Pixel Art isometric city speed paint using Aseprite

[@ShabbyChip]

That burger on the wall must have taken up at least four bytes!

[@parker8ball]

I’ll try and be more careful with my bytes next time!

[@frystalcrire]

lol

[@aserta]

I used to do this in paint, back in the late 90's. Nothing special, nothing as good, but it was quite fun. Might try again. Nice work!

[@parker8ball]

I have a vague memory of doing something similar in the 90s! If you are going to try it again I can't recommend Aseprite enough. Really is the perfect app for pixel art and it's strangely affordable. Thanks for the kind words 😃

[@stonewashedskies]

Looks great! Thanks for sharing your process

[@parker8ball]

Thanks! It was fun to make :D

[@CobWasThereVA]

I'm wanting to start drawing pixel art and it's insane how you turned a few shapes into something with depth and shading with just a few changes!

[@parker8ball]

The best advice I can give you is just go for it and learn whilst failing. I learned a process of blocking out basic shapes and then shading them by practice, failure and watching others. That's always been my main motivation for sharing these speedpaints. To hopefully inspire people to try the techniques they see for themselves. Have fun with it and thank you for the kind comment :D

[@D.N.O._.21]

Как же это красиво!

[@parker8ball]

🥰

[@nickk4653]

I really love your music choice for this. And your skills are magnificent.

[@parker8ball]

I appreciate your comment! Thank you 🤩

[@samachu09]

That looks great! The ending shot makes it look like a Polaroid. :)

[@parker8ball]

Thanks! I hadn't really thought about it looking like a Polaroid. But, now I can't unsee it 😂

[@Kovelis]

This reminds me of an android city building game with this exact same style, isometric and used a similar pixel art style

[@parker8ball]

Do you remember what the game is called? I would love to see it

[@Kovelis]

@@parker8ball Theotown, It's a neat little game with a nice community you should check it out!

[@parker8ball]

Added to my Steam wishlist in anticipation of the upcoming summer sale! Thanks :D

[@ytxz3x]

the game is called Theo Town i Believe well its the only pixel art themed City building game i know

[@ytxz3x]

​@@parker8ball ^ couldnt figure out the way to answer the message my bad

[@ВладСидюк2акітр-23м]

Cool!!!

[@parker8ball]

Thanks!

[@eva_0168]

Nice Work! idk but the isometric style always challenge me but since I saw your video I'm feelin super motivated to try it again :D just followed you on instagram. nice to meet you!

[@parker8ball]

Thanks for the kind words and the follows! It was more challenging than I first thought it would be. But, a good grid really helped 😅

[@rafasalles90]

incredible work. I'm just starting to do pixel art. How long did it take to make this?

[@parker8ball]

Thank you! If I remember correctly it took around 4 hours of work on stream. Then, I spent another 30-45 min tidying up things before finalising it

[@CotufaPixel]

Amazing !!

[@parker8ball]

Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time to comment :D

[@CotufaPixel]

@@parker8ball Your welcome :D

[@lilgunft8893]

Это прекрасно

[@parker8ball]

🥰

[@AmandaRaeGA]

my only question is why did you reintroduce the diagonal lines back into the skyscraper? at 13:56 it looks super cool, how did those lines end up back in it?

[@parker8ball]

It was just a small study piece. I had no specific goals or anything solid to create. I'm not sure which lines you are referring to though.

[@AGhostInTheFog]

They're reflections, they show the building is covered in glass (windows)

[@MichaelPokladek]

Great work. Did you create the isometric grid manually or id you use a plugin or something?

[@parker8ball]

Thanks! It's a custom grid I made before starting. You can get it here cleverbones.co.uk/parker8ball/isoTemplate.png

[@Kecapasinan]

@@parker8ball thx for template

[@parker8ball]

no worries!

[@Brutus_sctgame]

Wow.

[@aelius5]

Can we have the template?

[@parker8ball]

cleverbones.co.uk/parker8ball/isoTemplate.png Here's a link to the grid I made for this project. Hope it helps

[@МишельФамилия]

Where can I get this net for isometric art?

[@parker8ball]

cleverbones.co.uk/parker8ball/isoTemplate.png here's a link to the grid I made for this project

[@leomaestri6464]

reminds me of spokane

[@parker8ball]

Spokane looks so lovely! Especially in winter ❄

[@i-use-adblockr]

can i use this as reference for my art ?

[@parker8ball]

Sure! I would love to see the result too :D

[@COFFEE-mi4vn]

how did you open the grid in background?

[@parker8ball]

The isometric grid is layer that I placed on top and reduced its opacity

[@COFFEE-mi4vn]

@@parker8ball thank! i will try it

[@parker8ball]

cleverbones.co.uk/parker8ball/isoTemplate.png Here's a link to the grid I used!

[@mellowmike9583]

@@parker8ball Dude, thank you! Been looking for something like this.

[@parker8ball]

No problem! If you need any more help with it just let me know :D

[@lethiagames9208]

the music....

[@nics9840]

Not me watching the video like:🧘

[@AmandaRaeGA]

also the shadow on the bus is completely wrong.... its just a layer over top of where the shadow should be on the street...

[@parker8ball]

Yea, I fixed this on the final after uploading

[@elianelamoglia8260]

Amei!! Ganhou + 1 inscrita!!

[@parker8ball]

Thank you 🥰