Is Procreate a PERFECT PIXEL ART app?

Is Procreate a PERFECT PIXEL ART app? Before starting to actually work on their art, many beginners have questions about tools and which app to use. This channel is focused on art and creativity but I felt like this whole phase of tool selection needed its own video too.
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[@itslinslife]

It doesnt matter which app to use, when the artist himself is awesome. When artist make awesome drawing just with just 2 colors is awesome. u r right. And blown away with this pixel drawing..wow. why you didnt on the YT Ads in ur video?

[@angrymikko]

Even if the ads are on yt will sell those spots only to advertisers who want those spots. This varies based on your region and the target group you are labeled as based on your online activity.

[@orphen241]

Mikko, I don’t want to sound like a broken record but this pixel art looks amazing. I love seeing your art. Also have a great day (or night) .

[@pixaki7138]

Wow, I loved this video! So much great insight, thank you for sharing it. I’ve started work on blend modes in Pixaki, so hopefully it will appear in the app in the next few months. 🤞 - Luke

[@Danimate_7]

Mikko being a professional artist and being able to talk about specific topics for so long is such a big flex. The pixel art community deserves so much more love to be honest.

[@Vivid_pixcel]

I find it almost a bit philosophical. It's said often in the community that art is problem-solving and that by having limitations you have more problems that need more creative solutions. That same line of logic is why "digital art" can sometimes be demonized as not being art. You have access to ALL colors! You have access to unlimited layers, erasing, and undoing. You only have to make it once and can sell a million copies! Yet, I believe that Digital art is undeniably art. And I think it's because when some creative barriers or problems are broken down, they are replaced by others. Such as your search for the program that has it all mentioned in this video. You have a vision in mind, you see the barrier that is your programs, and you choose to utilize both in order to overcome it. I think the artists of today struggle not with not having enough problems to encounter while creating, and now must personally creating problems they must overcome in order to make their art more creative. People set limitations on themselves, do challenges like one layer or monochrome, etc in order to artificially create these. Doing a specific style of art, such as Pixel art, has so many restrictions and barriers to overcome that make it necessary to be so creative to make something as beautiful as this piece you have made! Maybe the perfect art platform will never exist, and that is okay.

[@Trippy_Space_Bunny]

That color palette tho, this piece is fucking gorgeous! I totally agree with your app price point of view, when I bought my iPad Pro 12.9 I just factored the price of procreate into the price of buying the iPad and saved up. Then when wanting to get into pixel art I looked here for which apps purely for just names of apps to try, I think I may have spent a single evening watching reviews and such then said hell with it and bought pixaki. I ended up eating ramen and lettuce for a week but was fine and having a blast while my initial excitement lasted. Art is so therapeutic and calming to me and I am so grateful to be able to snuggle up on the couch in soft blankets and create art.

[@albertchiu4333]

Oh my god you’re so right!! I’m going to just start my first pixel artwork and who cares what app I’m using, it’s a really inspiring series of video Mikko, thanks a lot !!!!

[@tollestoertchen]

woah, looking at this artwork just makes me super happy.

[@angrymikko]

I'm glad! It's one of those pieces that even made me smile as I was working on it.

[@TechMaestro01]

Personally, I have Aseprite installed on my Mac Book Pro and I screen mirror that to my iPad Pro. It’s a wonderful software for animation, pixel art, etc, and it works perfectly with my iPad.

[@tyeriellewright3519]

Love your videos and artwork, mikko 😄 Watching your videos always gives me a big boost of motivation and inspiration when I’m working on my paintings

[@isabellahitzert]

Your work is always so amazing, love all the colors!!

[@angrymikko]

I’m having anxiety just thinking about how I’d attempt to pronounce that username in a livestream 🤣 the results would probably get me demonetised 😅.

[@isabellahitzert]

@@angrymikko haha its my 2 initials and then last name. I'm from the netherlands, so it is weird 😂 But it is like how most people pronounce "ish" and then you say my last name Hitzert. You don't have to try it lol😅😉

[@authoralyssatillett]

This was the most inspiring video I’ve seen all week. Thank you. Now I’m off to create art.

[@angrymikko]

Nothing makes me happier than hearing that last part 💕🐻

[@delulu6969]

Me on the other hand, I have Adobe CC subscription for design stuff. I've been considering to buy Procreate for so long. It feels redundant but at the same time I feel it might improve my exp. So I keep using what I have but looking at artists enjoying Procreate, I feel like to jump in the ship.

[@KillerTacos54]

Your pixel art is simply magic!

[@gridvid]

Painting and Animaiting Pixel Art in Procreate isnt That Bad… especially the painting Part is awesome

[@birdeynamnam]

your discussions in videos are always thoughtful, nuanced and realistic. I really appreciate that 😊

[@birdeynamnam]

ps. love the bears, rainbows and happy clouds 💞

[@IraKane]

Thanks for art Mikko 😊! Totally agree that the tool is not the most important part of the process. You does not need it at all, because as you always say, having fun in the process is important and it's obvious that you have a lot of fun with procreate. But , just in case it didn't cross your mind, Affinity Designer for iPad, using the pixel persona of the app, may be close to Photoshop for pixel art. You also have Affinity Photo, but I tend to like more Designer, even if you do not consider using the vector side of the app, which can be useful anyway. Hope is useful🙂

[@mchlup]

I love this piece. It puts a smile on my face and reminds me of the Carebear cartoon from the 90s.

[@filo5930]

I love ur art dude! always killing it :D

[@littlebrojay]

your videos are my favorite to watch. i hope u have a great day today~

[@travisk6553]

It's always a good morning when I wake up and find Mikko uploaded another video!

[@angrymikko]

Glad to hear it =) I hope I can make more pixel art soon.

[@koalabeaver4935]

i enjoy every video you make. really entertaining and informative thanks!

[@Enderman-_-]

That is the most beautiful pixel art I've ever seen WOW!!

[@7ajidanger]

You are a great person keep it up, all love from Baghdad

[@carolesweet9808]

Always inspired by ur art work..... I always wanted to draw like that, but I know nth Abt drawing and coloring .... Hopefully I could draw sth like that in the future.

[@PrismaticVelocity]

This is amazing! It reminds me of the amazing world of gumball for some reason. Great artwork! Witch brush did you use?

[@angrymikko]

Burns?

[@PrismaticVelocity]

@@angrymikko I’m so sorry I had made a spelling error! I meant to say brush but I recently descovered your tutorial on how to make it :)

[@kittylil9934]

I like your pixel drawing style. Last month I started drawing a pixel art after watched your videos. But, i still struggling to choose a canvas size. Can you tell me what canvas size did you use in this drawing? Thnaks

[@angrymikko]

I always use resolutions listed in my second pixel art video. The one where a bear is waiting at a bus stop.

[@kittylil9934]

@@angrymikko thank you 😊

[@zuljaras]

I also use Procreate to make the assets for my game. It is ok do draw pixel art on it but the selection tool also selects subpixels and makes them transparent and it does not feel good at all. They also do not have any plans to support pixel art as they stated "this is a drawing/illustration app". Yet they will support 3D model painting with the new M1 chip :(

[@angrymikko]

I can't comment on the 3d stuff because I don't have access to the beta of the new update. I do wonder if it's something I would use over substance painter because I have it now as a part of my creative cloud subscription. Any 3d assets I make are always done on this PC so there would have to be something in the 3d painting that's better than in substance painter for me to go through the extra step of switching from desktop to iPad. Hard to say before I've tried it but the convenience of having a portable tablet to use for texture painting just might be enough of a reason. Seems like a huge feature compared to something like a pixel pencil though but it might be more interesting for the majority of people doing illustration on that app. I don't have an opinion of this either way. My favourite thing about procreate is that the UI is clean and it's not bloated with features. Yet.☝🏻

[@zuljaras]

@@angrymikko That is true but they could at least add as an option in the drawing assist to have the select tool snap to a grid made in the drawing assist. This is the only thing missing for making pixel art easier on Procreate.

[@花らやん]

Photoshop is better for it in my opinion because if you select something with the lasso tool it snaps to the grid. If you do this in procreate the pixels won’t be in grid I hope I was clear😂

[@angrymikko]

PS is currently unusable for pixel art on ios and that's why it's only mentioned in the pc section of this video.

[@tessuttaja]

I did not expect you to be Finnish wtf The first 5 seconds really surprised me

[@kivsune3832]

I love your videos!!❤

[@angrymikko]

Love you for coming all this way in the depths of internet to see them 💕

[@mechantechatonne]

Pixaki added blend modes!

[@lyssasletters3232]

Thanks for sharing your art process with us, Mikko💗💗💗

[@yuriayato4537]

May i have the colour pallete☺️

[@nguyentai464]

hello mikko, how can you sketch with normal brush in pixel canvas like you did in your video ?

[@angrymikko]

See my "Pixel art on ipad" tutorial. You can create my pixel brush for free using that guide.

[@inmintealucagula]

What dimensions should a canvas have if I want to make a pixel art and put it as my pc wallpaper?

[@angrymikko]

Doesn’t matter as long as you expand it into the wallpaper resolution the right way by using even numbers and nearest neighbour transform mode. See the end of my pixel art tutorial video for examples of that process.

[@CougarX01]

Which brush did you use in making this amazing pixel art?

[@PALbub]

Totally agree

[@salfamahfirah1584]

i tried doing pixel art with 100x100 pixel canvas, but when i export.. well... i could barely see the drawing since it’s low resolution. anyone know how to export your pixel art in high res? please help, thank you!

[@angrymikko]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZbTh3Wwnb6ihpo. It’s covered in this tutorial. Easier to see it in action and the new snapping function makes it even easier.

[@coffeeandgames82]

Hello friend! Any chance there will be a release date for the coffee shop print please?

[@jerrywanda3886]

What resolution did you use for this amazing artwork?

[@angrymikko]

256x256 pixels. On any app I recommend always setting the canvas resolution to even numbers. Even if you're working on pc photoshop or aseprite. This helps when scaling it up.

[@jerrywanda3886]

@@angrymikko thank you for taking the time to respond! I really appreciate it!

[@syedtaha4284]

@@angrymikko how do I make it look clear on export?

[@davidagiel8130]

It does lack in features needed for making pixel art easier, but it works ok, it will take youa little longer to do it that's all.

[@angrymikko]

I do wish I could set up few brushes for pixel art. The one I used in this piece is called "almost dither" because it does a dithering effect 80% of the time but I couldn't get rid of a 5 pixel cross that happens in every 9th repeat of the grain source x__X

[@zuljaras]

@@angrymikko I have the perfect dither brushes for pixel art. If you want I could send them to you?

[@xario2007]

@@zuljaras I would like em! email okay? xario at gmx dot net

[@RudyChannelArt]

Nice video ... but i always using infinite painter app 😍

[@baguskrishna9218]

i bought pixelart brush from ittaimanero and its easier for me in procreate rather than pixaki pixaki lack of feature (because maybe im used to use procreate) and only develop by 1 men imo

[@angrymikko]

I’d like to remind everyone that there’s a free guide for making a free pixel art brush for procreate on this channel. It takes only 2 minutes to set up. Like said in this video I really don’t care about app comparisons so I’m not going to get involved in those discussions.

[@talkingfish7901]

At 0:50 he mentions a limitation that clip studio has but I can’t understand what he said it is. I would really like to know.

[@angrymikko]

There’s a maximum zoom level that prevents you from getting as close to your artwork as all of the other options mentioned in this video

[@talkingfish7901]

@@angrymikko thank you.

[@Alesssio_1]

hello, what are your canvas settings? answer please

[@humaira11223]

256 x 256 pixels, he mentioned it in a reply :)

[@emmanuelquevedo7440]

Bro cuidate, me encanto

[@stefanfritzenwallner8887]

Hey! How do you export your pixel art from procreate without having the issue that the picture is blurried?

[@angrymikko]

I made a step by step tutorial about it in my first pixel art video☝️

[@_HXHfan]

What brush do you use for pixel art??

[@angrymikko]

This one -> kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZbTh3Wwnb6ihpo

[@santiagoatehortua5863]

Just as you think pixel art may not make money nfts decide to come along 😂😂

[@angrymikko]

Doing NFTs is basically a PR suicide at this point for understandable reasons.

[@darkchild130]

this aged well 😂

[@angrymikko]

Yup, still a career suicide, probably even more so now that everyone is over the whole thing. Almost everyone who bought NFTs during the boom lost their money because the value of them absolutely tanked to zero. … karma did its job 😌

[@darkchild130]

@@angrymikko i'm very happy it all fell apart.

[@yangmoplay321]

很喜歡！

[@Nathe.Artspace]

What pixel brush did you use?

[@angrymikko]

You can make it by following this tutorial: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZbTh3Wwnb6ihpo

[@Nathe.Artspace]

@@angrymikko Thank you!

[@TheArtOfJerry]

I can't stand pixel art but pixel art work great

[@queldar27]

I used to love joining your streams and drawing along or chatting nonsense, but honestly, after a while I was tired of hearing the same questions over and over: what app do you use, what brushes, do you use a screen protector, etc etc. All these questions the answer to which don't automagically make you a better artist. I hope people see this video and receive the message.

[@FreyaVal]

Marmoset hexel

[@angrymikko]

Also not available for ios so it's not included in here. BUT I have used Hexels and I do think it's a neat program for desktop users. I wouldn't recommend it for pixel art because the UI is a bit cumbersome compared to aseprite or PS but Hexels has it's own unique features for geometric art that it does really well. I have few pieces in my gallery that were done with Hexels but they're not pixel art they're vectors exported out of Hexels to illustrator.

[@angrymikko]

It’s also a relatively cheap program so anyone who’s on the fence about it; you don’t really lose much by giving it a shot. Sometimes weird tools like Hexels can be a nice spark for creativity to do something new.

[@FreyaVal]

I haven’t used Aseprite. I have only seen the app on Steam and don’t know if i can use Aseprite on ipad? When i saw the app on steam, I didn’t even know what Aseprite is.

[@angrymikko]

It’s never coming to ipad. They were looking into it at one point but decided not to do it at all.

[@Faeantra]

HELLLO