How to do Pixel Art in Procreate
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2021
- 👋 Hey everyone! In this video I walk you through how to do pixel art illustrations in Procreate. Did you know that it is not possible to do pixel art by default in Procreate? I created a set of brushes that unlocks this possibility, and I'll give you a tour and show you all the tips and tricks you'll need to master pixel art in your favorite painting app. I hope you like it!
🎨🖌Check out The Pixel Art Experience brush set for Procreate, and all my other sets and freebies available:
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Really gave me very clear and concise advice and tips! I'm a pixel art beginner and learning about dithering made me really go whoa! Plus your demonstration is simply awesome!
Thank you so much! I have a new pixel art tutorial coming out in a few hours from now 😊
Mann.. this is so cool. i am just starting to get into pixel art.. and i wanted to use my ipad since i have one.. this one helps a lot.. and amazing art too...
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Awesome! Never tried pixel art before but I got inspired by this! ❤️
This is a great tutorial, so clear and easy to understand. Thank you for uploading 😇
Instantly subscribe you. Thank you for the clear explanation and brush updates while drawing❤
thank you! this was so helpful
This is literally the best tutorial on pixel art creation on procreate! 😍 Thank you so much for this awesome video!
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just the fit to canvas tip alone is INCREDIBLE! great video! love this
Thank you!
Your brush set is just amazing and so is this video! It helped me greatly! Thanks, man!
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Super useful tutorial!
this is the best Tutorial I could find! you helped me resolve my problem with exporting the art :D
Thank you so much and I will definitely check out those brushes, they look amazing!
I’m so happy that this was helpful to you! Thank you for watching and your kind words! 😊
I've made my best pixel art ever so quickly thanks to the techniques you've shown and the free brushes. I'm inspired, thank you! ❤
That’s great! Love to know this, thank you 😊🙏
This helped me so much in creating some countryball art. Thank you!
Wonderful ❤
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this was so motivating!! tutorial is beyond amazing, great tips and taught me everything i needed to know. i immediately bought your brushes after 🙏🏽
Thank you so much for your kindness and support! 🙏✨
These brushes look fantastic, just bought them thanks, can't wait to create awesome pixel art
Thanks for your kind words and support!
Great video! Thank you for the brushes!
My pleasure!
Absolutamente incrível!!! I love these brushes!
Thanks!
Thanks very much for the details about exporting the images and how to make them not tiny.
Happy that you found it useful! ✨
Thank you so much for making the free version!
Glad you find it useful!
just bought the brushes ! can't wait to use them !!
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Lovely. Just what I needed. My idea is to recreate landscapes that exist around but in pixel art form and this is exactly the starting point I needed 💜 thank you
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Good work on these brushes, thanks for the demo :)
Thank you! Glad you liked it! :D
Thank you so much :)
Beautiful art!
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Awesome tut ty. Many Blessings
Thank you! 😊 Glad you like it!
Thank you so much !! You are so talented, it inspired me a lot !
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Heyy i just got the pixel art brushed thank you so much they are amazing !!
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I just bought your brush bundle! I’m looking forward to create cute pixel illustrations now!
Thank you so much for your kind support! 😊🙏
I'm watching your videos now, but I'm already in love with the brushes
@piu4595 that’s fantastic, thank you so much! Feel free to let me know if you have any questions here or via email and I’ll be more than happy to help 😊
@@IttaiManero okay
Amazing! Gracias por el video!!
Thank you! A ti por verlo! 😊
Thank you 😊
Honestly the most useful video I’ve come across amazing dude
That’s awesome! Thank you 😊🙏
Acabo de comprar el set completo. Muchas gracias ❤
Muchas gracias por tu apoyo! 🙏❤️
this is exactly what i needed. i have been wanting to learn pixel art for a long time and you really helped so thank you! i will do my best and practice hard
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@@IttaiManero bought your brush set and it’s amazing~ if i post my art on social media, do you want me to credit you for the brushes? i imagine it was a lot of work
@@imveryanxious thank you! 😊 You can credit me if you like, it’s up to you! But if you use the hashtag #manerobrushes or you tag me in your post, I will be more than happy to share it
Great amzing
Just purchased these brushes a few days ago and I am obsessed!
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Really nice and newbie friendly. Thanks!
Thank you! Happy to know that it is easy enough to follow 😊
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My absolute pleasure! ☺️✨
Bro you literally saved my life! Thank you so much! I have an undertale OC who I was making a sprite animation for, and I needed to put it on a bigger canvas to animate the art work, but it always would come out blurry! And you saved literally me from having to animate a blurry image. thank you so much!
That’s great! So happy that it was useful to you 😊😄
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Stumbled upon this video based on the subject of pixel art, stayed for your relaxing voice, and learned some amazing tips!!
Wow!! Buying your brush set now, sir. Thank you!!
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Omg this is so helpful thanks from Tacoma Washington!!
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Very good insight, Thanks
Glad you like it! 😊
That was amazing🤩
Thank you!
Finally! A great pixel art tutorial for procreate! Thank you so much.
So happy that you enjoyed it! Thank you 😊
@@IttaiManero my main issue was the upscaling. I just had it on the wrong setting xD
Now I’ll be able to make more types of art in useful ways. Thank you again!
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Great tut and brushes. Thanks for creating this, take a sub
Appreciated! ✨
hi! great video! thank you and huge high five for the free brushes!
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Best Tutorial!!!
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OBSESSED with ur brushes thank u so much, the online selection wasn’t doing it for me either!
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Such incredible information, wow! I bought the full brush set and they are PERFECT. They work so well. Thank you for making them and this video.
Nothing could make me more happy than that, thank you!
@@IttaiManero
@@PuppyLambs thank you for pointing that out, I didn’t know this. Apparently Procreate is displaying the reference in the same size as your canvas, so it looks really low resolution. I will email Savage and let them know. I almost never use the reference window in Procreate as I find it a bit clunky. Instead I use two apps, depending on what I need: VizRef and DrawRef. VizRef is great for multiple references at once. DrawRef is great for a single reference and because it is free. Also with DrawRef you can swipe the little window to the side of the screen to put it away temporarily.
@@IttaiManero thank you so much for answering! This was very helpful. I will check out those other apps you mentioned in the meantime. Cheers :)
@@PuppyLambs happy to help! 😊
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I really love how easy your tutorial is! I don't have any desire to make pixel art at this time but if I wanted to, I could because your instructions are so easy to follow. Great work! Btw, do you have a video explaining alpha lock and also how to shade?
Thank you, Jules A! I usually don’t do videos about specific features in Procreate, since there are lots and lots of those kind of tutorials on UA-cam already. Check out this excellent tutorial by @ghostpaper, for example: ua-cam.com/video/jZNXg_2fU5Q/v-deo.html
@@IttaiManero thank you!! I’ll look around.
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I tried your free brush pack, and I'm so in love with It! It was my first time trying pixel art, and I want to do more! I would like to get the Full pack, but it's a shame that I'm Brazilian, and dolar or euro it's too expensive for me. Maybe After working a little bit more and improving, I can save some money to invest
Thank you for your kind words! I’m sorry about that situation, I wish there was a way to make my prices fair for everyone anywhere in the world 😕
WOW! What amazing video. Thank you so much. I know I'm a bit late, un año despues :) igualmentes it's so useful video anytime. All the best!
I’m happy that you watched it and liked it! Thank you! 😊✨🙏
3:40 set grid size to 0 for more accurate result in large canvases!
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After 5 hours trying to export the artwork by myself, i decided to search some tutorial in youtube and i could do it in 5mins. tks for your tutorial
So glad you found it useful! 😊🙏
You got my money ;x
Thanks for your support 😊✨
This is an amazing tutorial tysm! I’m wondering, can I use your brushes for works other than personal use? And and I allowed to duplicate your brush and make a new brush from it?
Hi, thank you for the kind words. You can use my brushes for personal and/or commercial projects. Of course you can duplicate any of my brushes and adjust them to your liking, and then use that modified brush to create personal or commercial art. But you can not resell or redistribute any of my brushes, even if they are modified. Modifying a brush will still mantain the logo and signature of the original creator. You can read my license terms for any of my products here: ittaimanero.gumroad.com/l/ThePixelArtExperience?layout=profile#refund-policy
Alright, thank you so much for replying! :)@@IttaiManero
@@piiect no worries!
Thanks for the tips :) very helpful
I have also another question, I loved the font that you used in video. What is the name of the font?
It’s a pixel art font I downloaded from the Internet forever ago, sorry I have no idea where I got it. But if you google pixel art font you can find many.
Thanks :) I used an online font user AI and took screenshot from video and found a free font that looks like your font. It's name is "Pet me 128" @@IttaiManero
So helpful, thank you😍! And what about pixel font? Any suggestion?
Thank you! True pixel fonts aren’t possible in Procreate at the moment, due to how the text feature works in Procreate. Any pixel fonts imported into Procreate will have some kind of anti-aliasing that is unavoidable. You have two options: you can draw your text pixel by pixel for true pixel art text, or you can wait until you enlarge your art in the final step and then use a pixel-looking font that will do the trick (but the pixels in the font will probably not have the same size as the pixels in your art). I personally prefer to draw my texts manually pixel by pixel.
@@IttaiManero Ah ok, I see. Thanks again for the explanation!
I think i discovered a flaw in your brushes. Customer shows up to buy 1, sees the others, can't decide which to buy. Stuck in endless decision loop. lol
I've narrowed it down to the pixel brush + the stippling brush, or the pixel brush + the crosshatching brush. Then at a later date the comic stuff just for learning.
Is that a flaw or a good sign? Hahahha Thank you so much, I appreciate it 🙏
Hey! Just bought your brush set and am having a troubling time getting them imported onto procreate, what is the best way to go about doing this!
Hello, thanks for your support! You can click on the file once you have it in the files app and it will import automatically in Procreate. Feel free to email me at ittaimanero@gmail.com if you need further assistance 😊
you can also click the "+" on brushes then click import and select the pack you downloaded
Cool video, how can i get these brushes please
Thanks! Here’s the link: ittaimanero.gumroad.com/l/ThePixelArtExperience
Pixaki has proper nearest neighbour rotation, (without interpolation) fyi. This has been requested on Procreate forums for years but seems like they don't really care. (which is weird since actual interpolation while rotation is an "additional" process)
Hi, thanks for the suggestion. I just went ahead and purchased Pixaki to check that out by myself, and I found that rotating to any other degree different than 90º messes up the pixels no matter what you do. I think this is unavoidable in any pixel-based program because the software has to recalculate the position of every pixel, resulting in deformation. I personally don’t see any difference between rotating in pixel art in Procreate using Nearest Neighbor and rotating in Pixaki.
hey, i really like your brush pack but for some reason when i save the art it is blurry. is there any fix?
Hi, yes, you need to follow the steps for exporting that I explain in this video (around minute 6) or in the included PDF.
Wow we have the same surname MANERO
Hahahha, nice! 😄
Which brush do you use to paint the base color?
Hi, it’s not a brush, I’m just color filling the canvas. If you grab the color circle in the top right corner, drag it and release it on the canvas, it will fill it with your current color.
@@IttaiManero thank thank you 🙏🏽 @ittaimanero . I’m interested if you have paid tutorials on Pixels… especially isometrics on Procreate. I appreciate all of quality you provide in your content ✨✨⭐️
@@MoonBeamer2023 thank you! I don’t do paid tutorials, only free ones here on UA-cam. If you check on my channel I have a few tutorials for pixel art, here’s the playlist: How to do Pixel Art in Procreate
ua-cam.com/play/PLZRcv92LlzAU0Z9tLhQx1UTGQS-yLHu5b.html
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Good to know! 😃
When I draw with the pixel brush it always leaves faded edges along the path like the brush is not 100% opaque. If I draw a curved line the edges will be faded pixels but if I draw a straight line the brush will work. Any way to fix the faded parts?
Hello! This is very strange, as you can see in the video, it never happens to me, and I’ve never heard of this issue with this brush set before. Would you be so kind to record a short video of the issue and send it to me so I can have a closer look? You can email me to ittaimanero@gmail.com Thank you!
Hi I’d like to ask where is the pixel art brushes?
Hello, here’s the link: ittaimanero.gumroad.com/l/ThePixelArtExperience
Whenever I try to use the 1px brush, it's super small, do i need a different canvas size?
Hi ZYX, what canvas size are you currently using?
I am using the 2160×1620 or 2048x2048
@@zyx5143 that's way too big for a pixel art canvas. If you read the guidebook included with the brushes or follow this video tutorial, you will see that for pixel art illustrations, working on smaller canvases is needed. I put the example of working on 200 by 300 for a pixel art illustration. Obviously you can choose any size you want, but you need to have in mind that the bigger the canvas, the smaller the pixels will look. If you want to have really big pixels, then use even smaller canvases. It all depends on what you want to do pixel art of. A pixel art character could be done on a 16 by 16 canvas, 32 by 32, 64 by 64...Feel free to experiment while having this in mind.
I was wondering if you could tell me how to download the brushes? When I get to the screen it doesn’t show anything to download. I love your brushes and I would love to use them in a game I am going to make in scratch!
Hello, can you email me with more details? A detailed description of the issue, screenshots and/or a short video showing the issue would help. My email is ittaimanero@gmail.com
@@IttaiManero I have sent you a email with screenshots of the page. I hope it’s just a mild misunderstanding of where to download the brushes.
@@Bumblebeereekshavoc thank you for the screenshots, I’ve just replied to your email. I’m going to paste my response here in case somebody else reads this and also needs help:
“You see where it says “Name a fair price”? You need to type whatever amount you would like to donate, or just type “0” if you want to download it for free. Then you can press the black button below and proceed to the check out/downloading page.”
Thank you!
@@IttaiManerothank you so much! This is going to make pixel art drawing so much easier!
@@Bumblebeereekshavoc happy to help! 😊
Amazing tutorial and the brush pack has been so helpful! one thing - I was trying to animate, and when I did the trick to fit the canvas to the bigger size, it did a super weird thing. It only expanded my first layer, and all the following layers were merged down in the corner of the first layer. On the screen, it said I had all my layers, but visually it looked the same as my first one. Sorry my explanation isn't the best, but I'm just really confused about why this happened - does anyone know what I may have done wrong? Also before I could undo it, the app crashed :/ so maybe procreate just glitched out and couldn't handle expanding it?
Thanks for your kind words!
About the issue, did you select all your layers by swiping to the right on each of them before expanding? There shouldn’t be any reason for Procreate to crash when resizing the content of the layers after you have already set the new canvas size.
@@IttaiManero Yes, I swiped all the layers and followed the steps you showed in the video
@@sanj3706 I see. Well, since the app crashed, it could have been just a normal crash that had nothing to do with what you were doing. Have you tried it again and see how it goes?
@@IttaiManero yeah, I made a little test file and it worked fine as you said. just a little disheartened that it did that on my project file. Thank you for your help though and your tutorial/brushes have been so useful as I said before!!
@@sanj3706 It’s always a good idea to duplicate your project in Procreate’s gallery before doing any important changes, that way you’ll always have a backup in case anything goes wrong. Keep on creating! 🙏😊
Could this be used to create 2d game assets??
Of course! Check out my other pixel art tutorials, I have a tutorial for tileset creation and another for top down character walking animation
How do I make it so that the pixels I draw line up perfectly with the grid? Idk how to explain but when I draw a pixel, it’s in the middle of 2 pixels on the grid
Try opening the grid settings, click on the blue dot and a reset button will show up, then click that. It is possible that for some reason your grid moved. This should fix it :) let me know if it works!
@@IttaiManero I just tried that, but nothing changed ):
@@IttaiManero ah I fixed it. Realised I could move the grid manually, thanks a lot for the quick response! :D
@@pixie7103 could you send me the procreate file by email to ittaimanero@gmail.com? I’ll be happy to have a deeper look and see what’s happening :)
@@pixie7103 oh cool! My second guess was going to be that maybe your canvas size wasn’t in pair numbers (like if for example it was 101 pixels wide instead of 100). Could that be the case?
Te han quedado muy bien pero me gustaria saber como lo has hecho
Gracias! Cómo he hecho qué cosa?
@@IttaiManero Los pinceles y por cierto yo lo que hago para el “exporting” es poner 4 dedos en la pantalla y asi se escode todo y solo se ve el dibujo y luego le hago captura de pantalla, me parece mas rapido y sencillo.
Los pinceles: Con varios meses de trabajo, esfuerzo y mucha prueba y error.
Exportar: El problema de hacer una captura de pantalla es que no estás eligiendo el tamaño ni la resolución de tu arte final, te estás limitando al tamaño de la pantalla de tu iPad. Además en una captura no eliges la calidad de la imagen ni el formato, si haces zoom seguramente te encuentres artefactos. Si quieres algo rápido y todo eso te da igual, entonces está bien.
I can not fill the resized canvas without getting the image blurry :( I am sure I followed all steps but it does not work. Any ideas?
Hey Tom! Is your interpolation set to Nearest Neighbor in the transform tool before making the image fit the new canvas size? Having the interpolation set to a different setting is the only thing that can make your image blurry after transforming it. If that is not the case, feel free to send me the procreate file at ittaimanero@gmail.com and I will have a look for you! 😊
@@IttaiManero Done, thank you.
Can I use procreate to make sprites?
Yes, you can! I have this other video about it: ua-cam.com/video/vwgacGe-ei0/v-deo.html
@@IttaiManero oh wow thank you so much, this helps a lot cause I really like using my Apple Pencil instead of a mouse on the computer 😁
@@mothman_slayer4217 nice! 😊
Hello, after doing my first pixel art thanks to this video, i came across a problem. Whenever iI expanded my pixel art, just like you said to do in this video, it would turn blurry…Am I doing anything wrong? please help…❤
Hi, is the Interpolation set to Nearest Neighbor before expanding it like I show in the video?
@@IttaiManero Hello, thanks for replying… uhmm What’s interpolation and Nearest Neighbor? Thanks🥰
@@Azulathedawg when you use the transform tool, in the menu below there’s an option called Interpolation, you need to change it to Nearest Neighbor. You can see that more clearly in the PDF that is included with the brushes, that explains step by step how to export your pixel art
@@IttaiManero Thank you, Thank you!!! Alright I’ll do it…
@@Azulathedawg no problem! 👍😊
Does this work with Procreate pocket? :)
Yes! 😊 Have in mind that in Procreate Pocket there is no pressure sensitivity because it’s iPhone and not iPad, so brushes that change size with pressure would not work as intended. But that is just like one or two brushes in the whole set.
@@IttaiManeroThank you :D
Ok maybe I’m just stupid but I bought it how do I use it
Hi, thanks for your support 🙏 what exactly do you mean by how do you use it?
i‘ve done a pixel art gif with your 3 free brushes but when i export it, the quality is soooo low… does anyone know a solution?
Hi, have you enlarged the canvas before exporting like I explain in this video?
@@IttaiManeroWhen i‘ve done the first step with enlarging the canvas, it says „Maximum number of levels exceeded“
@@luisarothe9317 how large are you trying to make it? Depending on your iPad model there’s a limit. Try choosing a more moderate size and if it still says that it is too big, keep lowering bit by bit and see how big you can make it.
@@IttaiManero thank you :) i have the ipad air 2022
how to use setting for printing?
Hi! I guess just follow the method I explain in this video to scale your finished artwork to the size you want to print it, and it should be good!
@@IttaiManero done :D i will try to use it :)
by the way:do you sell printings ?:)
@@annakowalik1426 I don’t sell prints at the moment, no :)
I just can’t find the pixel brush. Someone help me:( I’m on ipad
Hi, this is not a brush that comes by default with Procreate. You need to download it from my Gumroad page. You have a full paid brush set but also a free mini set available for you to try out. You can find the link in the description of this video.
@@IttaiManero hey I found another video to help. Sorry if I wasted your time
Can anyone help. pixels does not align to grid center, like in 3:56 , it might be some setting I'm not aware of. I did not have that issues earlier however when I tried make some pixel art today I noticed that the pixel won't fit into the grid, no matter what. 😭😭😭
Hi! What’s your canvas size?
@@IttaiManero 32px x 32px
@@jazoche thanks! I will check as soon as I get my hands on my iPad and get back to you
@@jazoche have you tried tapping on the blue dot in the center of the grid when you are in the grid settings? That brings a “reset” button that you can click and it should realign the grid.
@@IttaiManero thanks a lot for this. Though resetting the grid did not fix the issue, I could manually drag the grid and align it to the pixels. It's okay for now, just few extra steps. 😀
does anyone know how to export the image without it losing quality :((
It is explained in this video, in the 6:12 minute mark
@@IttaiManero Oops! I wasn't clicking out of the transform tool! Silly mistake, I am not very techy... but thank you very much for your video it was very helpful! :D
@@brummelliana3584 no problem! 😊
i cant download the zip, fix your website pls
edit: nvm found it out
oh nvm i got it working, im a idiot
Hi, the files are not in zip format, please try downloading the individual files. Gumroad is offering the possibility to download the whole package as a zip file but that seems to be something new that is in the works and may not be working properly at the moment. I can’t do anything about that unfortunately.
@@IttaiManero i found it out, i am using the free version and i found out i just needed to get the app and open it in procreate, thx for the help tho!
@@crxstalgaming2052 I’m glad it worked out!
20$ ? :(
That’s the full version. There’s also a free version: ittaimanero.gumroad.com/l/FREEPixelArtMiniSet
just get aseprite instead, actually made for pixel art