Links and timestamps in the description! :D FOLLOW-UP: Aseprite is free if you compile it yourself. Also, other common software options include: pixilart, pixel studio, pixelorama, ms paint, seashore (mac)! As I mentioned, the options presented here were the top 12 most frequently mentioned when I combed through a bunch of "recommendation" sites - there are so many other choices out there, it gets hard to keep track 😥
@lostglaceon92744 жыл бұрын
Just figured I'd mention, Piskel has an application version too so you can work offline. It makes backups of your work automatically, and you can browse through them at any time. It also has a few notable features you didn't mention here, such as being able to make and export your own palettes, and being able to tweak things such as individual layer transparency. Just a quick edit, maybe you could do a more in-depth review of it sometime? It's one I've been using for a long time, and I'd love to see someone's professional opinion of it.
@astro70684 жыл бұрын
I'm doing a pixel art hat because of a competition for a game and this is my first pixel art drawing :D
@lorelei62684 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the information that you give to us! 😊 And omg The Shins (Heartworms) T-shirt! I literally love that album.
@Dude27th4 жыл бұрын
Did you just skipped Paint.net bro ? smh
@antigravitypig84894 жыл бұрын
Why do you use Mac? That shit is trash!
@WhatDaHeckIsThat4 жыл бұрын
As someone who uses GIMP, is used to GIMP, and is most comfortable in GIMP, don't use GIMP. EDIT: Over the years, I've changed my mind. GIMP is a good program, it's just designed more for programmer brain than artist brain, so people who mostly use artist brain disseminated a whole lot of propaganda about the UI.
@pixelwastakenwastaken4 жыл бұрын
right Ho then
@joecooper85274 жыл бұрын
WHY NOT ?
@WhatDaHeckIsThat4 жыл бұрын
@@joecooper8527 The UI is pretty bad and unintuitive. Like, you can do the stuff you need to do, but it doesn't do them in the way that you would think an image editor would.
@Scarabola4 жыл бұрын
I tell everyone these same words whenever GIMP is brought up: "GIMP was not made for use by a human".
@romeozkauba13294 жыл бұрын
@@WhatDaHeckIsThat the ui has been pretty much the same since like 2006 lol (yeah it sucks)
@SnowheadBlitz3 жыл бұрын
Hi! I do pixel art on the online program PISKEL, in fact, almost all of my work comes from that program, including my profile picture. Sadly, they are slowly removing the ability to save your works online, as it has become too costly for them to keep up tabs on the servers, so, you will have to use the application you can download from the site if your want to save it all in one place. But, if you want to just dip your toes in, and use the browser app on its own, you still can, and here's a few tips! #1 - Tooltips. I actually hadn't noticed these for a long time, and I wish I would've been told sooner, but, if you hover over a tool, pay attention to it. It usually has tips for special features, such as hold shift on the circle and square tools, to keep them at a 1:1 ratio. #2 - Rotating. Sadly, there is no way to rotate objects in PISKEL, so you will need to be prepared to draw, and redraw, and redraw again if it doesn't turn out the right way. You become accustomed to it over time, but if you're just starting, do keep this in mind. #3 - Stamping. There is a special tool called "Shape Select," which let's you do just that. Any pixels of the same color, that are connected, count as a shape, and thus, you can use it to make stamps, by having a silhouetted version of your art to act as a shape select, dragging the selection over to your drawing, copying, and pasting your now copied "stamp" wherever you like. This is useful if you have a simple grass texture you want to throw around, or if you are making a mock up for a game level. If you have anything you are confused about, don't hesitate to reply to this comment with your question regarding the program. I'd love to answer them for you~!!
@CKTDanny4 жыл бұрын
Aseprite is awesome! I switched to it from Photoshop and used it to animate a game. I learned a lot about other software from your video, super helpful as usual! Happy New Year dude! :)
@BJGpixel4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, and Happy New Year! Yeah I definitely find the Aseprite animation tool more immediately intuitive than Photoshop (although I'm used to PS at this point!). That's really cool, is your game available online?
@CKTDanny4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It's called Neon Hook, I made it with my friends at Arytomi. I used to run the Instagram up until ~September, you might've seen us! Seeing your works on Instagram definitely inspired us in the process, so thanks for doing that! Haha
@BJGpixel4 жыл бұрын
@@CKTDanny Ohhh of course! Yeah I'm familiar with Neon Hook; love the cyberpunk aesthetic! Glad to have had any kind of inspiration. Nice job, just now putting together that you're with Arytomi haha 😂
@CKTDanny4 жыл бұрын
Hahaha thanks man!! Love to hear the support :) Keep the videos coming!
@peppermint_82 жыл бұрын
If I remember correctly, this is the video that introduced me to piskel, which I do all my pixel art in and have really improved with! Thanks!
@InnoVintage Жыл бұрын
With all your recent modeling stuff I think it would be great to see a "sequel" to this video covering modeling software.
@NoeLPZC4 жыл бұрын
I'm a long time Graphics Gale user and to get the most out of that program you really need to set up hotkeys and customise the GUI a bit first. Once you've done that it's incredibly efficient though. The "lack" of an eraser is unintuitive at first but makes perfect sense. After all, what is "erasing" if not just drawing with a transparent colour? It's very simple to set a hotkey to select the transparent colour too (I use "E", for obvious reasons). It took me a while to wrap my head around how transparency works, since there's an option for both layer and frame transparency. If you save a PNG with the bottom layer with transparency but don't set transparency in the frame options then GG fills it in with a solid colour (and if it's a colour your image uses it can be a pain to remove, if not completely destroy your work). Once you add in alpha channels it's even more confusing, but I only use 8-bit mode so I don't have to deal with that. No semitransparency in 8-bit though, which is annoying. In short, it has its quirks but it's overall fantastic.
@CLSharpman50002 жыл бұрын
I second this, I have all my tools set to my left hand home row on the keyboard.
@North_annex2 жыл бұрын
i would probably use graphics gale if it was avaliable for mac, but it isn't
@EphemeralPseudonym7 ай бұрын
I will never get used to GraphicsGale because you need to actually swap the color you're drawing with to do so instead of just right or middle clicking (Usenti is awesome for letting me middle click for a third color)
@NoeLPZC7 ай бұрын
@@EphemeralPseudonym I find it quicker, TBH. You're almost always close to the colour you want, and having the dropper mapped to the right mouse button makes swapping colours easy. If I had to go back to the palette every time I needed a new colour it'd get tiring quick.
@EphemeralPseudonym7 ай бұрын
@@NoeLPZC I just have a macro set up for using the eyedropper tool on the fly lol I prefer not having to do any color selection like that either, having three colors available at all times usually is enough for rendering any areas of pixel art More than that, I can't stand how the cursor works in Aseprite or PS-likes, and it's still a bit janky in GraphicsGale, although GG is imo the best by far when you're not just doing a standalone piece. People dislike it because the UI is windows 95 theme by default, but like... we used to switch windows UI to 95 style on purpose
@Vedhon Жыл бұрын
i just made a spontaneous decision to start doing pixel art, feels like i am throwing myself into hell but i did give myself my word, and that is enough to complete my goal
@tyscha6102 Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad that i'm still a student so I had to pay 110€ (for 20+ programs from adobe). I wanted to start making pixel art a year ago but I didn't have adobe back then. For my school project I need to make a graphic novel and I wanted to make it in pixel art, it's going to be a challenge, but i'm willing to try.
@duseylicious2 жыл бұрын
Love this overview! I'm no expert so I don't have much to add, other than I've played with a few mobile tools that seemed decent - Pixel Studio and Pixelable. Using them on an iPad with the stylus was pretty fun!
@Dude27th4 жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention how intuitive Paint.net is for starting pixel art and how flexible it is as well.
@ironyelegy2 жыл бұрын
my bf bought me aseprite years ago for my birthday and i just wasn't skilled enough to use it. now that im an animation student it really shines tho :) it's great for pixel art in general but esp for pixel animation. Krita is also a great program for digital artists and has an animation engine.
@MattBarrIsTricky Жыл бұрын
Gave an answer 3 seconds in. Got an upvote / subscribe 3 seconds in. Then I stayed for the whole video.
@FlameRat_YehLon5 ай бұрын
Among all the mentions in the video, I think only ProMotion NG and Graphics Gale does proper 256 indexed colors. And only ProMotion NG got proper pallet management. (Plus you get a stamping feature over Graphics Gale.) Aseprite got an "improper" indexed color mode that can have more than 256 colors and can't do pallet swap animation (which can make some retro pixel art effect very hard to pull off). It's probably a good thing if you are dealing with "hi-bit" style though, but with the lack of tools and it's questionable why anyone would want more than 256 colors in the same sprite, it's probably still better to do it on ProMotion NG. And bonus fact, Graphics Gale also works as a good video-to-gif converter, allowing you to cleanup duplicated frames and set property frame length to all the frames, and personally I recommend it to all gif makers. It doesn't perform well on clips over 300 frames long, thought, so definitely trim the video before import.
@DudeWatIsThis4 жыл бұрын
Mad props to this guy. Straight to the point, no bullshit. Fucking subbed.
@placid70883 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot for your information about pixel art softwares
@Chicken-Cha-Chas Жыл бұрын
Thanks man, I’m making a short little looped animation with ripped assets from a metroidvainia game I like.
@Thatkidlbs3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video!
@pastabenda24152 жыл бұрын
Which of them are available for Linux (the paid ones)? Also great video
@jafie4787 Жыл бұрын
I used to rely on Paint Net (a program James skipped over for the most part) and I'd like to mention how difficult it is to do pixel artwork in this program. I used the program for editing character sprites in a higher fidelity than pixel art to create custom versions but recently with my introduction to this channel I began using Piskel am looking into Aseprite. I picked up Paint Net again and found the canvas movement options to be wonky and very labor intensive to move from one side to the other, although not impossible. It has similar layering tools to that of Gimp or Photoshop, even allowing for a color overlay. If anyone takes my comment as suggestion, give it a try if nothing else is working for you, but know there are challenges that some other programs don't have.
@SamiTheAnxiousBean3 жыл бұрын
Well the best program for pixel art really depends on your own taste so I recommend anyone reading this to try out the programs for a while to test out what program they like the most In my case I'm using Mspaint Vista
@mixchief3 жыл бұрын
GRAFX2 is a tribute, if anything, to Deluxe Paint on the good ole Amiga!
@MaxPewpew3 ай бұрын
personally i use aseprite for the actual pixel art and if i want to change the texture color overall or add something to it i use gimp
@yasseralhablags2 жыл бұрын
game maker 8.1 and game maker studio 1.1 (I using both) has a built-in pixel art drawing tool to handle your sprites...and you can make animation by duplcating the same canvas and editing the new copy
@lossarquo78154 жыл бұрын
I use Piskel.
@mnpalazzo2 жыл бұрын
Amazing! I'm looking to get into pixel art and use Photoshop as well. Curious how you day up your canvas and what are your settings to get that hard edge pixel line drawing. What brushes do you use too?
@jessiebell68844 ай бұрын
question as a krita user: what kind of settings do I need for my brushes? They all smudge into other pixels when I need solid one-pixel colors. It's not the cleanest of options. Edit: never mind, I found it. I selected the fineliner, went into brush settings>brush tip and deselected anti-aliasing.
@poison_ivon18043 жыл бұрын
I’m making a Minecraft mod and some of theses sites look like they may help me, thank you!
@nweditor8752 жыл бұрын
Great video just curious what is the best pixel art program to change colors on a gameboy color game that is easy to use?
@prettyraddad3 жыл бұрын
I tried Grafx2 because I liked the retro interface Least intuitive design I’ve ever tried
@nanmause.animator2 жыл бұрын
Aseprite is so good tho. The program is cute/inspiring af
@JOELwindows73 жыл бұрын
I've read Aseprite EULA.txt, and what i get: - Yes, you can get Source code for $0 to compile it - section 2 Source code says, You can only mod for personal use, or to contribute to upstream. *Not GNU GPL spirit compliance!!!* - yeah, basically it's Freeware with mod allowed, not Free Software as in Libre. - and section 2c says you cannot legally reverse engineer the binary, I think
@JOELwindows73 жыл бұрын
But there are a lot of forks?
@napptus4 жыл бұрын
I use Aseprite and its awesome
@freeup03 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this
@ryun.80722 жыл бұрын
i use EDGE by takabo soft (no english language btw)
@zaxseer2 жыл бұрын
there is also one called pixel art just pixel art and it works in brower and has lots og interface
@MasterBlek4 жыл бұрын
Why asesprite? Clip Studio works just fine. To get the pixel art bigger size after that you only have to throw the image that could be also animated in the free software called Piskel. But seriously why would people give money for a program that can do only pixel art when they can use something better and just resize it in Piskel later?
@ENDESGA4 жыл бұрын
Oh hey! 1:26 Creator of *EDG32* here! Was a pleasant surprise to hear my palette being suggested!
@BJGpixel4 жыл бұрын
Oh right on, HELLO! Of course, I think it's a wonderful palette - great balance between colour limit and versatility of selection, and nicely balanced hue shifting. Happy to see it pre-loaded in Aseprite! Thanks for watching! :D
@maroonshaded4 жыл бұрын
I was actually looking for your comment, Seth XD
@arlwiss51104 жыл бұрын
oh hi Seth
@salmaofinlandes679326 күн бұрын
You created a palette mate. Chill...
@ENDESGA26 күн бұрын
@@salmaofinlandes6793 That was 4 years ago lmao Done way more than that now. Thanks for the reminder! What have you accomplished in the past 4 years?
@isaacsteen48284 жыл бұрын
I use Piskel. It saved my ass when I wanted to get into animation. I find other timelines to be messy, while Piskel's worked how I needed it to.
@pikachucrusher26634 жыл бұрын
Same
@NintendoGamer7894 жыл бұрын
I hate it how ignorant some people are thinking that Piskel has no power, and they all jump to thinking that Aseprite is the only answer, but I used it a ton towards the beginning of my days making pixel art and it never felt like it limited too much of my creativity, comfort with making pixel art and waste any of my time.
@princebapalapashamalamadin77124 жыл бұрын
i don't even use it for animation, i use it for sprites, but it's still efficient
@isaacsteen48284 жыл бұрын
@@NintendoGamer789 Yes! Some of my works have hit 25 layers, and provide fluid looping motion. Feels good.
@nonolodigo59364 жыл бұрын
@@isaacsteen4828 I have a big problem with piskel (I'm beginner) I can't save the pictures in PNG. It's always like a piskel archive. Help with this :(
@SkyyySi3 жыл бұрын
I'd like to mention LibreSprite, which is a fork of the last fully free aseprite version (which used to be license under the GNU GPLv2, which essentially means "You can do anything except that you cannot sue me and if you share a modified version of my app, you must also share the code under the same license.") before it transitioned to the personal-use-only aseptite eula.
@JDRedding Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the mention lead; Will download it and try it out [Edit: Looks good, only need the vcruntime to place in the folder, runs good]
@ZenitsuKunn Жыл бұрын
@@JDRedding you still use it? how do you erase lol
@JDRedding Жыл бұрын
@@ZenitsuKunn I use the eraser tool. Not sure what you mean; The eraser tool is on the sidetoolbar.
@MatrixMode428 ай бұрын
I can kiss you, THANK YOU.
@asdawece8 ай бұрын
thank you
@generallyunimportant4 жыл бұрын
the best program for pixel art is mario paint
@HyperKaito4 жыл бұрын
xD
@coderpenguin14 жыл бұрын
No its minecraft
@coderpenguin14 жыл бұрын
Minecraft is already 3D pixels..so I guess it is the best 3D pixel program?
@theREALsilviautism4 жыл бұрын
@@coderpenguin1 those are called voxels (3d pixels)
@lukeystuff3 жыл бұрын
your username goes off my screen
@thezadek4 жыл бұрын
Krita has extremely powerful animation timeline, seriously give it another look, it's one of the most intuitive timelines i ever used in any animation program.
@stardust-buckethead85944 жыл бұрын
yes, it very much does, the biggest thing for me is how seamless it collaborates with multiple layers and how no changes are made until you purposely make them
@pokidev0274 жыл бұрын
To me, it was hard to get started with krita animation, but it was worth it.
@chaflem63334 жыл бұрын
Krita is good in almost everything and Great for pixel art Buuut there's that little problem The godamn circle tool
@pokidev0274 жыл бұрын
@@chaflem6333 so many tools could use alot of improvement...we'll just have to wait..
@5thkiechannel4 жыл бұрын
Can you use asperite files for jurors animations
@williamb57254 жыл бұрын
I’m not even a pixel artist, but your videos have been showing up on my recommended and honestly? I might start making pixel art. Thanks for making such high quality videos! That are free to watch!
@danieleolivieri0232 жыл бұрын
u are an artist who draw? or just do pixel art ?
@Kevin-pq8tw2 жыл бұрын
Have you ever tried pixel art?
@Blizar7602 жыл бұрын
@@poleve5409 what I made good looking stuff within a week
@-thehead-3005 Жыл бұрын
Yo its 2 years later i need a update here : P
@Enzi97810 ай бұрын
My guy it has been three years, are you good at pixel art now?
@ezg52214 жыл бұрын
Aseprite is free if you compile the code yourself. It's not that user friendly, but the option is there if you're keen enough to learn.
@okie90254 жыл бұрын
it's also free if you torrent it
@David440504 жыл бұрын
@@okie9025 well... yeah...
@okie90254 жыл бұрын
@@David44050 the power of torrenting will make you feel like the richest man in the world, albeit being the poorest 😂
@David440504 жыл бұрын
@@okie9025I KNOW RIGHT HAHAHAHAA
@gangstasteve57534 жыл бұрын
@@okie9025 I love torrenting. Anyone who is against it is missing out.
@beanietasticday4 жыл бұрын
Honestly, MS Paint is the OG pixel art program. It’s trash for other things, but if your in the mood to draw, that’s my go-to besides Krita and Piskel.
@didnt_ask_for_handle4 жыл бұрын
As a kid I always liked the look of rts games like Age of Empire, but I didn't have the game or even really be smart enough to play it. So I used paint to make little pixel art worlds with stick figures building tents and planting wheat fields, just creating or drawing duplicates when the towns "grew" :)
@nebularain33384 жыл бұрын
Look up "Jim'll Paint it" on Facebook. He's an artist who draws wacky user requests, and he only uses MS Paint.
@beanietasticday4 жыл бұрын
@Dman20111 Me too 😄
@SirDavid2903 жыл бұрын
Yeah it works.
@rhubarbeque3 жыл бұрын
I remember making pixel art with paint 3d. I only used it over Ms paint cause it has a clear canvas option.
@joeyreinhart8820 Жыл бұрын
GIMP 3 is releasing soon, which is the first major update since 2004. It will have a ton of improvements, also GIMP supports plugins if you need to add some extra functionality
@lokifrostpaw29767 ай бұрын
If you’re looking to use any Adobe, just pirate it.
@Pupptartious2 ай бұрын
Ikr the price is absurd
@jamestolliver99704 жыл бұрын
Krita has really good animation tools as well now - just wanted to let you know
@rokasjurksaitis33892 жыл бұрын
you look like my father, where've you been all this time? mother was worried about you. I'm gonna graduate collage next year
@tudaalonzorobertosamuel44364 жыл бұрын
I use blender+aseprite and honestly, it's a killer combo
@khairinazrin4 жыл бұрын
Of course it does? Blender for 3d model aseprite for 2d model
@blahuhm67824 жыл бұрын
I've never met anyone who actually likes Gimp, only they pretend to like Gimp or are in denial. It's a serious problem in this world and doctors dedicated to helping these lost souls are no longer as difficult to find as they were back in the early 2000s.
@nathanl29663 жыл бұрын
GIMP needs the 'Blender 2.80 overhaul' treatment to make it more than just a desperate choice.
@tekateman64643 жыл бұрын
I'm in a middle spot, it's definetely good because it's free, but it isn't that friendly to the user
@thejimmydanly3 жыл бұрын
I've been using GIMP so long that Photoshop feels unintuitive tbh
@po1sonseede90013 жыл бұрын
What crack pipe did you smoke
@bittersweetvictory85414 жыл бұрын
as someone who uses piskel, be VERY prepared to export, check, and export again if your screen is on the small side. the preview window is coded kind of weirdly so it doesn’t always render every pixel as a proper square.
@SlippyLegJones7 ай бұрын
Oh yeah this is true, when I used Piskel my exports would look weirdly blurry and shitty sometimes.
@edmundsslaidins57384 жыл бұрын
"hello there my name is brandon"..."and i make pictures out of tiny squares and post them for fun"
@toshkingston2 жыл бұрын
Use minecraft
@tasheiii5 ай бұрын
😂
@mr.awesome51093 жыл бұрын
9:47 For those who want to just see what's best with the pros and cons
@LorenzoVDH19964 жыл бұрын
Great video, Brandon! Grafx2 is a tribute to Deluxe Paint and Brilliance on the Commodore Amiga, not MSPaint
@supakusuta3 жыл бұрын
I thought Grafx2 reminded of Deluxe Paint.
@retrorad34173 жыл бұрын
I’m currently using aseprite trial and after I figured out you couldn’t save your work I just take screenshots of my work. I’ll definitely buy the full version! :D
@retrorad34173 жыл бұрын
I’m also lucky enough that my art class at school provides me with the full Adobe library of apps! Its awesome!
@SWOO198711 ай бұрын
As someone who has used Paint 3D and MS Paint and Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator programs and apps for a long time I have really loved your videos. They gave me a good inspiration for all of my drawings and paintings and even my digital art artworks and it has helped me with learning how to do pixel art and even both 2D and 3D art animations on my computer, my phone and also my drawing pad computer tablets too with the mechanical drawing pencils too.
@Faygris4 жыл бұрын
I love how you just anweser the title question within the first five seconds :D
@flowler603 жыл бұрын
shrak
@mrocto3293 жыл бұрын
@@flowler60 shrek or shark? maybe both?
@flowler603 жыл бұрын
@@mrocto329 shekl
@kiwieggcreations4 жыл бұрын
I remember goofing around on piskel in my elementary school computer lab, it was really fun and easy to get the hang of!
@Asspirin1013 жыл бұрын
Sure thing, Krita requires quite a few setting twitches, but once you've done them your experience with the program becomes nice and smooth. Coming from Photoshop background I really liked Krita because of how light but powerful it is. Not to mention awesome animation tool. Definitely worth exploring.
@slimee67152 жыл бұрын
It’s obviously better to use Microsoft paint
@TimGorbenko6 ай бұрын
Use the one on Windows 7
@FlamingFoxProd4 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised you never mentioned Pixilart. It's like Piskel, but in my opinion is better, with a cleaner UI and more functionality.
@Scav-Goblin2 жыл бұрын
Clip Studio Paint, and Affinity Photo are both just as good as Photoshop, for drawing, animation, pixelart and the like. Krita is good too, yeah.
@Ehh0.02 жыл бұрын
I use Krita and it has served me well!
@dpc45484 жыл бұрын
Clip studio is great and has dithering built in. It's my go to when doing pixel work. I do a lot of different types of image work, so use capture one, photoshop, sai, painter and clip studio depending on the deliverable.
@astrowyrm68714 жыл бұрын
i use both piskel and krita, but i personally prefer using piskel for pixel art and krita as an image editing/drawing software
@arya70953 жыл бұрын
I also use piskel...gotta say its pretty neat...the only downside is that it doesn't have transparency features :(
@happybaby78392 жыл бұрын
@@arya7095 there is a transparency tool in piskel, however its a bit of a tricky get around. put whatever you want to be transparent in a separate layer, and set the transparency of the layer to whatever you want(its on the right of the layer number)
@NitroNovaMusic4 жыл бұрын
I'm a GIMP sprite artist and indeed it's really powerful. I never really use the brush customizations but I do use weird brushes to make quick splashes of discoloring. It's definitely a steeper learning curve but I'm at a point where it's second nature to me. I'm also hoping the animation features improve. Great vid!
@BJGpixel4 жыл бұрын
Ah very cool, thanks for sharing! Yeah definitely felt comfortable in it like Photoshop; I bet you'd make a seamless transition there as well. So when you're doing sprite work in GIMP, do you prepare animation frames as different layers and use the playback feature, or export a sprite sheet and preview elsewhere?
@whorrors4 жыл бұрын
@@BJGpixel I usually layer and export as gif to preview
@Stratelier4 жыл бұрын
@@BJGpixel GIMP's animation abilities were designed primarily to handle loading/exporting animated GIFs, so that's partly why the "playback" tool is so limited ... (it's technically an external plug-in!) e.g. frame timing and disposal are controlled via layer naming conventions (e.g. "layer 3 (100ms) (combine)" ) which is about the kludgiest way of going about it...
@whatsrandom64874 жыл бұрын
The “animation” section of gimp or other programs with the same thing is actually just the playback/speed paint of your art
@JaimeLynBarbarian Жыл бұрын
My very first go was pixilart & even had a notebook printed & I'm pretty glad I did that, improved decently compared. I use Aseprite mainly however I do love curling up with procreate equipped with a free pixel brush. I often get a lot of of ideas from scribbling & this is perfect for that. I just email myself a png & open in Aseprite to animate or to refine a bit more. I'm still a beginner as well as being a crafter turned pixel artist so I'm not the most tech savvy 😅 I am stoked to give GraphicsGale a go as soon as I have a suitable comp* Your vids have enriched my journey & for that I do must thank you!
@kurdtcoben4 жыл бұрын
Krita > GIMP any and every day. Much more intuitive and concise.
@reddeaddumbass76494 жыл бұрын
This channel is so underrated
@AshnSilvercorp4 жыл бұрын
well it also appears to be new. I was kinda taken back by that.
@-ism81534 жыл бұрын
I've been making a texture pack with Piskel and FireAlpaca. Firealpaca's been my go-to, albeit lacking some Piskel tools. It's free, too.
@isabellaxu51984 жыл бұрын
"We're just talking about putting small squares onto a canvas" you sound like every single one of my friends who don't know just how complicated pixel art can be 😂
@darasamudra3 жыл бұрын
Ternyata software untuk membuat pixel art banyak pilihannya, terima kasih reviewnya
@disconnect.ed_3 жыл бұрын
Lah kok b.indo ? Mana ngerti orgnya xD (indonesia ? They won't understand what are you talking about xD)
@flashbackcat46643 жыл бұрын
@@disconnect.ed_ ngerti lah bro
@happybaby78392 жыл бұрын
I LOVE PISKELLLL PISKEL4LYFE BUT Its also pretty bad at exporting gifs and mp4s and onion skin is pretty bad and its pretty laggy but Overall GOOD
@al52594 жыл бұрын
Anyone else started watching at 5:31?
@tacticalgacha18344 жыл бұрын
I personally have never used any of the other softwares besides piskel, but I’ll give tips to those looking to use it: It is PHENOMENAL if you are looking to do a small animation or anything that is relatively moderate in size. But this is great for trying to learn your way into pixel art and do it in a timely fashion, since almost every action has a key bind to it and the interface is very easy to understand. It allows for many many layers and you can change the transparency of each of them. There’s many other things regarding visuals and aspect ratios that are also easy to grasp, but the website doesn’t constrict you in any way. The main problem is with the saving. Everything saves perfectly, but depending on the size of the project, you begin to lag as more saved versions get loaded. But I found a fix to this, as you can either exit and renter the project, or clone it so that the older and unnecessary save states are removed. This was just my bit of advice. And for those who wonder, I do rvb and halo pixel art animations, and I’m currently working on a mega project (1-2 minute long 64*64 animation), which is how I found out all these things.
@kyakya033 жыл бұрын
damn didn't know about this... thanks for the advice!
@Taha632RMF Жыл бұрын
Isn't piskel transparency very very limited, and only applies for layers' opacity only? Besides you can only toggle between 0 and 1 when changing layer opacity, which either hides the layer or show it. You can't control the transparency like you stated
@ayeshasyeda5476 Жыл бұрын
@@Taha632RMF i started using piksel today and came across the same issue. The layers are either completely covering or not visible, even when I put opacity to 0.3 or something. In other people's videos the layers normally
@djder4 жыл бұрын
Can't belive I missed the holiday offer for Aseprite .I love your video.
@BJGpixel4 жыл бұрын
Haha hate it when that happens! If it's any consolation, it's still incredible value at full price and very easy to get your money's worth!
@redo11224 жыл бұрын
Compile it yourself. Nobody stopping you, as long as you do not violate EULA, which says you just cannot distribute it.
@mirageowl4 жыл бұрын
I'm trying to get used to Asesprite, but I'm so used to GIMP I don't know how to change
@8ballman2324 жыл бұрын
MirageOwl same bro. I used gimp so much that using asesprite just feel off
@samael-thebringer01light66 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoy your art style for your videos and animation. Thank you for confirming my interest in Aseprite!
@BinglesP5 ай бұрын
I use Piskel on PC, Procreate w/ small canvas and brushes(and some limited palettes) on my drawing iPad, and Flipnote 3D on 3DS. It's not a perfect setup, but it's easy to use for me since I just do pixel art for fun as a side-gig from my usual art.
@cyrustakem79934 жыл бұрын
I like piskel a lot, as i can use it on both my windows and linux machines. When i started i used paint
@Wesley.adams074 жыл бұрын
pixilart.com is a good upgrade from piskel. its super easy to use and it kinda works like a social media as well because you can view other peoples art
@cyrustakem79934 жыл бұрын
@@Wesley.adams07 hum, I will give it a try, but the social media part I don't know, I prefer the fóruns and deviantart
@bryanpaez3364 жыл бұрын
Heartworms shirt? I see you’re a man of culture as well.
@williamstech93144 жыл бұрын
I find Pro Motion NG to be quite underrated. If you can get past the price and learning curve, it's extremely powerful. It has animation tools nearly on the level of Aseprite's and tiling features on the level of Pyxel Edit's.
@ilikeduckawholelot3 жыл бұрын
"hello my name is brandon and make pictures out of tiny squares and post them online" Me: lollololol
@honordevs4 жыл бұрын
Hexels 3! It's absolutely fantastic for environment and tile art. Layering Hexel layers and Pixel layers on top for details is fantastic.
@epetubaa47734 жыл бұрын
0:04 Best tutorial ever. All you need in four seconds.
@47stews2 жыл бұрын
I use Pixilart it is free and super easy to use
@WalkerRileyMC2 жыл бұрын
GraphicsGale does not have an erase tool. But it does have a transparency color paint option. So you pick the transparency color for transparency. It's a bit odd, but once you understand it, erase makes no sense, either.
@pandacatplayz4 жыл бұрын
aseprite: we cost $15 also aseprite: we are open source and it take 10 minutes to download and compile everyone: wat?
@HaseebHeaven3 жыл бұрын
It takes more time to compile there are lots of dependencies there
@dragonlord19353 жыл бұрын
@@HaseebHeaven There's probably some legal "gotcha" in there as well. It's the first time I've seen someone put something as an open source and ALSO sell it commercially. I'm not sure if you can make commercial works if you compile it yourself.
@marcelboon65253 жыл бұрын
@@dragonlord1935 A quote from the developer on the Aseprite forum: "The source code is available because it was already available before I started doing a business from it, so it was a nice thing to keep. People that cannot afford the program will pirate it anyway, so having the source code is a way to access the program without viruses with a little of effort." There is no gotcha.
@dragonlord19353 жыл бұрын
@@marcelboon6525 Well dang, I guess I know what I'll be doing next then. Thanks for the clarification. Do you have a link to the forum post? It would be nice to verify this for myself (Plus, anyone who happens upon this comment can also verify it for themselves then).
@Dawn_roasts4 ай бұрын
VERY LATE, but for graphicsgale(the app i use to design sprites and animation for my game) DOES have very weird UI, and having seemingly no eraser or colour picker, but, in all actuality, in graphicsgale, you change pen settings to give it different functions, a bit like how in Godot, when you are making the TileMap for your 2d game, you need to first equip the pen, then turn on eraser to be able to erase. Hope this helps anyone who sees this later!
@DonVigaDeFierro4 жыл бұрын
I use GraphicsGale. Pros: - Free. - Has tools for tiling and animation. - You can import and export color palettes. - At least it's not GIMP! Cons: - Godawful outdated interface. - No custom brushes. - A bit of a learning curve.
@ToniaGlitched2 жыл бұрын
dumb tip: if you want a real stupid but fun challenge(for masochists at least), you can go for making sprites on MS Paint and then animate them on Pivot and make it look decent
@KKwafflesАй бұрын
Thanks this Really Helped me now i can make Minecraft texture Packs i mean "RESOURSE PACK"
@Parky642 жыл бұрын
My favorite way to make pixel art is through perler beads! They make nice gifts for people who like retro games :)!
@MrBreakthompson3 жыл бұрын
' Take care, keep it square' Yeah im stealing that
@DiamondBor3 жыл бұрын
I bough Aseprite and it's just- AMAZING. Best and easiest to use Pixel Art program I ever found. 10/10
@randomfromscratch4 ай бұрын
good thing i can just use absolutely none of these because paint's finally gotten updates that make it nearly identical to many other art programs
@longjohn79923 жыл бұрын
Just Use MS paint god f&$# damn it And if u want Transparency Download Krita And clip dat shit Out
@tizielechicero9077 Жыл бұрын
i make undertale related stuff, and paint net is my go 2 when i want to do sprites although i didnt even buy it, i downloaded it-