Samurai Duel | Pixel Art Timelapse

[@gamedevmanti4578]

Fight choreography turned out great, and the scrolling fog makes it feel super dramatic!

[@BJGpixel]

Thanks dude! Yeah I don't know exactly what it is about fog but it really helps the atmosphere! :D

[@IamSamisMe]

the dislikes are those who came trained with the blade, not the square

[@RhumpleOriginal]

^ t-shirt idea. Make it a polo all-over print with tiny pixel swords. Text of the back. Channel logo near the pocket area on the front. (Realized this was posted before mine just now. Tagging on because it has more likes 👍 😄 😀 😆 😅 😊 👍 😄 😀 😆 😅 😊 👍 😄 😀 😆 😅)

[@OhJr]

What dislikes?

[@Frostblight415]

I would love to see an entire pixel art anime

[@dellunamusic]

This HAS to happen.

[@smolse6854]

It would take a LÓOOOOOÕOOOOOOOÖOOOOOÒT of time, but it would look cool.

[@smolse6854]

A manga would be easier, and there's a technique there that looks like dithering.

[@eerieeros1422]

@@smolse6854 i think it would be equivalent to a hand drawn 2d animation, but idk i dont do much pixel animation ur right tho, would be awesome to look at

[@ph0oj]

I hate to break it to you, but that wouldn't be an anime. Edit: Yes I'm great at parties.

[@RhumpleOriginal]

T shirt idea right there: "I study the square, not the blade"

[@RhumpleOriginal]

Seriously. Make this and let me buy it from you. Oh and make it an all over print with tiny pixel swords scattered all over. 1000 extra points if you make it a polo shirt with the text on the back and your channel logo on the front over the pocket or pocket-area

[@pinkajou656]

PLEASE!!!

[@unoriginalusername4416]

Wow I never would've thought to use a video game for reference. That's really clever, you can pull so many different angles when you've got the freedom to walk around it

[@unoriginalusername4416]

Also I love the character in the animation at the end. The two fighters have distinctly different movement styles, the one on the left is holding very steady and blocking while the one on the right is more on the offensive and jumps back for a big strike. Very well done as always!

[@pinkajou656]

I agree completely! Brandon, you’re such an inspiration!

[@BJGpixel]

Haha yeah it's also rewarding to use the play time for doing valuable research and location scouting like this 😅

[@BJGpixel]

Thanks! I think I kinda happened into those movements, so I love your interpretation of their styles; that totally worked out!

[@cristhianc5580]

"I didn't spend most of my life studying the blade, i studied the square"

[@diegomedeiros4671]

The cicle is clean. The Foliage and fog make it pretty cinematografic too, making it amazing at the CRT. Great artwork.

[@joabt5071]

yess I love your tiny squares art.🟩🟥🟦🟪🟨

[@DadVader]

Sunday: BJG Pixel extravaganza time! 🤘🤩🤘♥️🔥

[@BJGpixel]

👍😄👍

[@rubiksstudios4584]

This is just amazing. I wish this was a complete video game

[@Toha-kj1mz]

There's a game called Roof Top Samurai but it's just a game made for benbonk game jam #1

[@calinguga]

the sprites remind me a lot of the roguelike caveblazers, it's not samurai themed but very combat oriented.

[@ciryatar]

Concerning sword form: the pushing-against-each-other's-blades-while-staring-in-each-other's-faces-trope is pure fiction. That situation would never arise in an actual sword fight. Just in case you didn't know. This is also not necessarily a criticism - I know there is a reason for this trope in cinema (and thus, by extension, in pixel art abstraction of tense sword fight scenes), and I don't have to like it, but I do have to live with it, so live with it I shall.

[@KyleSzklenski]

Incredible, as always.

[@BJGpixel]

Thanks as always dude!✌️😎

[@rpvarela]

Two things: 1- It is hilarious to me that KZbin auto-tagged your video as Ghosts of Tsushima. Like, as if the game secretly came out decades ago and the actual game is a modern take on it. XD 2- Just a question, if you don't mind: How long have you been making art for, Brandon? Anyways, really appreciate your videos! Cheers!

[@nittayoshifumi8252]

This is the OG Ghost Of Tsushima?

[@rpvarela]

@@nittayoshifumi8252 I mean it as if Brandon's art was the original Ghosts of Tsushima that came out in the Atari-NES era of videogames while the real Ghosts of Tsushima was a remake of Brandon's "original".

[@IamSamisMe]

he's been doing it for 6 years or so. 😃

[@ArturNagy]

The magic swooshes sell me every time and just make me so happy for some reason. Love your art!

[@verrofy]

Always great to wake up to a bjg video

[@mattowens3857]

I think ive watched all your videos now, and this one is my absolute favorite design.

[@jawcodes]

That's so awesome! I always really love when you take one idea and expand it into something even cooler! I also thought it was cool that you used a game for some reference and inspiration, while also taking some creative liberties! :D

[@shanerpressley]

I think this could be some of your best work because of the way you made a simple piece so detailed and lively. The fog does so much for the atmosphere and the location design is clean and well thought out. Fantastic work dude, seriously impressive.

[@t1g049]

o my freaking god that is beautifull

[@Sr.Signori]

Amazing!

[@Chakeeria]

wow. really cool

[@2und2sind4]

This is gorgeous. Nice work

[@metrolibra]

Man, I love your videos. Thank you so much for posting these. Amazing commentary & explanations!

[@bonecircuit9123]

nice touch with the Kurosawa dimension

[@CKTDanny]

Super cool how you pulled off this soft look on a gray-scale image of this resolution, everything looks so natural & cinematic, just like u said in the video! ✨ I found the tip about weathering the shadows particularly helpful, I think I'd usually tend to weather the boards themselves but this is a nice & subtle way to show it 😁

[@BJGpixel]

Thanks dude, was particularly excited to see this cinematic style with the CRT glow! ✨ And yeah the weathering thing is a nice trick when using low resolution like this! My first instinct was also to weather across the board, but they were only 2-px wide I think, so it can get messy 😅 It's fun to come up with ways around that!

[@CKTDanny]

@@BJGpixel I think I can watch them fight on that CRT all day! Studying the square AND the blade 😎

[@BJGpixel]

@@CKTDanny 😂

[@nessi_ho]

I love this project!

[@caiobotelho8528]

such a great work of art, as always. You're truly an inspiration, Brandon. Would love to see you irl and give you a firm handshake!

[@kestergreen3844]

Would love to see you attempt a multi layered landscape scene with a parallax effect. This reminded me of your Princess Mononoke video. Both amazing!

[@mindelofortes12345]

very epic sequel video

[@thomasrodriguez3107]

God damnn .. I was trying to make a pixel art game base on your Samurai Sprite, and I was like, "meh i't's impossible to do animation with such a low pixel res" Guess I was wrong lol!

[@parkercarron4523]

Super awesome and inspiring!

[@mguerra79]

Awesome! You «rock»! Congrats!

[@lucascecin]

Beautiful!

[@wildpaper4388]

Damn, I love it!

[@olyna]

Very inspiring to watch your content you give me lots of food for thoughts.

[@Pumpkinwaffle]

This could make a lovely little game.

[@voytazino]

I admire your passion!

[@juhis-dev]

The fighting animation looks so good, amazing work!

[@Skeffles]

Fantastic loop!

[@saharo4884]

this has A LOT of charm. Great job!

[@98perova]

looks fantastic!!

[@TheSpriteStory]

Sick. Years of studying the square are shining through

[@angrypotato_fz]

I'm very glad you've chosen fitting music for this piece :D I like the black and white look and I understand where it comes from. However, when I saw the first glimpses of this duel I thought that it would also look really cool if you added one color to it - either blue/yellow for swooshes or some red blood splatters (but then it would become a bit brutal) :)

[@chimklee]

I do pixel art normally and I gotta say 1, you are an amazing source of inspiration and 2, this was much harder to make by typing it out 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬛️⬛️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 🟨⬛️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬜️⬛️🟨 🟨⬛️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬜️⬛️🟨 🟨⬛️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬛️⬛️⬜️⬛️🟨 🟨⬛️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬛️⬜️⬛️🟨 🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨 🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨🟨

[@nuclear-meltdown]

I really enojoy what you do, this is gorgeous

[@roncash7640]

It looks amazing even at low-res, reminds me of a mobile game "One Tap Duel". . .🤩🤗😍💯

[@icon8391]

“Take care and keep it square”

[@gorblna]

cool animation, I like it!

[@MADNESS_NH_97]

Could you make a video about NES Mega Man robot master selection screen portraits?

[@cheesegavioli]

Not sure if it's exactly what you're looking for, but he did do a video on portraits iirc. I believe it was from Chrono Trigger.

[@georgijsborovkovs8743]

YAY! I'm only 3 minutes late!

[@GreyFox85]

I thought this was an indie game I was going to buy. Nice pixel skills bro.

[@calinguga]

then you should get caveblazers

[@GreyFox85]

Yeah I got it already man. I just thought this one could be like pixel Bushido Blade.

[@creadoz_]

I really liked your work so about a month ago i looked at your animated works and picked this one for my screensaver (it's amazing). Unfortunately, I did not watch the video, and only today I realized that the object created in 1:26 is a tower and not a beehive hanging from a tree. xD I thought it was funny enough to mention it

[@nahruz.w3044]

I love this one, very well made. It becoming daunting to become a skilled pixelart artist after watching this😬 haha guess I had to practiced more.

[@ffb28a10]

Really loved the cinematic aesthetic supported through the greyscale pallet. At the end i though it would be awesome if you tried to animate sort of a camera movement from the forest zooming into the fight, which would underline the cinematic aspect even more. Maybe thats a technique you could explore in a future video. Much love and appretiation.

[@simondelgado339]

i think you forgot the tree trunk in between the bars in the wall, the tree kinda stops at the top of the wall

[@silluis88]

woooou u are a beast, I admire you.

[@jimmme]

cool!

[@helloguysitsdan]

I would love to see you break down the battle animations from the GBA Fire Emblem games!

[@gonza9467]

awesomeee

[@skillamaroo4976]

Epiiiiic. Btw what's the song during CRT Time?

[@kassawashere4171]

Great

[@brcn3217]

I don't really like using photoshop to animate, i think is to complicated, there is this website called Piskel which is very easy and simple for pixel art and animating it as well!

[@hamzamazin2217]

Wow amazing! Can you make "Prince of Persia" sprite analysis?

[@GH-nf6pc]

Hey Brandon,I would love to do all this too,but I just have android tablet and I just use isopix

Show... Like! 👏

[@icon8391]

Hey Brandon! What pixel art program would you recommend for an iPad?

[@pinkajou656]

Yes! I need this as well! Preferably one where you can use your fingers and resize.

[@Jabersson]

Brandon with his regular music: 😄😁 Brandon with this music: 🤨😐

[@ieatsoap6389]

Can you do another ghibli related pixel art The the princess mononoke is my favorite so far

[@ariniksama7990]

Oh god its art for me

[@sweeerpotato387]

would you be open to going over how you seamlessly use Photoshop to make pixel art? like, how you quickly create layers and grouping and such? orrrrrrrrrr do you know of a good reference to learn these skills? from your previous videos, i've seen you mention you've been doing this a long time, so i understand if its not something you're interested in doing, as these skills are probably just ingrained in your memory by now. but, as a beginner in graphic design/digital art, i want to know how you do it!

[@yourzombiemop8259]

This is gorgeous! Have you released the looping gif anywhere? I can't find it on your Twitter or Instagram.

[@primalconvoy]

Nice. Could you provide links to animatedin gif versions of your work animations please? These need to be out in the wild, for social messaging, memes, etc!

[@roboat6755]

If youre still looking for style suggestions, Sonic Mania has a p interesting artstyle!!

[@rhiannemoll3386]

This kinda reminds me of Budokan.

[@amosnimos]

i could turn this into a video game easily.

[@NobodyAtAll420]

What happened?? You can't see the swords on the crt. Still good 👍.

[@KrucialTiger]

personally ,I think that the fog looks really cool but the movement "distracts" a bit from the fight. Still, I love the art piece overall

[@Microbex]

Hey Brandon, why don't you give 'Construct 3' a go and make the C64 'Bruce Lee' clone. I am pretty sure you can pull it off.

[@YoYo-yx5ju]

I’m interested in starting to do pixel art. Do I need to have a drawing computer/pad or is there another way to do it. Like iPad or something.

[@calinguga]

brandon is using his mac's touchpad

[@TheAtb85]

Hesitation Is Defeat.

[@ayo_chan3385]

Can you tell us how you made your intro 🥰

[@fregatopolitis]

You really like crts huh?

[@tritoner1221]

u forgot to add dark pixels under the tree

[@calinguga]

i believe the tree is further back, not over the fence

[@tritoner1221]

@@calinguga there's an opening in the fence, and there should be dark pixels there

[@Dani_Hwk]

NINJAGO Fans after Golden Legend: Hmmmmmmmmmmm...

[@_isaacbrown]

Do a backflip

[@buster5661]

This guy sure loves to talk and talk

[@person_on_the_internet_]

What else would you wanna do, just.. see a person do pixel art? No.

[@buster5661]

@@person_on_the_internet_ ha

[@ChainPenguin]

Not first

[@jaimegraca2628]

Firstn't

[@mrhat9614]

First

[@icon8391]

Bruh

[@verrofy]

😐

[@icon8391]

Shut up

[@everybodyyoyo]

Why tf do people still do this

[@verrofy]

@@everybodyyoyo honesly

[@thomaslane4911]

second