How to Make Pixel Art [Tutorial for Beginners] | Adobe Photoshop

[@AdobeAsiaPacific]

You can read the tutorial on how to create pixel art here: adobe.ly/34jyYew

[@aspyr5681]

I'm stuck at 3:30, when I do the grey colour thing, the pixels don't appear, I followed instructions precisely so I don't really know how to proceed, can you help me figure it out?

[@rightside-aholjobbneked8868]

same here@@aspyr5681

[@joshuagf8395]

​@@aspyr5681i think he used paint bucket to fill out the "background" layer

[@fazajo]

thank you sir!! 👍@@joshuagf8395

[@b.benmeziane6716]

I've been doing graphic design for 11 years, and I was contacted by a client last week to do some pixel art work, and I literally had to create stuff then use the pixelate filter on Photoshop. This video of yours is a goldmine !!

[@lieutenantlouie]

what would you say provided a better result?

[@kENNETHcss]

@@lieutenantlouie Doing it yourself will ultimately give the better result, you have all the control of how it turns out which you don't have using a filter.

[@venkyprash01]

Make sure youre arent working on NFT project without your knowledge, hopefully this isnt too late

[@wsxdeee]

@@kENNETHcss nice clips bro

[@nTrylo]

bruh

[@Dami2024ue]

Non graphic designers / illustrators won't understand the treasure this video actually is. Straight to the point, spot on, so efficient, so professional. It's the ultimate pixel art photoshop workflow

[@siffa159]

why "Non graphic designers / illustrators" ?

[@relei]

@@siffa159 Yeah that's such a weird gatekeeping lol

[@ethanstrudwick9617]

@@siffa159 probably just means people who don't work within digital art mediums won't understand the struggle of working with a bad workflow?

[@ethanstrudwick9617]

@@bluhrger it's about the workflow, not the technique of drawing

[@ethanstrudwick9617]

@@jamesbond5772 above

[@Mystical-TEDDY_]

I don’t even have photoshop it was juts a good tutorial and u actually showed how to do everything

[@afallingtree9114]

GIMP vs Krita might work

[@charliecrome207]

What are the odds for that fight?

[@manwew2431]

@@afallingtree9114 nah photopea is better

[@afallingtree9114]

@@manwew2431 oh wtf, its fully in a web browser. im going to need to test this one out.

[@manwew2431]

@@afallingtree9114 it’s amazing bro

[@Christolphi]

I'm a professional graphic designer and I've always wanted to get into using pixel art in my work but I couldn't find a workflow that I found simple enough to use efficiently so this is such a treasure.

[@renookami4651]

Just use specialised programs, they make your life easier. Aseprite only cost 15$ and include both "colour palette" and animation tools so you're sure to meet the low colour-count limitations, while you can still use layers and oinion-skin method to animate. GraphicGale also include tools for tilesets, it's less beginner-friendly but should be no problem for a professional

[@codesymphony]

agreed. aseprite and pyxel give you much more useful tools than ps like the automatic palette suggestions

[@user-fz9om3wp5x]

@@renookami4651 Pixel Studio?

[@reenangauv804]

agreed

[@user-uq6po8dv6i]

Best guide on the Internet. I was SO TIRED of tutorials that said, "Open up paintbrush, zoom in and get started by coloring pixels one at a time!"

[@Gakusangi]

Good to remember that in traditional pixel art, it isn't just a matter of lower resolution, there usually a very limited color pallet to keep in mind as well. Older game consoles could only display so many colors and one had to be reserved as transparent.

[@bogdweller27]

And‽ they did it out of necessity not some artistic choice. Glad modern pixel games aren't listening to you so they actually have the opportunity to look good and modern.

[@Gakusangi]

@@bogdweller27 ...Wow that came out of nowhere. I mentioned that pixel count limitation, I was just adding that older games have a color palette limitation as well. That didn't mean he needed to confine himself to that, but some pixel artists do. Sometimes just for the style, sometimes because the software they're working with (some game maker engines) required it. I thought it with mention, since I sometimes use it as a hobbyist pixel artist myself. One of the key pieces of software I use- Aseprite -has various palette selections based on game consoles from the past, just you can achieve that "authentic" look. So I'm not sure why the hostility here?

[@grimm2835]

@@bogdweller27 isn't the point of making pixel art because it's not supposed to look modern also limiting color doesn't make it look bad necessarily, granted that's more of an opinion based thing because a lot of my favorite games are on older consoles and the GBC

[@chromaticv1]

youtube comment section will literally fight over anything

[@vanshika_cool]

@@chromaticv1 ikr

[@Sora6893]

Thank you for this! A teacher tried to teach us pixel art... and I say tried because he missed a lot of things, and it was quite weird to learn and, well, in the end, I basically worked extra to try to achieve a good look. This just makes it so muuuuch easier to understand and now I think "ok, I get it". Excited to try to draw something!

[@kidssnyder9680]

I wish I had a photo shop class

[@viczav]

This was, by far, the best noob-friendly tutorial of pixel art! Thank you so much!

[@muhammad-rv6qh]

this is easily the best pixel art guide ive seen

[@renookami4651]

Aside of actually recommanding pixelart-specialised programs, maybe

[@xzyami]

@@renookami4651 yea, but some people just want to stick to one tool/program

[@Kugelschrei]

My Profs always said: In order to do good pixelart, you need to be able to draw the same thing realisticly and then abstract down from that. Pixelart is easy, good pixel art is hella hard.

[@Jakepf]

dang, just discourage me from pixel art like that :( joking, but still I cannot create anything realistic normally so rip.

[@cipher893]

@@Jakepf doesn’t have to be realistic. Keep doing you.

[@zulqernein]

footnote: You don't have to achieve realism, it just has to look believable.

[@Kugelschrei]

@@zulqernein true that, that is for instance accurate proportions or an understanding for perspecive and light. Stuff can be stylized ofc

[@zulqernein]

@@Kugelschrei Yeah yeah exactly. It's essentially just conventional art with more rules/restrictions.

[@tomasdonovan9029]

A really useful workflow tool for drawing pixel art is to open up a second window of your art from a different zoom. You can do that through Window>Arrange>New Window for "File Name"

[@renookami4651]

that feature is also present in Aseprite, which is a pixelart-specialised program. Also come with animation tools

[@CallMeDragon]

i’ve been wanting to make pixel art for a long time and the average painting apps just wouldn’t work and i recently got an adobe photoshop account (for school) so i can’t wait to start making some pixel art! this tutorial helped so much so thank you so so much!

[@angelosa.3178]

Amasing. Showing the basics to get you started, no bs straight to the point. Thank you :) gonna experiment with some pixelart now.

[@Scherlund]

amazing

[@angelosa.3178]

@@Scherlund thanks , I guess.

[@MHCryptics]

@@angelosa.3178 real amasing ngl

[@ThunderStormFortnite]

@@MHCryptics ikr amasing indeed

[@xqphn4379]

I don't think you guys are intentionally mocking him but repeating someone's wrong spelling is a form of mockery

[@StainBlank]

for windows to fill ( Alt + backspace)

[@scarymonkeylover]

You're an angel

[@ianseff5627]

Also if you need to change the image size on windows press alt + ctrl + i

[@ashleyjlhynes]

OMG thank you so much!!!

[@aikaterine13]

I got interested in pixel art after getting invitations of pixel art jobs and seeing lots of job search on it. I think I'm going to try this. This was the first video I saw and was very helpful!

[@user-qo6ke5sz3j]

im just now trying to learn about pixel art and this video greatly encompasses the beginning steps of what pixel art is, you explained so well! tysm!

[@BlazeStorm]

I wouldn't never thought of downscaling a regular drawing, that's brilliant!

[@isaackp85]

7:00 you can convert the image to be a 'smart object', then you wouldnt lose the quality of the picture even if you zoom in and out repeatedly Right click on the layer preview on the right side, then, on the drop menu just click 'convert to smart object'

[@SubcribeWithoutanyvideo-mt4zz]

helpful

[@muchammadarkamanggala]

I spent 30 minute to figure how and then I read ur comment... Thx mate

[@Qballblack]

One of the greatest tutorials I’ve ever seen.

[@IceMetalPunk]

I'm a software developer who makes games in my free time (when I get any). I'm *far* from an artist -- in fact, lack of artistic ability is usually the reason my hobby projects get abandoned quickly. For a little while, I was trying to practice pixel art using this sort of tracing technique you showed here, but I always felt like that was sort of a cheat since I wasn't starting with the pixel art. It's very nice to know it's a valid, legitimate approach!

[@torment4723]

You still need to draw the high res pics you cheater!

[@BVK.]

@@torment4723 joke?

[@renookami4651]

This is as much as a "cheat" as using a sketch before drawing the clean lineart on another layer is. It is literally the same thing. Where this shines the most is in animation, if you're more used to the flow of traditional drawings. Draw gestures, use them as a guide, then draw clothes and specific designs and details. Saves tons of headaches

[@torment4723]

@@renookami4651 no. it s cheating, you simply convert an existing artwork. You don't take part in the design at all.

[@renookami4651]

@@torment4723 That's assuming you didn't draw the sketch you're using. You're converting your own design, looking at it for reference purpose just like traditional animators looks at the previous frame to draw the next.

[@NipNapFM]

Thank you so much for this! i recently started doing pixel art in august and have been slowly getting pretty good at pixel art, this will very much ramp up my art skills!

[@UnsafeSafe]

Thx a lot! That’s the first video that finally shows the settings. Most videos skip the first step of setting the canvas and directly show how to create good shapes and shading. You helped me a lot!

[@tod-adobemoderator]

Glad you enjoyed it, Holy Coffin. If there are other topics you'd like to see on this channel, let me know. :)

[@ec2497]

Thank you so so much, I was really wondering how to make the image bigger without it going all blurry! This is so easy to understand and follow, amazing

[@Jakiyyyyy]

Thank you for the tutorial. This is what I'm looking for. Didn't knew Adobe team itself could teach all these.

[@TRNFloyd]

This would have been so useful for me a few years ago when I was in a band and had to make giant-sized poster files for gigs and the bands that gave me their logos to work with we're tiny as fuck.. Still super glad to know this though! Back then I used to just recreate their logos best I could, which got me familiarized with the software to some extent, but damn this would have been such a headache relief! xD

[@user-xw1wz8iq2t]

Simple, clear and useful. Thank u!

[@general_prodigy]

I'm personally not much into pixel art but I'll try it sometime as I consider all art forms as u unique and beautiful

[@poolofstyx]

Pixel art isn’t meant to be viewed from far away but about skill it takes to make something look good with restrictions so harsh.

[@renookami4651]

Pixelart is just minimalist digital art. Can be viewed from wherever people want if they find fun to strain their eyes this much...

[@poolofstyx]

@@renookami4651 how are you looking at it to where you have to strain your eyes?

[@TheMyNeooo]

Like he said, pixel art wasnt an art style back in the day. The game designers didn't know they were doing something that nowadays is called pixel art. So back in the day, these images were not supposed to be seen from a small distance, because of the restriction of resolution to smoothly paint images. But yes, nowadays you can create these low res images as an intentional art style to be closely seen as such. There is still a difference in terms of technique and looks, i.e. bleeding from the tv screens back in the day vs now

[@rosyrozrose]

Nice toturial and yyou got calm voice. Liked the thing in the end with the size. That was especially helpful. Thank you. Im using the method for creating embroidery patterns. I think it wil work :)

[@alinaeem9016]

I believe in having purely own artistic approach but these types of tutorials every now and then is a bounty.

[@thisispjetro]

I am no graphic designer or any sort of graphic artist. But it was very good to watch this and just learn something new. Very nice video straight to the point.

[@ju1design56]

Woah, thank you for this! It feels amazing being able to experience the small world of Photoshop. I feel like an ant. 😆

[@larajanesen8795]

Looks like something out of the first rayman game! Impressive and beautiful!!

[@NightTimeCrafts]

Amazing video!! Answered so many questions I had in a very brief amount of time. Great work

[@rexistreves]

bro, this is the best beginner tutorial of anything I've ever seen

[@megmcc3776]

Wonderfully informative, very concise, great production and voice quality, was a pleasure to watch AND I really needed this. Thank you!

[@coolazsmf775]

Nft "artist" : *"Now this, this is worth 10k"*

[@Yasin-vs8ks]

You mean more like 10 Million

[@chibichanart]

I always wondered how do people create these and it was a very easy to understand tutorial. So i think i'll get into it as i need new challenges. Thank you for sharing!^^

[@NamAir]

I never intend to make pixel art but here I am watching the whole thing. Thank you!

[@evgenius123_]

if, when scaling with the "nearest neighbor" resampler, the scale is not a multiple of the original one, the "pixels" will be of different sizes, some a little narrower, some a little wider. It is better to either only scale in multiples of the original size, or to a size larger than the target with the "nearest neighbor", and then slightly reduce to the desired size with an anti-aliasing resampler.

[@codesymphony]

agreed. I always scale by like 400% or 800% something even otherwise you'll have blocks that are like 10 or 11 pixels wide and 9 tall

[@lovedeepsingh2732]

Good tutorial ^^ the only advice i have is that when you use key Shortcuts or something similar you could blend in the keys :D I think it´s easier for beginner then :)

[@Retrax007]

Although I do not use or know how to use Photoshop, I was honestly attracted and I found the video really interesting. I found it curious how Pixel Arts are made. I'm going to share the video with my friends 😸

[@pfrodriguez]

this was nicely done. Great vid, thank you!

[@jegantdragoch.7088]

never knew i needed this thank you - wonder if this works the same for making games or animation?

[@TheLiteCrafter]

For Games - Depends on what engine. I'm only familiar with Godot and Unity so for both of them you pretty much don't have to do anything besides messing with the image settings (Just look up how to import pixelart in your Game Engine).

[@jegantdragoch.7088]

@@TheLiteCrafter thank you very much

[@danieledney5775]

Must say, this is a spot on tutorial!

[@Phoenixfrogg]

you for real know how to make a tutorial, no cuts mid way, shows how to work everything, all and all 10/10

[@JoshuaGanoTyraxLightning]

I had a bit of trouble hearing ya using my natural comfortable listening volume... but aside from that, this was a great Vid. :) Is it possible to translate this info to use in GIMP, or are the two Programs too different to each other...?

[@codesymphony]

literally just set your brush size to 1 pixel m8 it's not confusing

[@andreeacat7071]

yep this is pretty much universal ya just have to find out where everything is on your software

[@JoshuaGanoTyraxLightning]

@@andreeacat7071 Sweet, thank you so much for the response! :)

[@beelian413]

Thank you for your tutorial, it helps me alot creating my new artwork! you look cute btw

[@Mrpoopy5]

That last part lmao

[@anueek8396]

@@Mrpoopy5 Leave him be a SIMP lol

[@ju1design56]

True words need to be spoken. 😂

[@gammaboost]

Thanks so much for helping me make pixel art, time to open up GIMP

[@MattDoesNothing]

Imagine spend some time looking for pixel art tutorials, but couldn’t find the good one until this got recommended.

[@juanzan_9599]

Great tutorial! One little thing, please use a DeEsser in your audio since your S-sounds are very pronounced, they get harsh to the ear after a while, other than that, great production

[@Huskyvyc]

Muy buen tutorial hermano, me inspiro mucho y aprendi mas de lo que nesecitaba, gracias!!

[@Jayindabay]

That painting in the background is dope

[@pokelover02]

This is the most useful video I’ve seen on this. Thank you!!

[@jarrodwest5958]

thank you for this! it helped me a lot, I was lost as where I should start and you've set me on course.

[@bapple-7735]

Here's my technique: Draw an image normally, export it out as 8-bits. Ez

[@bigsnowcasket]

that is so simple and easy godamn breezy compared to a most other ps, tutorials at least ones i’ve come across.

[@guillermoh3236]

GOD TIER TUTORIAL

[@Billyman8]

Jeremylord_: "Can create beautiful pixel art in a complex program for image development Me: *Only Knows how to Oversaturate/Hue*

[@thatonewaff2552]

No mention of techniques such as antialiasing, hueshifting or avoiding unintentional jaggies, pillowshading, and banding P bad beginner guide for leaving these techniques out tbh

[@8eru23yrfmjwefcwefj89jkjkgdpfk]

Anti aliasing?

[@SnapDragon45]

This video was very helpful and easy to understand! Thank you!

[@seanwillets4913]

That resample setting is what I've been needing to find for a while, thanks!

[@venomouswitcher314]

I think this is the best tutorial I've seen in a while.

[@sonnyl2915]

Thanks, been a long time didn't know how to setup for pixels art. Now i can! 😊

[@erictordesillas8891]

Thanks for breaking this process down. Super helpful! 🙌🏼

[@lzsfx]

I dont even have any photoshop but still watched! Great content!

[@rchiggs1]

Fantastic tutorial, exactly what I was looking for to get started learning to make pixel art in PS. Thanks!

[@jacoboswald5731]

I have loved pixel art for a long time and want to do it more as a hobby! Thank you so much! This was incredibly helpful!

[@oangeldevilv]

I was so confused and curious when I saw the Illustrator logo on the thumbnail because it’s primarily used for vector based artwork.. but I ended up watching a really handy Photoshop tutorial! Thank you 😅

[@BaddieRx]

this is by far the BEST tutorial I've seen on this topic. nice work and thanks for sharing!

[@aaa-oy7zx]

PixelArt is underrated it looks cool, makes up a lot of old games

[@MaxwellsUnearthly]

After many tutorials on Pixel art, I came across this one, and there really isn't anyone explaining it in the way you are, it's quite refreshing and easy (imo) to understand. Are there more videos like these in your channel that explain pixel art furthermore?( I ask because this channel seems to have variety of diff videos) I will def look more in depth, thank you.

[@YoshiIsHitokiri]

That pizza sketch is better than my whole drawing career

[@aryanak1234]

Your an absolute legend mate

[@WUODBURU]

Bro this literally the best tutorial

[@pauld7861]

Pixel art has always been one of my favourite design works.

[@Tumorlan]

This is epic!

[@kimmmy8846]

What a perfect tutorial ever

[@NezarAhmed57]

Man this is magic! I've always liked this stile and had no idea how to do it, I tried it now and the result was absolutely fascinating I can't thank you enough

[@vladislava511]

This is amazing, thank you!

[@3lia033]

Best tutorial I've ever seen

[@cryptosun9981]

One of the videos that I will treasure. This is such a pro! Excited to make some art at faketown metaverse communities.

[@user-ul3rc3gb9t]

I'm really bad at drawing but I want to teach my self how to draw and I really love pixel art. Thanks for teaching me how to draw pixel art on Ps.

[@00WatName00]

This is GOLD! :")

[@foxyfanbear7334]

The pizza looks sick

[@monikaolejniczak5364]

love this tutorial :)

[@Riksybuisness]

Thank you so much , i am student and I wanted to try pixel art. thank you really!!!

[@whatskrakin37]

I know this tutorial is for Photoshop, but I do my Pixel art on Adobe Illustrator. If you create a 1600px by 1600px document. Use the "Rectangular Grid Tool" and click once and make the size the same pixels as the document. And in horizontal and vertical dividers, do 1 less than the amount of pixels you want. For example if you want a 32 pixel by 32 pixel artwork, then put 31, for 64 you put 63. Then you can just use the live paint bucket tool and fill in colors pixel by pixel.

[@AdobeAsiaPacific]

Great tip! Thanks @whatskrakin37

[@xzarexx4543]

There's so much work in this Video. U even had a Magnifying glass so i can read it perfectly, bc on Phone i can't see it perfectly. And thx for Explaining sooo welll. U are a Smart person :>

[@sunless]

I don't use photoshop or even draw but this video was hella entertaining

[@kerumiller7322]

Simple, straight forward, and clear tutorial, subscribed!

[@polyannaCREATE]

thank you! i kinda want to keep operating in photoshop for now so this was extremely helpful

[@JamesMurphyStudios]

We want more of these Adobe

[@dishaambe7280]

Absolutely loved this video. 💯

[@pedroaboffa]

That is amazing man, thank you very much !!!

[@anggasaurous]

So informative, straight to the point, easy to understand. Well done! Great job! Nice voice btw!

[@jashiinobadii]

Thank you for this tutorial. I was looking at different ways to produce pixel art for a small fangame project and this gave me a lot of insight.

[@novylen7035]

this really helped

[@saico1376]

If I just watched this video months ago, i made a college homework in pixelart, but making one by one, thanks anyways for the video, it will be so useful later