INSANELY Smooth pixel ATTACK Animation Tutorial

[@NoomStuff]

This whole video is just me being like: "oh yeah that looks good", and them you make it 3x better

[@Penusbmic]

hehe thanks for the kind words!

[@Lepua]

@@Penusbmic you also make it seem so easy... really cool stuff ngl.

[@animatrix1490]

I love the advice of counting pixels to track volume, that's actually really helpful!

[@silphv]

I don't get it. The character, like almost every other 2D character, is moving like a 3D character projected onto 2D. Sometimes the sword is behind him, sometimes in front, etc. Conserving "volume" is just not how that works. Just look at any reference that inspires you where you like the pose, see how things like clothing, limbs and weapons become foreshortened in space, and do what looks good to your eye. Don't be constrained by conserving pixel count unless you're trying to stylize the thing as a literally flat (a shadow, or like paper mario) creature that for some stylistic reason can't change proportion at all. Penusbmic doesn't always follow this rule in the video itself, it doesn't always look good to do. (The general rule of "the end of the cloak has to go somewhere" does make sense but it's not about counting pixels. "somewhere" might mean behind another pixel, like how approximately half the cloak is in theory behind the character's body.)

[@silphv]

I want to add though the result looks good in this video, there's a lot that he's doing right here to give it a good feel.

[@ruslansmirnov9006]

has been known since forever, since 70's

[@jontay4199]

@@silphv if you watch the video, it’s not like he follows it like a law. He even mentions when the movements are more subtle, he deletes them and says no need to move these as they went behind him.

[@styxrakash4639]

@@silphv I see what you are saying but you could still track volume during certain movements that are 2D with respect to the viewer

[@lorissirol2684]

I'm a 3D animator and I love how pixel art animation can really help you think out of the box, thanks for the videos (Might test it out someday)

[@TheNameIsFa11]

I think that’s the coolest thing about the human mind. Learning something almost completely different can actually help so much thinking better when doing the main thing you are learning. I started learning pixel art by thinking about it as 2D sculpting, this helped me understand the form and how to block in the art without difficult lines :)

[@ruslansmirnov9006]

in comparison to level of animation in the Ori series, this is complete trash and you can't say it can be like that just bc it is low-res (so called pixel graphics)

[@fastlearner292]

​@@ruslansmirnov9006if you are incapable of understanding an art form maybe don't share your worthless opinion on it

[@ast3077]

Well said

[@daxramdac7194]

​@@TheNameIsFa11Yeah it's really something, we should look into it more as a study in the phenomenon of learning. I myself was always sketching and loved to draw, but I always felt my perspective needed work, my volumes, etc just that my shapes I wanted them to sit in 3d space and look good, but would be so hard sometimes to figure out how to make progress. When I got into 3D modeling and spent all my time there, I remember going back to sketching to work on designing my own stuff, to learn concepting basically, now that I felt comfortable 3d modeling. Turns out, my ability to sketch went WAY WAY up, it's like those areas that needed work just sort of fixed themselves because, after doing so much modeling requires you to constantly be rotating the model around checking things make sure it's correct, somehow translated directly to sketching. Like my mind had a much better understanding of 3d space and how shapes should look in perspective, suddenly sketching volumes wasn't so taxing anymore, and in fact came very naturally, as if I was modeling on paper.

[@jojodelacroix]

I really like the note about keeping the volume of an object the same when talking about the cloak. But at the same time, your perspective will change what you can see, so for some things it makes sense to just sort of remove pixels.

[@Penusbmic]

Yes! That's a solid point as well 😃

[@Daszkal]

Holy shit. I'm in the middle of a game jam trying out making stuff for the first time and my friend, I can tell you with authority that uh... well let's just say baby's first animation is looking preeeetty gnarly. And this video taught me SO much about the tool, the workflow, and like... just how to think about the process in a way that let's you iterate through from a static image to a finished animation. I seriously can't thank you enough. I feel like I went from knowing nothing to being actually confident that I can do this. First I'm sharing this with my team, and then I'm gonna go binge the rest of your content. Thank you. ❤

[@misfitmadman]

Yours and Hyper light drifters artstyle is always a huge inspiration for some of my art, and I'm so excited to see some animation tutorials here on KZbin to help watch and listen to while I work on my own animations. Excited to see more in the future and thank you.

[@Penusbmic]

Thanks for the kind words and the support! Means a lot to me 🙂

[@DanielSoeMusic]

@misfitmadman are you the bird man?

[@deadsharpie1]

whats the song in your video

[@WormWorm86]

worm 45

[@Shug11]

This entire process was amazing to watch and your approach to explaining it is perfect.

[@Penusbmic]

Thanks so much 😊

[@PektraNao]

the speed of how you worked this animation is insane!! its like second nature and you were moving every little squares without hesitation . I was like oooh... then oooh shhhiiii... ohhh yeah thats greaatttt

[@cescimes]

insane timing for me to find you literally yesterday searching for pixel art tutorials keep up the good work and a big thank you!

[@gearjacky]

This has got to be one of the easiest to understand breakdowns of an animation I've ever seen. Awesome work!

[@PokemonFan123]

i feel like this is the golden gem in the sand of all the pixel art videos im going to find to help me improve

[@robertnoall8847]

I stumbled across this but it blew my mind how well you explain things and why you do them!

[@paulroberto2286]

Thank you for this! I recently started pixel art for a game, and was struggling to make my animations feel impactful. Seeing your entire process was really nice! The video length was perfect too, long enough that it's easy to follow, but short enough that it isn't daunting.

[@wowa810]

Wow. The whole animation took you less than 20 minutes and the result is really clean

[@EvoSchecter]

Probably would have taken longer if there were actually some colors 😂

[@zneeke]

This just became my most favorite video :) Love it! Thanks for sharing your workflow. I've learned a lot by just watching your videos.

[@Penusbmic]

Thank you Z! appreciate the support :)

[@JesseBrohinsky]

This is so relaxing to watch. Beautiful.

[@Penusbmic]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@andrewmartin2341]

Ive bought a bunc of your sprites in the past but had no idea you made videos! KZbin just decided to suggest your channel. Love seeing your workflow.

[@Penusbmic]

Weooo thanks for the support here as well 😀

[@Pat.Man.]

This was so good, just downloaded Aseprite to start playing around. Love how well you explained this, can't wait to get my first character going! Thanks.

[@cripz1436]

Oh you worked on that dome keeper game I've been watching no wonder how I found this channel, everything is coming full circle now😮

[@nosamnm6410]

i would play a game just for that character design he looks so fucking awesome, right up my alley.

[@thumbhead007]

you make it looks so simple I swear that's mesmering

[@OmniCroissant]

I can't believe you drew something so good in only 18 minutes, it would take me several hours to make something half as good as this.

[@07forgot2]

He sped up the playback

[@OmniCroissant]

@@07forgot2 still impressive

[@nk59237]

Years of practice speed up the process buddy..

[@Hubfull]

I’m a huge fan, I bought many assets from you… That inspired me so much !! Many thanks

[@zaftnotameni]

my god this looks incredible

[@Sackwiz]

Awesome video! Seeing your animation made it seem really intimidating to try and attempt something like this, but when you broke it down you made it a lot more approachable. Very insightful! The animation is stunning!!

[@NodeNature]

You make this look so easy. I’d love to see this put into a game.

[@lordrakes5528]

I think I saw your art on reddit ! Being a noob artist at 23 years old this is so inspiring ! I hope I'll be able to do such smooth animations one day !

[@BMUTED]

It was totally awesome to hear your game develope progress

[@globalcitizen123-hl3dv]

thank you youtube for suggesting this video to me! I wasn't even looking at anything sprite-related (but some game-dev stuff). great video, really liked your workflow from creating the character to adding the 'vfx'. subscribed!

[@kindacruise]

i played bullet bunny a few months ago, blown away by the art (and use of gdev, my favorite). crazy how as soon as i download aseprite i get you in my rec. thanks for the great tutorial!

[@Penusbmic]

Weooo! Well thanks for the support in many different ways 😀

[@FlorianMtd]

So cool !

[@Penusbmic]

Thank you!

[@waveymane]

such a simple character, but what an animation, so cleaaan. Really got that umph!

[@RavenCroftLoft]

This is great man, love my cloaked dudes . A good hearty cloak adds so much weight and flavor to a character. I’m currently online searching for inspiration. Achieved!

[@kofiro253]

Thanks for this tutorial! I managed to understand things better, especially about keeping track of the volume of pixels!

[@Vaeori]

You're awesome i use your assets to keep me coding havent used them in an actual game yet tho but youve kept me on top of burnout by either free material to code with or inspiration to make art i found you on itch and youve been a legend in my head since then

[@question_mark]

wow this actually smoothed my eyes

[@VinciWare]

Phenomenal tutorial! Subscribed 😁

[@Penusbmic]

Thanks so much! ❤️❤️

[@digitaldagor]

You make it look so easy.

[@ctw-gk8jg]

you helped me draw my first pixel anim work! thanks!

[@UnrulyVet]

this is not the massive pain in the ass I imagined it to be. Thanks for the video. This answered a lot of questions for me.

[@pricemedlin5651]

this reminds me of the animations from the old browser game armed with wings, looks awesome!

[@LocSec]

This was fantastic. Thank you for sharing. I just started doing pixel animation as a bit of a hobby and this gave me so many cool and fun ideas.

[@BigWander]

The volume trick is such a valuable tip! Never really considered it but makes so much sense :O

[@tyrussell3516]

I saw one of your posts on instagram for a progress check and I thought it was so cool

[@fenyonimrod1050]

Dude i absolutley love what you're doing. I want to make animations like this. Sometimes i want to make them so bad i forget that i accually want to code as well. Maybe i'm just a visual guy ya know. But its sooooo cool what you'we done. Congrats 🤩

[@brandonjacksoon]

Dome Keeper art was awesome! Glad youtube recommended your channel

[@JonasMostert]

This looks amazing! many tips to take to heart!

[@uCvm2]

"wow this looks great" *draws 1 line and makes it look 10x better somehow*

[@ahmedorieb]

love is animation pixel

[@NeptuneKnives]

This is a great character.. God I have ideas but never sure if I'll ever get to realize them until I'm more financially stable

[@minhquanglai3158]

thanks for tutorial, i really love your channel, its easy to understand with a newbie

[@TheSharkasmCrew]

Sick work man. This video really making me consider buying aseprite.. lol. Such a clean, no-BS workflow and UI for sprite work.

[@Penusbmic]

Thank you! And it's honestly the best pixel program. Top notch

[@wallacekgames2266]

I'd reccomend buying it if you can, but if you can't afford it for whatever reason, you can compile it from the source code for free

[@teebs1290]

i really enjoyed this, keep it up. I've learnt so much even from just this one video

[@Penusbmic]

Ty 😊❤️

[@shirazu-kun]

Finally found you! I've seen your art once on Insta but I can't find it since then, I'm glad your video got recommend.

[@just_a_zombie6718]

i already learned a lot just from this video wow

[@Yuno-fq1oo]

This has give me an idea to make a game of my own, I was struggling with choosing a style but this right here open my mind, love the art man❤

[@minidavid-devdave]

You can create a game that looks like any style. From painterly to minimalist to a silhouette type game. Depends with the mood you're going for

[@zthalesp]

Hello bro, I'm from Brazil and I really liked the video tutorial, well explained, Nice

[@Penusbmic]

Hey, thanks! 😊

[@lenardEkko]

i saw someone on twitter ripping this off ages ago. really cool to see the original creator

[@PJokerLP]

You make great videos and amazing tutorials. As already mentioned in other comments. Would be perfect if you keep it at normal speed. There definitely are a lot of people who will appreciate long videos about pixel art and seeing you go through your process. Greetings from Germany, and stay healthy Marcel

[@Penusbmic]

Thank you!! And lesson learnt, a new video coming tomorrow, at normal speed😂😂 ❤️❤️

[@Omiro02]

bro when I make animations it takes me 10 times longer than it takes you. You obviously became very proficient at this hahaha. I think I have been doing it wrong the whole time, because when I animate, I animate each part of the body separated and then smash it all together and hoping it works, then a I refine the details, but I like your process much more than mine

[@Slindsay8]

I work in Revit and am a Revit instructor at our school. Your speed in aesprite is like me in Revit. But i’m soo slow in aesprite haha. I had no idea aesprite could do all that and so fast. Very cool

[@kierjackson1000]

I've been following you for a long time and never realized you had a YT. You make me want to get back into Pixel art and spritework. Maybe motivate myself to find a studio or project to join.

[@thisoldguard]

its so cool, bro, good job!

[@MaievShadowsong-tv2hi]

its almost midnight and i had the urge to learn pixelart. man i love this video so much u made me love the process of making it not just the result. its so cool and i learned quite a lot. Im currently copying what ur doing to see if i can replicate it, imma do my own sprite after hehe

[@thedripinspector158]

YOURE SO AWESOME

[@blacksheep1337]

First 5mins took me 1:30h to do, great video thanks for the tips.

[@Penusbmic]

You're welcome!

[@henrymiranda8276]

bro! you're the best one, I learned a lot just with this video, greetings

[@superflashilandia]

Fantastic work!

[@Bad.Ju.Ju.]

Amazing, thank you for opening our eyes! You got a new subscribe!

[@jessca1h]

Incredible - fascinating to watch!

[@raildogameart]

I found the youtube channel of my favorite pixel artist

[@Penusbmic]

❤️❤️❤️

[@Skullzbear]

Thanks for this Video, im completly new to pixel animnation, but to watch a video like this helped me a lot to understand the process

[@project.shavkiyev]

Pretty cool! I think I'm gonna learn many things from you.

[@gamingbabee]

cool! gotta save this for my project later 💃🏻💃🏻

[@AdamTheCoop1]

this is excellent advice. bro wth I didnt realize acesprite even had onion skin and ive got at least 100 hours in it lmao, I guess this means I need to watch your other stuff too

[@amazingsparckman]

I dono why I never used this, pretty smooth animation

[@xVovex]

Insanely good! This is a big inspiration for me, thanks for sharing.

[@BenManaois]

This is sick man! The sped up voice is driving me crazy though

[@Penusbmic]

Thank you! And definitely thought the same after posting lmao lesson learnt

[@bobsmithy3103]

Ay I played your Shougun game recently when randomly browsing itch. I really loved the gameplay and art!

[@Jupek5936]

zajebiście się słucha ludzi którzy się czymś pasjonują i potrafią to pokazać lub wyjaśnić, tak powinna wyglądać edukacja

[@BulletsToBrainRatio]

Saw you on Twitter and Instagram, glad I’ve stumbled across your channel

[@Penusbmic]

Thanks for all the support :)

[@Ownagin]

man this looks sick

[@junoestro]

your art is gorgeous omfg wow you are amazing please keep this up

[@Penusbmic]

Thank you so much!!

[@Zane_2029]

How have I not seen your channel before?. I'm looking forward to getting into Indie Game Dev and this tutorial really helps to understand some basic animation fundamentals for animating game sprites, You've got a sub from me.

[@V1c._.]

Is it just me or is the video sped up?

[@Almondiah]

Not just you lol

[@snazzydaddy1]

def not just you

[@ForgetDanny95]

Yeah I had to set playback speed to 0.75 for normal sound

[@Web.Regularis]

I was gonna mention that

[@COW879]

as a professional video watcher (1.75x only), yep

[@joshua1846]

took you 50 minutes to make a masterpiece... damn...

[@lucaspedroso6736]

Simply Incredible

[@matheusnicky]

Great video. Loved it

[@theone-xo6un]

i'm gona use this to fix the gunner form the dark collection xD

[@janjakruso]

super good tutorial, thank you very much

[@Penusbmic]

thank you!

[@erkandursun01]

This pixel animation tutorial is very good thank youu

[@dimitardobrev3296]

That was indeed very cool.

[@aspen.coloradx]

Love the animation!

[@nobody7204]

The pixel art reminds me of Hiperlight drifter. The animations and the designs are really cool!

[@panpan6014]

Hey ! i follow your Insta and i was asking myself how did you do to make your beautiful animation in pixel art, and now i'm discovering that you teach us to do it !!! you're the best ! thanks a lot !

[@useful_mike]

This was mind blowing

[@ast3077]

Appreciate the upload good work

[@exponsional]

Its looks so cool

[@4wiru]

i get genuine curious about how long you practiced to be as good as you are now. Ur art is so cool and you do it so fluidly that is just amazing to watch.

[@Penusbmic]

Thank you! And I've been going pretty much everyday since 2019 with pixels/animations 😃 only animation before that was on notepads as a kid!

[@4wiru]

​@@Penusbmic thats pretty conforting to know to be honest. Keep going dude, much love

[@playbehnder]

@@Penusbmic that's very good to hear. Thanks!

[@Code4U_]

Thanks.... U inspired me.... I will try to buy one of your tutorial...... I know it hard and take more time .....😊