of silly edits in there. What do you think about it? Some of your entries were featured in the Who's That Pokemon section, if you want to see more then make sure you check the socials! ... Will still be making tutorials, so don't stress ;)

[@outaspace-animations]

I really I want to see that printed out that would be epic :D

[@Computer-Frog]

nvtb trh good

[@saultoons]

@@Computer-Frog :D

[@dazedhex900]

Quality video mate! Digging all the fun edits and visuals 👌

[@saultoons]

Thanks Dazed! Yeah a bit different from my usual tutorial style, but thought I'd have a bit of fun. I appreciate the love, hope everyone enjoyed :}

[@Manojpawara]

"I would go to my friends house which wasn't illegal back then" I Died out of laughing ngl you are so good

[@saultoons]

Hahaha yeah covid rough times! Glad you enjoy!

[@Holgast]

That shiny effect looks awesome!

[@saultoons]

Thanks, I like it too :D

[@eddgaart1371]

really love that the finished is not perfect. I'm stuck with perfectionist with my whole life and every piece use a ton of mental health and ended up burnout for 2yrs. Now I'm back at art and try pixel art by doing your 30 days creature challenge you gave. Thank you so much to remind me to have FUN in doing or playing with art.

[@saultoons]

I feel that Eddga, I struggle with perfectionism too. I always find the key really is to have fun and if you find yourself slipping, comparing yourself to others, or doing projects for reasons that might not make you happy then take a step back, disconnect from the digital world, and refresh 😄 glad you got back into it, everyone is unique and putting that out into the world is special!

[@eddgaart1371]

@@saultoons That means a lot to me. Thank you so much :)

[@dariuseidimtas5149]

Fun and informative. I am glad that my late night binges on KZbin, just couples hours before waking up to work, led me to this channel. Thanks ;

[@saultoons]

Glad you liked the video Darius! I hope work isn't too rough for you today! :D

[@radiorain5665]

This video helped me so much! Thank you for showing each challenge you pushed through. It's too easy for artists to give up when things aren't going perfect straight away. This was encouraging.

[@saultoons]

Yes it’s good to take your time and challenge yourself, you’ll figure it out in the end and it will be worth it when you learn a lot. Thanks for watching :D

[@radiorain5665]

@@saultoons Thanks so much for the effort you put into the videos! One day when I'm not poor I will have to buy a mug from your shop to repay you!

[@rezrimax]

oh my oddish i am honored sir ! Hey great idea to make your card on blender ! You really invested yourself to get this result it's super cool good job !

[@saultoons]

Thanks for taking part in the challenge Rezrimax! All the entries were so good and there are more featured at the end :} Yeah I definitely learned a lot :'D Thanks for watching

[@noobwise8082]

wawawiwa didn't expect the multimedia but i dig it very much. Smashed it out the park as per usual

[@saultoons]

Thanks Noobwise! Yeah once I had the idea I had to do it, it was very rewarding to learn new things 😁

[@Just_AndyX]

I had a lot fun watching this video man! Awesome!!!

[@saultoons]

Thanks Andy, glad you enjoyed it!

[@pewter_wiz]

Amazing vid! Would love to see more pixel + 3D combinations, but even just pixel art is great too

[@saultoons]

Thanks Tim! Yeah I'm excited to try more 3D Stuff, especially pixel and low poly PS1 style graphics :D

[@isthatsharanya]

So crazy mate even I'm making pixel art pokemons on my Instagram ! Cool video

[@saultoons]

Nice! Can never have enough Pokemon 😄

[@nat298]

Just wanted to say, I really appreciate the effort you put into all of your pixel art tutorials and such. This one stuck out as especially well planned out, executed, and edited! Nice work, and keep it up!

[@saultoons]

Thanks Nat! Yes, this one was one of my favourites to make, a bit different than a tutorial, more a fun video but hopefully still insightful in some ways 🤣 appreciate the support :)

[@ENZEED]

Dayumm all your fans are talented. I like the fanart segments

[@saultoons]

yeah they're so good right!!!

[@jmott458]

LOL! I loved your antics and that was pretty incredible I thought. Now it makes me want to try drawing a Pokémon lol.

[@saultoons]

You should!

[@LeckerBlut]

The final charizard Looks very polished. I love it And the weezing 😍😍 love the color Palette on that one!

[@saultoons]

Yeah the community did such a good job, if people want to see more community challenge posts, make sure you hit up the socials :D

[@aleiocus]

It turned out so nicely! Great job :D

[@saultoons]

Thanks so much Aleiocus :D

[@aleiocus]

@@saultoons Of course! Any time :D

[@dannylocardoso1251]

I feel like i just watched an amazing anime episode and gotta wait like some weeks for the next one ouch... Nice vid man! Gratz for 12k subs, gotta catch 'em all!

[@saultoons]

NEXT TIME ON SAULTOONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Dannylo :}

[@BunkoFlakes]

Keep smashing it brother!!!

[@saultoons]

Appreciate you Lorry!!!!

[@BunkoFlakes]

@@saultoons appreciate you more!!

[@ReddmarQuevedoCarrasquero]

I loved it! I need to keep in mind or train my brain to make "Finished, not perfect" my mantra while doing art.

[@saultoons]

Yes it’s always something I struggle with because I’m such a perfectionist. But just let it flow, get it done and move onto the next one :D

[@ReddmarQuevedoCarrasquero]

@@saultoons Yes, I'm also so perfectionist, but you are right! I'm going to do as you say. Just go with the flow and see the results. Thanks for answering.

[@huseinkapetangradasevicsak4798]

quality video dude,i do pixel art and blender so i will for sure do this. Btw thanks for the idea!😁

[@saultoons]

No problemo! Good luck :D be sure to share it with me on discord or social media :)

[@雪鷹魚英語培訓的領航]

Here from Brandon's video. That's a sweet Charizard!

[@saultoons]

Thanks! Big love to Brandon for the mention :) such a nice guy!!

[@animationsbelike]

It is sooooo Beuatifull! Great Work :)

[@saultoons]

Thanks RandomDude 😄

[@Ali_533]

Awesome job man, your videos are so funny and enjoyable 😂😂

[@saultoons]

Thanks Ali! I’m glad you like the videos. This was a bit of a different style so glad people are enjoying it

[@laszloleber9733]

Great work! I really loved this video! :D

[@saultoons]

Thanks so much Laszlo, glad you enjoyed it :)

[@andrewandroulidakis5578]

That's when he plugs his own discord XD Lol Love the video! Keep up the great work. Remember when you hit 100k.

[@saultoons]

It was actually a blender discord I found! But yes join my discord channel 🤣 thanks for the love Andrew! To the moon

[@gurkimo1304]

I really love this. I began trying pixelart myself back I saw one of ur vids and It really inspired me. Thank u a lot

[@saultoons]

You got this Sazy! Keep it up :)

[@nonathepomeranians7396]

You made me laugh! I love your videos!!! You earned yourself a new subscriber! This is definitely a quality video!

[@saultoons]

Than you! I'm glad you like the video :D

[@cheezeebutter452]

3:06 I love the phrasing of this 😂

[@saultoons]

hahaha it works I swear!!!

[@ApexAshan]

underrated tuber

[@saultoons]

Thanks for the love

[@雪鷹魚英語培訓的領航]

"young not bald child" Ahhhh. I feel your pain.

[@saultoons]

Bald is the future 😂

[@NinjaNuggets21]

I love it. Charizard looks drunk and has insomnia 😂 Seriously it looks good

[@saultoons]

hahaha yeah maybe he is :D

[@cheeza]

Your channel is amazing!

[@saultoons]

Thanks Cheeza! :D

[@raddical2998]

you are amazing dude!!!

[@saultoons]

No, you are amazing!!!

[@monohero231]

Oh nice, the bald man, one of the rarest pokeman!

[@saultoons]

Only appears once a month :'D (haha hopefully I can get more videos out quicker :|||| )

[@GreenthumbsGarden]

brilliant Saul! love the fun editing, sense of humour. My favourite was always Blastoise. sell it as a NFT on rareble!

[@saultoons]

Thanks GTG, appreciate it man! haha not sure if that's allowed as I don't own the IP! :o

[@GreenthumbsGarden]

@@saultoons yeah i dont know the laws behind selling NFTs... i making that tie fighter gif and I plan to make a whole bunch of iconic vehicles and publish as ntfs... not sure if I'm allowed... but at the end of the day it's just a gif... 😂 😂 i dont see how they can stop it.

[@saultoons]

Do what you gotta do to get that bread!!!! Let me know how it goes!!!!!!!!

[@GreenthumbsGarden]

@@saultoons I know bro... life's a hustle... 😂 a bloody hustle.

[@insertnamehere2787]

@@GreenthumbsGarden any news?

[@izme3830]

Really good!

[@saultoons]

Thanks so much izME, appreciate you coming out to the premiere :}

[@proksi2991]

Hi, I'm your subscriber , I just recently started learning how to create a game and create pixel graphics. I would like to thank you for the pretty fun and interesting content you have. Perhaps I write with a mistake sorry but English is not my native language, and at school I scored on it now I'm sorry that I did not learn it and so I write it through Google translator)Good luck!

[@saultoons]

Hi PROKSI, thanks so much for the kind words, I'm glad you enjoy the videos :D Good luck with your game and pixel work

[@nasar4334]

Awesome vídeo :D

[@saultoons]

Thanks so much Nasar! Love you

[@Call_me_som]

Finally another vid!

[@saultoons]

I know :'D Finally!!!!

[@CarrG7]

Loved it! Hilarious without over-editing and kept it to the point! Also amazing artwork, and great job figuring out blender. I’ve watched other KZbin videos of people creating things with blender and it blows my mind. Fantastic work. Love the card. Sell it as an NFT!!!

[@saultoons]

Thanks Gabriel! Yeah blender is nice, I’ve spent a fair amount of time on 3DSMax so some stuff was just about transferring workflows but I’d not done a lot with nodes before so that was fun to learn 😄 Hahah yeah I’m sure Nintendo would love that 🥲

[@daltoncaudill8392]

How did you get the texture mask imm very confused because I'm trying to do the same thing

[@saultoons]

You create the texture mask yourself using black and white or in between values.

[@andredurvaldasilva4188]

Seus vídeos tem muita qualidade, as edições são divertidas (assim como as piadas) parabéns pelo canal incrível.

[@saultoons]

Muito obrigado pelas palavras, fico feliz que goste do canal :)

[@mohammadzahran4662]

Amazing

[@saultoons]

Thanks a lot Mohammad :D

[@skullypac4497]

Thank you

[@saultoons]

Thanks for watching :D

[@littlesillyadventures]

Really great video! REally interested in the Blender part where you try to make it shiny, is there a video/ guide you could direct towards? I wanna try this out!

[@saultoons]

Hi, thanks for the love on the video. No specific tutorial, I’d recommend just looking up ‘masks’, getting familiar with the nodes system and how they work. It took me a little while to figure it out as it’s a little complicated. I just kept playing with it and then eventually it worked 🤣 Maybe I’ll put together a little tutorial for the shiny area in the future

[@littlesillyadventures]

@@saultoons Hey! thanks for the direction, I will try it out! Maybe I will post something and tag you to it!

[@KotCR]

I got a Charizard in a booster pack when I was a kid (also later on both Dark Charizard and Blaine's Charizard), but I had a deal with my brother that he would get all my rare Fire & Fighting Pokémon cards, and I'd get all his rare Lightning & Psychic Pokémon cards. So I had to hand it over; I'm fairly sure he still has it. I used to properly play the card game anyway, so from a gameplay perspective the base set Charizard was a relatively weak card (later on Dark Charizard and Blaine's Charizard were a little better, but still tricky to get rolling) - base Charizard took a long-time to get going, being a Stage 2 Evolution and needing 4 Energy to attack, and the double discard meaning it was only able to attack every other turn, with the 100 damage generally speaking simply being over-kill the vast majority of the time anyway. You were better off using Ninetails in a similar role - it being only a Stage 1 Evolution instead of a Stage 2, so easier to get on the field, and only discarding 1 energy instead of 2 per attack (meaning you could attack with it every turn once powered up instead of every other turn). It's 80 damage per shot was more than enough to 1-hit KO most things, and if something extra tough came up, you could just make up the difference with a PlusPower or two. Of course back then the game was dominated by 'Haymakers' (extra tough Basic Pokémon with good HP and strong low-cost attacks like Electabuzz and Hitmonchan), so it'd even be difficult at times to get a Ninetails up and running fast enough, you had no chance with Charizard. It's value was purely from a collectors' perspective, elevated due to his prominence in the TV Show, and the big numbers on his card by people that simply didn't understand how the game was supposed to work and how it was actually played ("Powerful but impractical" describes base Charizard in a nutshell).

[@saultoons]

Very interesting, I never actually played the card game we just collected the cards because they looked good. None of my friends ever understood the game in school we just tried to get shiny cards and were always disappointed with the energy cards though I bet they were useful in the card game! Thanks for sharing :D

[@KotCR]

@@saultoons For sure. Without Energy Cards in your deck, your Pokémon had no way to attack so you'd basically automatically lose if you didn't include any. As for Charizard, the earliest you could get it up and running was Turn 3, as you can't evolve Turn 1, can only evolve once per turn, and can only attach one Energy Card per turn. Turn 1: Put Charmander down and attach a Double Colourless Energy (Charizard's power would make it count as 2 Energies for attack cost - though not discard - purposes once you reached him) would . Turn 2: Evolve to Charmeleon, attach a Fire Energy. Turn 3: Evolve to Charizard, attach another Fire Energy. Attack, overkilling the enemy - discarding 2 Fire Energies, and now having to wait 2 turns before attacking again (you could use another Double Colourless to attack immediately after, but for discard purposes it only counts as one card even on Charizard, so if you did this you'd then have to wait 4 turns to attack again!). How much damage do you think your opponent can do in that time unopposed? Of course the above is the best case scenario, and unlikely, considering your chances at luck of the draw. Realistically, getting all the pieces you need would require alot of work (you'd have to burn through Prof. Oaks and Comp Searches putting you at risk of loss by deckout), and your opponent isn't going to sit there and let you power it up anyway. They'd play Energy Removal Trainers to stop you ever powering Charizard up consistently, or they'll Gust of Wind in the Charmander before it's evolved and snipe it down - forcing you to start trying to charge another one instead. You could evolve Charmander to Charizard early with Pokémon Breeder to avoid a snipe, but that 3-discard Retreat Cost is also going to leave it a sitting duck if Gusted into the active slot before it has enough Energy. Any Pokémon with a 2-cost 30 to 40 damage attack is going to take it out in short order before it can retaliate. Anyway, I'm sure that's enough classic Pokémon Card game talk for you for now :p.

[@nonosdaddelstube]

What was your Canvas Size for the Card? Love what your doing. Your Tutorials brought me to pixelart

[@saultoons]

I believe around 120x180?!?! or something close to that :D Thanks for the love Nono

[@rodrigosinastre7203]

seus vídeos são muito bons, parabéns!

[@saultoons]

Muito obrigado, agradeço por assistir :D

[@jamesss1118]

U r funny n knowledgeable n good at teaching👏

[@saultoons]

Thanks James! Glad you like to videos :D

[@GakaShi]

I just hit the like button right away. Oh my. Haha.

[@saultoons]

Glad you like it :D

[@Dapsdapsdaps]

wow

[@saultoons]

Thanks :D

[@youngmidoria2332]

How do i print it out and sell it got me good

[@saultoons]

hahah I'm glad you liked that :D

[@youngmidoria2332]

@@saultoons yea i joined your server yesterday it helped a lot im @silent song

[@saultoons]

@@youngmidoria2332 hype hype, welcome :D

[@sulayenhanglimboo5110]

🤣🤣Loved it

[@saultoons]

Thanks :D

[@niikolo_x]

nice!

[@saultoons]

Thanks Niikolo :)

[@villain4307]

I'd buy that card👀

[@saultoons]

Yah same 😂

[@MrKratosin]

You Have a pixel art course?

[@saultoons]

I have tutorials on my channel but might make a course in the future

[@MrKratosin]

@@saultoons Nice man,hope see this on future =D

[@bender-lo4fe]

cool

[@saultoons]

Ur cool

[@bender-lo4fe]

@@saultoons thx

[@kiinii-pixel]

I really like the outro music for some reason, any chance someone can help me with the name?

[@saultoons]

I can't remember the name but all music is part of youtubes Audio Library!

[@MicahKessel]

His friend must be rich right now.

[@elo9078]

put it on the blockchain!!!! you'd make millions in the NFT market right now with your abilities if you're not already.

[@saultoons]

haha appreciate the love but I don't own the character IP so I would get sued so hard :'D

[@ElDonitazz]

Will Saultoons dedicate himself to doing pixel art in 3d? o3o

[@saultoons]

haha I would like to do more for sure :D

[@_flavio_silva]

Nice i want one haha

[@saultoons]

Me too 😂

[@雪鷹魚英語培訓的領航]

"print it out and sell it" - - - Why not make custom Pokemon card NFTs?

[@saultoons]

Haha Nintendo would sue me faster than I could blink 😂

[@LJAMV]

you are so dope

[@saultoons]

Thanks for the love Logan :D

[@hehe123okay]

SHINY CHARIZARD

[@saultoons]

So shiny!!!! 😄

[@ramen201]

If you get millions of subs then your pixel Charizard will cost a lot more. (I don't know as much as the one you saw)

[@saultoons]

Hahah I doubt it Ramen but cheers 😄

[@jibsjerky]

Oh dat me lmao

[@saultoons]

Jibs in the building!!! Thanks for taking part, loved your entry :D

[@Sound_of_the_trees]

Not bald lol

[@saultoons]

Bald is best

[@HollaBackDad]

Real question, "How do I turn it into an NFT and sell it"

[@saultoons]

Not legally thats for sure, Nintendo would hate that :'d

[@javiermendoza1999]

Make NFT's and then you don't gotta print it lol

[@saultoons]

haha nope, don't own the IP I would get sued very hard :D

[@jumppak6064]

You don't print it out, you sell it as an NFT

[@saultoons]

Don't own the IP I would get sued hard :'D

[@jumppak6064]

@@saultoons You're totally right I forgot about that. Well then replace charizard with your own monster and change the pokémon logo!

[@RupluttajaGames]

Sell it as a NFT, using something like rarible!

[@saultoons]

Don’t own the IP I would get sued 🤣

[@xmrdee]

awesome work man !

[@saultoons]

Thanks a lot Dhia, I would definitely appreciate that! Hit me up on social media or something with your email :)

[@xmrdee]

@@saultoons done :) sent on facebook

[@alienjompo]

no bald child :)

[@saultoons]

BALDNESS

[@czaczaja]

Holographic*

[@saultoons]

I think it's actually Iridescent - I had this issue when creating the card because every time I googled 'Holographic' It gave me the wrong effect. From google: 'The main difference between holographic and iridescent is that holographic refers to hologram, which is a photographic recording of a light field that is used to display a three-dimensional image, whereas iridescence refers to the gradual change of colors when looking at a surface from different angles.'

[@hache_raw]

Not bald¿? sure...

[@saultoons]

BALD!

[@guillermoprados7631]

lol

[@AsymmetricalDialogue]

would you be willing to link the blender discord you used in the node section of this video :-? [via pm or public whichever is the most comfortable to you]

[@saultoons]

It's the 'blender community' discord, don't think I can put links here but you can find it on google by just typing Blender Community discord :)