Crafting a Pixel Art SHADOW BOX!

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  • Опубліковано 21 лис 2024

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  • @fractalsudoku
    @fractalsudoku 2 роки тому +81

    lovely stuff! something i'd recommend if you were ever to do this again is to run a black sharpie or something like that along the white edges of the paper to colour them in! it's a little thing but it goes a long way, specially if the pieces you're colouring in have black outlines.

  • @jallomoth
    @jallomoth 2 роки тому +97

    love to see you branching out into 3D :D

  • @darksentinel082
    @darksentinel082 2 роки тому +48

    so glad to see those two characters back they’re both very fun

  • @frogman1
    @frogman1 2 роки тому +100

    its been a while since ive watched this channel and you've gotten so good holy cow. that silhouette sketch method is super impressive when it's done that efficiently

    • @hafizhaikal6711
      @hafizhaikal6711 2 роки тому +2

      been here since day one, hes always that goood 😁

  • @a_puntato29
    @a_puntato29 2 роки тому +10

    this is really sick!! making a light box out of pixel art would be really cool too, and an interesting dive into silhouettes!

  • @mattthebanana
    @mattthebanana 2 роки тому +25

    I’ve been here for a very long time, since your first video, and I’ve loved every upload. You’re always so creative and your videos are always super high quality and whenever I see you upload it makes my morning. From a long time fan, thank you Brandon! ❤

    • @BJGpixel
      @BJGpixel  2 роки тому +7

      Much appreciated, thanks for your support all this time! :D

  • @Neurotrace
    @Neurotrace 2 роки тому +8

    Absolutely love it. The shadow box turned out so good!

  • @flikkie72
    @flikkie72 2 роки тому +1

    That stringlight is the limejuice on the thai curry! Really makes it pop 😍

  • @daftingo
    @daftingo 2 роки тому +4

    Great job! I did several papercrafts, who is a similar technique, and it looks just amazing. As an advice, you can contour with sharpies each piece by the edge, so in that way you avoid that unappealing white line. You'll need a black sharpie at least, but the ideal setup is having a sharpie of each primary and secondary color, and the most ideal is having A LOT of sharpies.

    • @BJGpixel
      @BJGpixel  2 роки тому +2

      Thanks for the tip! :D

  • @NISHIAKI
    @NISHIAKI 2 роки тому +13

    This turned out great! You have such a talent for knocking this kind of thing out of the park. It's clear you spend a lot of time creating things. Bravo!
    I was thinking it might've been cool to have the floor section run at an angle with the bottom edge butting against the front of the glass and the top edge against the backdrop. Then you could have the characters' feet actually contact the floor instead of being completely floating.
    Also thanks for detailing your process so succinctly! I might do something like this as a gift for a friend, so it'll be convenient to reference this if I move on that. :)

    • @BJGpixel
      @BJGpixel  2 роки тому +5

      Thanks! That's a great idea; I considered having the paper curve toward the front for that very thing, but it would have required a lot of force to hold it in place and generated some tension. By separating the railing, I think your angling idea would work quite well! Good luck with your project btw! :D

  • @brandonjacksoon
    @brandonjacksoon 2 роки тому +13

    Awesome pixel art, Brandon!

  • @brandonjacksoon
    @brandonjacksoon 2 роки тому +19

    Best pixel art artist on youtube ;)
    Thanks for the really beautiful art!

    • @BJGpixel
      @BJGpixel  2 роки тому +4

      Thanks, Brandon! Had a lot of fun trying something new for this one 😊

    • @pinkajou656
      @pinkajou656 2 роки тому +1

      Double Brandon!

  • @spiridiums
    @spiridiums Рік тому +1

    Wow, this turned out really cool! idk why but I always had this thought of shadow boxes being a really tough thing to create. it's nice to see it isn't really all that difficult at all.

  • @AnimaKon
    @AnimaKon 2 роки тому

    I appreciate the amount of work you put cutting that manually

  • @saultoons
    @saultoons 2 роки тому +2

    This is great! What a fun way to bring pixel art into the physical realm ❤️

  • @craniumsnumb
    @craniumsnumb 2 роки тому +1

    had no idea what a shadow box was, but im happy i found out

  • @paranoidpumpkin98
    @paranoidpumpkin98 2 роки тому +1

    Pixel art shadow boxes are so aesthetic

  • @So0fer
    @So0fer 2 роки тому

    It's a very different way to visualize pixel art. I liked this very much!

  • @johndurish4092
    @johndurish4092 2 роки тому

    Yeah, gonna have to make one of these... Lighting is a GREAT idea!

  • @partyinthecloudkingdom
    @partyinthecloudkingdom 2 роки тому

    if you do this another time i recommend taking a marker and coloring the white edges of the cut paper for elements like characters, it helps make them look nice and clean

  • @jibbo7874
    @jibbo7874 2 роки тому

    Honestly, a 2.5d game that recreates the look of these shadow boxes would be really interesting to me.

  • @roncash7640
    @roncash7640 2 роки тому +3

    You are the pixel art master bro, like a modern day Bob Ross. Love your videos, please keep up the amazing work. . .🤩🤔😍👌🏾💯

  • @TOOFUTURETV
    @TOOFUTURETV 2 роки тому

    Would have been tempted to run the edge of a black Sharpie over the edges of the card.
    Very cool display. 😎

  • @Asynirastar
    @Asynirastar 2 роки тому

    One thing that you can do is to use a black pencil to paint the paper edges black, it's a minor detail that can make the diference, for example on the characters that have the black outline would be cool to do that! Love your work it inspires me so much❤

  • @jingbot1071
    @jingbot1071 2 роки тому

    I love Pumpkin Shel! It's like an "Evil Ryu" version of the character possessed by a spooky pumpkin or something. Very cool!

  • @eyalbuzer7209
    @eyalbuzer7209 2 роки тому +4

    Hello love your art

  • @cheeseaddict
    @cheeseaddict 2 роки тому

    this is the stuff that motivates me to improve

  • @foxxo-dev
    @foxxo-dev Рік тому

    I love this longer style of videos!

  • @hyochi1533
    @hyochi1533 2 роки тому +3

    This is really amazing, great job

  • @spires655
    @spires655 Рік тому +1

    Awesome work!
    I wonder what it would look like after coloring the edges with a matching marker so that the white edge is minimized. Just an idea!

  • @hyperfreezegames
    @hyperfreezegames 2 роки тому

    Not only a master at pixel art, but at arts&crafts too, i see!

  • @phl1psen
    @phl1psen 2 роки тому +2

    Thank you for my new hobby 😂

  • @Aurange
    @Aurange 2 роки тому

    To make the lights at the end look better you try using a diffuser.

  • @unidentifiedperson1357
    @unidentifiedperson1357 2 роки тому +3

    Thats so cool

  • @corgikun2579
    @corgikun2579 2 роки тому

    you're a pixel art legend already

  • @Narque
    @Narque 2 роки тому

    you should also take a pen like a sharpie and roll the nib along all the cut edges so the cuts match the pixel arts outlines.

  • @taube_g
    @taube_g 11 місяців тому

    Very cool, it's really cool to have a piece of your work in real life

  • @seifeldeensameh6661
    @seifeldeensameh6661 2 роки тому

    Looks awesome and better than the ones from stores

  • @admiraldanger1419
    @admiraldanger1419 Рік тому

    Man, I've wanted to make one of these for so long.

  • @MrLukkyNL
    @MrLukkyNL Рік тому

    I love this. Thank you for sharing!

  • @timothymclean
    @timothymclean 2 роки тому +1

    Good thing Ichi was put in the Player 1 spot.
    (Joke explanation: "Ichi" is the Japanese word for "one".)

  • @RoderikEshu
    @RoderikEshu 2 роки тому +3

    New video, and on saturday, what a treat!
    Also I noticed a small injury on you right finger that wasn't there at the beginning of the video. Was it Piezu, Ichi or the knife? Hope everything is well. Take care!

    • @BJGpixel
      @BJGpixel  2 роки тому +1

      Hahaha despite playing with knives for many hours, that was scraped while reaching to a shelf 😅

  • @nuxill
    @nuxill 2 роки тому +1

    This turned out awesome! Great job dude!

  • @SpencerOReilly
    @SpencerOReilly 2 роки тому

    Another fantastic piece!

  • @AlekCzarnodziej
    @AlekCzarnodziej 2 роки тому +1

    That's really rad!

  • @maxrdev703
    @maxrdev703 2 роки тому

    This looks amazing I’ll have to give it a try!

  • @IrisLuminMiel
    @IrisLuminMiel 2 роки тому

    I really enjoyed this, I love seeing Piezu again and the crafting looks really great too! I am always inspired to do art whenever I watch your videos

  • @fritchoffnilsson2574
    @fritchoffnilsson2574 2 роки тому

    Needed LED for the moon but overall epic.

  • @parinamais
    @parinamais 2 роки тому

    I was waiting for you to say 'we'll close out with some shadow box time' 🥺 great work Brandon!! always nice to watch your crafts

  • @chadthefatkid
    @chadthefatkid 2 роки тому

    This was really cool to watch come together

  • @Vagossssssssss
    @Vagossssssssss 2 роки тому

    Brandon once again amazing work

  • @CKTDanny
    @CKTDanny 2 роки тому +3

    Whoa it's so 3d, I can almost feel it!! 🤲😱
    Seriously this is such an awesome project, it was really fun to watch the whole process as you documented it! I'd always pondered what techniques people used to space the elements in these shadow boxes, now I know foam is an easy & effective solution! 😁
    Also the fact that you cut the sprites out by hand with a knife is very impressive!! the quality of the product looks great; I probably would've cut a few towers off the castle in the background and nicked a few fingers too, had I attempted something of this scale 😆

    • @BJGpixel
      @BJGpixel  2 роки тому +2

      Hahaha thanks dude! Yeah I'm not sure if there's a 'meta' to this, but I took a stroll around the craft shop and the foam/glue situation seemed the most reasonable (and customizable)! Really curious about automated cutting solutions, although it did turn out to be quite a meditative activity ✨

    • @CKTDanny
      @CKTDanny 2 роки тому +2

      @@BJGpixel Hmm, well the foam meta certainly seems strong! 😆 And I'll bet - the poking technique with the knife does seem pretty calming as a routine 😌🔪

    • @BJGpixel
      @BJGpixel  2 роки тому +2

      @@CKTDanny Out of context that could sound pretty chaotic, but yes it certainly was calming! 😄Also really fun to have some "physical pixel art" like that afterwards

  • @newvagabond1375
    @newvagabond1375 2 роки тому +1

    brandon’s extended character universe confirmed?

  • @blazerchocobo
    @blazerchocobo 2 роки тому +2

    Pretty cool! Are you into model toys? Maybe gunpla or WH?
    The lights at the end were a nice touch, an alternative could be those programmable RGB LED strips.

    • @BJGpixel
      @BJGpixel  2 роки тому +2

      Thanks! I have a few of those RGB strips; I'd love to find a way to accommodate and hide them somehow - it'd be awesome to have the dynamic colour range!
      And yeah, have done a couple Gunpla! :D

  • @yebu1182
    @yebu1182 2 роки тому

    Very intesresting video here! How much i wish the characters could actually fought manually using magnet or something like soccer board game. I love all your videos, very inspiring! Have you ever tried a challenge to draw pixel art with the same silhouette? I am looking forward to it. Keep up the good work!

  • @Extner4
    @Extner4 2 роки тому

    Very cool! And Amazing pixel art as always

  • @sn0w1et
    @sn0w1et 2 роки тому

    More crafty things! Please!

  • @Wanooknox
    @Wanooknox 2 роки тому

    This is extremely cool! Great job Brandon!

  • @gerhard_adler
    @gerhard_adler 2 роки тому +1

    Really cool!

  • @kappy2151
    @kappy2151 2 роки тому

    Loved this! Thanks for inspiring us as always ❤

  • @ShadowDrakken
    @ShadowDrakken 2 роки тому

    I think to really finish it up, touching the cut edges of the paper with a black marker would have helped bring it all together a bit more

  • @unzkipriime4283
    @unzkipriime4283 2 роки тому +1

    this is so freaking good!!

  • @Gerardo_Ponce
    @Gerardo_Ponce 2 роки тому

    Freaking love this channel.

  • @redm85
    @redm85 2 роки тому +1

    Impressive job!

  • @DadVader
    @DadVader 2 роки тому +1

    Wow!
    This is something new and this is something totally awesome!
    I would buy this for my game room!
    🤘😁🤘

    • @BJGpixel
      @BJGpixel  2 роки тому +1

      Thanks! Yes, imagine one like this of the Vader corridor scene! 😱

    • @DadVader
      @DadVader 2 роки тому +1

      @@BJGpixel Yes! Please! Make it happen haha. I'm birthdays are in May. You've got time 😅😅❤️

    • @BJGpixel
      @BJGpixel  2 роки тому

      @@DadVader 🤣

  • @AdrianCeroni
    @AdrianCeroni 2 роки тому +1

    You missed a trick not making the fireball look like a spectral pumpkin. The low resolution probably makes it difficult to do though.
    Any plans to release the template?

  • @eboatwright_
    @eboatwright_ 2 роки тому +1

    That's awesome!

  • @tacotimma7849
    @tacotimma7849 2 роки тому

    I've always wanted to do this!

  • @xxsuperproductionsxx138
    @xxsuperproductionsxx138 2 роки тому +1

    NOICEEEEEE!!!!!!!

  • @myk6306
    @myk6306 Рік тому

    bro thank you sm for making my day with this video i hope that you will live a happy life thank you sm again💙

  • @colbyduncan5174
    @colbyduncan5174 2 роки тому

    I know these are a lot of work and I really appreciate how much effort you put into it, if these were available on Etsy or some other platform i'd love to buy a couple :3

  • @Niniju8970
    @Niniju8970 5 місяців тому

    I think it would've been cool if the fireball had a jack o lantern face in it.

  • @delilu
    @delilu 2 роки тому +1

    Woaa!

  • @adrianob.2119
    @adrianob.2119 2 роки тому +1

    pro tip: color the edges of the cut pieces with a pen.

  • @stephanl5546
    @stephanl5546 2 роки тому

    James, could you provide the document to print? So that one could rebuild your project? Would be really kind.

  • @vectorminecraft
    @vectorminecraft 2 роки тому

    you make me want to do so much pixel art but i have stuff to do lol

  • @johnwalshaw
    @johnwalshaw 2 роки тому

    Amazing!!!!

  • @duke_of_s0up388
    @duke_of_s0up388 2 роки тому

    Thats so cool!!!

  • @nick---
    @nick--- 2 роки тому

    amazing

  • @jamesmorwood6249
    @jamesmorwood6249 2 роки тому

    so cool!

  • @rgbcrafts
    @rgbcrafts Рік тому

    I make them officially since 2019 and the main reason is I can't stand the square/pixel perfect available around. No retroconsole (well, except Gameboy maybe) ever had a square aspect ratio meant to be output, so I only make them at 4 by 3 aspect.

  • @Alyslay_jc
    @Alyslay_jc 2 роки тому

    new vid
    yay

  • @stanleyjonaldmesias4758
    @stanleyjonaldmesias4758 Рік тому

    hi.. can you specify the paper that you used, noticed that its a bit glossy.

  • @캡티브
    @캡티브 2 роки тому +1

    갓뎀 형님 멋있습니당

  • @sir_wesley86
    @sir_wesley86 2 роки тому

    very cool!

  • @jasv16
    @jasv16 2 роки тому

    👍

  • @worldoftrollsdom
    @worldoftrollsdom Рік тому

    What paper are you using? Usually I find card paper curls up 😭

  • @PirataGalactico
    @PirataGalactico 2 роки тому

    The real question is, how does the shadow box look in CRT? :P
    For someone that isn't that crafty, it turned out great! Awesome vid as always.

  • @Ahmed_looper315
    @Ahmed_looper315 2 роки тому

    💖💖

  • @alexandroskyriakidis757
    @alexandroskyriakidis757 9 місяців тому

    Can you tell me please my friend how many Gsm is the papper?

  • @seanshoes
    @seanshoes 2 роки тому

    I mean i'd buy one

  • @ZeldaxLegacy
    @ZeldaxLegacy 6 місяців тому

    What is the song in the final reveal?

  • @docshaw481
    @docshaw481 2 роки тому

    Is there gonna be a new Luke Skywalker animation to continue that series?

  • @righthand3d
    @righthand3d 2 роки тому

    sick

  • @TomBaconArt
    @TomBaconArt Рік тому

    I.....did not know that hack for resizing my pixel art in Photoshop. Idk why I haven't been able to figure that out in my 5 years of making pixel art :(
    THANKS BRANDON

  • @HighOctaneGamer
    @HighOctaneGamer 3 місяці тому

    How do you get the pictures to do this?

  • @thatguystar817
    @thatguystar817 2 роки тому

    Box of shadows
    Ow the *_EEEEEEEDDGGEEEEE_*

  • @criixt
    @criixt 5 місяців тому

    Should of painted the white edges.

  • @linkotheaverage798
    @linkotheaverage798 2 роки тому

    Verny 🙂👍

  • @aaronzak2159
    @aaronzak2159 2 роки тому

    Have you ever thought of making a game