its just the artist mindset ive been an artist my whole life and every time i make a piece im happy whith it i like it but only notice the imperfections this promotes improvement therefore is good for the artist as every time they try they will improve from the last and even if an artist is the greatest artist in the world they will see their art unfit.
You need to suck at something in order to exceed at it. No one gets born drawing like Michelangelo, failure is the part of the process. Whenever you feel like giving up, don't give up and continue learning. You'll thank yourself in the future
You didn't just say Jalapeno pepper x) All round good video! It's nice to have people documenting their journey to show that progress and quality can come from discipline, not just talent :)
I’ve been doing pixel art for 3 years now (not meaning to promote myself too much, but some of it is posted!), and I’m completely self taught. The biggest tip I can give anyone is to be patient. Art takes time, to make, and to learn. Don’t expect it to be perfect on the first, second, third, or even twenty fifth time. But don’t be discouraged, either.
Your journey is inspiring! I think I'll start practicing for an hour or so a day. I have a scene in mind I want to be able to create but it's quite elaborate lol, gotta start somewhere.
Really nice video. It is true that an hour a day of practice can make you better at not just pixelart, but everything in general. If you want to make pixel art animation you should also check a bit of the animation theory. Alan becker had some really fancy way of explaining it on his channel.
I learned Pixel art relatively same as learning Digital Art. I've been a digital artist for over a decade as well as a pixel art and let me tell you - No one is suck at art. They only lack practice. I started to learn digital/pixel art with no ideas so my art look so ugly compared to now thatI learned shading, color scheme, as well as lighting, proportions and color grading, etc. You just had to practice, practice, practice! Practice makes perfect! And to find your own artstyle
I just started a 365 days pixel art challenge since the 1st of January to get good at pixel art and I really see some improvements ! I hope you keep continue pixel art today, you have some skills ! Cheers from France :)
Awesome video. I have been stuck for like a year and kind of just gave up. Just felt overwhelmed a lot of times and din't want to finish anything. I feel like you bought up some good points and maybe I need to try a course instead of all these different guides. I'm gonna try do the daily pixel challenges and see how it goes. Thank you
Pixel art is a recent interest of mine, however this seems to also apply really well to other disciplines. You did some good research there, and helped me clear out some things in other areas of art too.
This video is awesome! It helped me figure out where to start. I was a bit overwhelmed with how to start learning pixel art. But this video made it clear to me what I should start learning. Thanks a lot!
When he made the joke about eating the food from the computer screen I was like eh and then when he made that face idk man that shit was hella funny lmaoooo
you should try subpixel animation where you use a midtone to give the illusion of moving less than a pixel. this allows idle animaitons to not look so janky and goofy.
I have some background as a visual artist (paid for art school), and it took me an embarrasingly long time to notice that pixel art is way, _way_ closer to painting than it is to line drawing. So, it doesn't hurt to read some books on digital and traditional painting to get your pixel art to the next level.
Thank you for this video i was having a tough time with drawing designs for my monsters and the map for my game when i watched this and it has rly helped
One more Outline Variation is the lighter and darker outline shading technique where you have a lighter outline on the light exposed side and a darker outline on the shaded side. This trick is actually based and works well.
You can totally get by with just practicing by yourself, especially if you know what you’re doing, but the courses will keep you on track and give you some structure to your learning.
I think you forgot to switch on your microphone on your shirt. Anyway great video. I gave up un pixel art yesterday and instead started modelling in Blender and render my tiles etc.
Nice job Will! Now I want to try these courses. I didn’t have any clue where to start with pixel art, but with this video, I have a good idea where to begin.
@@WillHessGameDev Thanks Will, I'll keep that in mind. I already do 3D graphics using Blender 3D, and I've been wanting to learn how to do pixel art for some time.
i still believe pixel art drawing is a talent as either you're born to do it or NOT. Well you immensly reduced my pessimistic look at it since hands down bro i'm impressed, before showing the whole process i didn't believe the thumbnail evolution you pictured. HOWEVERRRRRRRR!!! i highly doubt a person like me with no bone of talent in his hands can produce 'commercial quality' sprites for serious games since they play a huge part in attracting the eyes on it (and not give the noob-indie-game vibe right away).
You look incredibly young, but thats not to discredit you. The opposite actually! This video is cool! Gives me motivation to get into actually doing pixel art (because i suck at art). Pixel art seems like the perfect entry drug to art, and im looking into making pixel art to make a little game now, so this is a nice help!
I enjoyed the video. Just a tip: if you spread your elbows out slightly, you’ll appear more commanding on screen. It helps you take up more space, which can make you come across as more confident and open.
Great job man! I’ve been struggling with getting myself started and constant with pixel art. But your video was very motivating and realistic! I’m not gonna be Picasso, but you make me feel like I can at least make art!
Its definitely all subjective so don't feel like I'm doing better than you lol. People are often a lot hasher and more critical of their own work than they are of other people's so I bet you've got some great pixel art!
My journey to learning pixel art, day 5: found a video on youtube about a guy who tried to teach himself pixel art within a month by practicing an hour every day.
Hey Will, thanks for the video. It was impressive to see how far you got in a month's time. It gives me hope that I can somehow also improve despite not being able to draw whatsoever lol.
You can use paint. No need for specific paid softwares. A good thing you did tho, which is a great exercise for beginners is to start with small sprites. Making something look as good as possible in a 16x16 or 32x32 square is a great way to learn because you can modify it so easily if you don't like something and it teaches you to use the limited space as best as you can.
Very true! I have gimp which I use to make thumbnails for my vids and I believe it's like an open source photoshop which you can again do the exact same thing with Microsoft paint. However, asperite does let you rotate groups of pixels and their algorithm that the rotations use is pretty good. Paint and gimp aren't made for pixel art but you can do it in them, but asperite is exclusively pixel art giving it some pretty cool tools. There is also a way of getting asperite for free too!
I’ve been doing pixel art for a while and I absolutely adore it. You learned the same way I did, and I can see your skill growing. Great video!! Should be very helpful for newcomers 🙏
this is just pixelmaynia november edition xD but like seriously there is a small event hosted by a youtuber named artindi and a couple of others that's called pixelmaynia you might be intressted in it it's baiscally inktober for pixelart
Thanks for this, I'm looking at starting pixel art and found your video by pure luck. It makes me think it's possible! Also the rapid-fire dad jokes were pretty coal.
@@GodotDev1 I know they are usually pretty expensive/ overpriced, but I got them when they were on sale because game dev tv likes to do sales pretty often. I forget exactly but I doubt I paid more than $10 for each
While your pixel arts form is very good I would consider finding a solid color palette since it definitely looks a bit too desaturated and not enough hue shift for colors like green and red.Otherwise, keep up the great work!
Great video! When talking infront of a camera, I would suggest you to move your upper body as well. Your shoulders and upper arms seem very tense in this video since they aren't moving, although you are using your hands to talk. This makes you seem a little closed off, so I would suggest trying to move your upper body a bit more when talking. Practice makes perfect, you're doing great!
I've been practicing Pixel Art for 3 years now, so this was really interesting to watch. Your animations were pretty good! I love Pixel Art so much but there's seriously always more you can learn or master. I've spent 10s of hours just learning how to draw one thing a little better than I could before. Especially those pesky textures!
For all those interested, they have a great sale going on right now. You can get bundles of up to 4 courses with like 80% off. I just got into pixel art and making 2d games. And its helping me out tons! Oh and Adam is awesome too :D
Thanks for making the video the way you did. Tired of seeing people draw masterpieces but act like they didn't do anything great.
Your welcome and thanks for watching!
Perhaps make a video about your art. :)
@@kuuly3334 what do you mean?
its just the artist mindset ive been an artist my whole life and every time i make a piece im happy whith it i like it but only notice the imperfections this promotes improvement therefore is good for the artist as every time they try they will improve from the last and even if an artist is the greatest artist in the world they will see their art unfit.
Damn that’s deep
Great video! I'm a software engineer and have always had a passion for game dev, but always give up when I realise I suck at art. This gives me hope!
Hahaha thanks!
You need to suck at something in order to exceed at it. No one gets born drawing like Michelangelo, failure is the part of the process. Whenever you feel like giving up, don't give up and continue learning. You'll thank yourself in the future
There's always free assets. Download those, and then make minor edits for a good start.
the only way to get better is to practice practice practice. trust me, as a hobbyist writer, actually doing the thing is the BEST way to learn
I feel you. I always loved game dev but it suck at programming - basic python and JavaScript is my celling :-D
Jalopino pepper
Indeed
indeed
indeed
Indeed
Indeed
your elbows never left 90 degrees
much like the pixels
This video was super coal! The rock puns were real gems. Definitely won't take it for granite.
Haha thanks!
those puns really rocked!
@@MasterCatsVR Nah. Imo those puns hit rock-bottom.
those were very solid jokes
dad, go home
It was helpful to get into pixel art for my game
I love this video dude! no quick Gen-Z editing, just chill laid back content, taking things slowly but surely, I love it :)
Thank you
You didn't just say Jalapeno pepper x) All round good video! It's nice to have people documenting their journey to show that progress and quality can come from discipline, not just talent :)
Thanks for watching!
It is Halapenyo not jalapeno
I mean their pronuciation
That honestly caught me off guard, he said it so seriously too. lol
Lol he butchered the word. I've never even heard an American pronounce the J like that and I am one. He's like "Jalopino" 😂
I’ve been doing pixel art for 3 years now (not meaning to promote myself too much, but some of it is posted!), and I’m completely self taught. The biggest tip I can give anyone is to be patient. Art takes time, to make, and to learn. Don’t expect it to be perfect on the first, second, third, or even twenty fifth time. But don’t be discouraged, either.
Helpful, and I love the positivity. Good energy
I appreciate that!
Your journey is inspiring! I think I'll start practicing for an hour or so a day. I have a scene in mind I want to be able to create but it's quite elaborate lol, gotta start somewhere.
5:40 the weapon sprites look pretty sharp, and if you axe me, the sword sprite looks bloody awesome. (sorry if people already made puns like these)
Those were great!
I love the style of pixel art, it's so cute!
Thank you!!
They were right. Look what my man did with hia daily extra hour.
This year, I'm doing NNN, too.
Lmao
Fantastic video man! Really enjoyed it. Keep em coming
Thank you so much!
Really nice video. It is true that an hour a day of practice can make you better at not just pixelart, but everything in general. If you want to make pixel art animation you should also check a bit of the animation theory. Alan becker had some really fancy way of explaining it on his channel.
Noted. Thanks for watching!!!
I learned Pixel art relatively same as learning Digital Art. I've been a digital artist for over a decade as well as a pixel art and let me tell you - No one is suck at art. They only lack practice.
I started to learn digital/pixel art with no ideas so my art look so ugly compared to now thatI learned shading, color scheme, as well as lighting, proportions and color grading, etc.
You just had to practice, practice, practice! Practice makes perfect! And to find your own artstyle
I just started a 365 days pixel art challenge since the 1st of January to get good at pixel art and I really see some improvements ! I hope you keep continue pixel art today, you have some skills ! Cheers from France :)
Good luck!
How is it going so far? :)
Im currently working on a metroidvania based on pixel art, and this helped! Thanks :D
Glad I could help and good luck with your game!
This was recommended to me at the perfect time. I was just about to plan on making pixel art backgrounds for some songs im making.
Awesome! Great energy from this and love the computer human collaboration 👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks!
"I suck at pixel art" most relatable thing i've hear today 😅
Agreed lol
5:42 those weapon sprites are sharp
He's got more dad jokes than I do....and I'm a dad!
Hahaha thanks for watching!
Awesome video. I have been stuck for like a year and kind of just gave up. Just felt overwhelmed a lot of times and din't want to finish anything. I feel like you bought up some good points and maybe I need to try a course instead of all these different guides. I'm gonna try do the daily pixel challenges and see how it goes. Thank you
The difference between true and false knowledge: no need to overcomplicate things. Well done sir
Thanks for watching!
This was really helpful dude thanks for the video and great work on your art 👍
Thank you!
The Pictionary thing is such a great idea. Thank you for this video!
Those weapon sprites are quite sharp
Thanks lol
Great video. Now I am motivated again to work on my pixel art game
Thanks for watching!
this video feels like old youtube and i mean that in the best possible way
Thanks!
7:35 alien sink goes crazy!!
Pixel art is a recent interest of mine, however this seems to also apply really well to other disciplines.
You did some good research there, and helped me clear out some things in other areas of art too.
Thanks for watching!
This was really helpful in plotting out a study plan. Thank you for doing this!
No problem! Thanks for watching!
This video is awesome! It helped me figure out where to start. I was a bit overwhelmed with how to start learning pixel art. But this video made it clear to me what I should start learning. Thanks a lot!
Glad it helped!
When he made the joke about eating the food from the computer screen I was like eh and then when he made that face idk man that shit was hella funny lmaoooo
Haha glad you liked it!
suuuuuuuuuuuch a missed opportunity to say that the sword sprite was looking sharp!
Haha thanks for watching!
no problem! great content keep up the good work!@@WillHessGameDev
Wow look at this young hustler I love it!
you should try subpixel animation where you use a midtone to give the illusion of moving less than a pixel. this allows idle animaitons to not look so janky and goofy.
I’ll look into it. Thanks
You deserve more subs than a million. You seem to work hard on your work!
Thank you so much!
Finally a realistic video on progress! Love this! 🔥 Well done!
Thanks!
That parallax background truly reminds me of Noita, great work!
Thank you!
I have some background as a visual artist (paid for art school), and it took me an embarrasingly long time to notice that pixel art is way, _way_ closer to painting than it is to line drawing.
So, it doesn't hurt to read some books on digital and traditional painting to get your pixel art to the next level.
I appreciate the tip!
The Force is strong with this one! Great video Mate!
Thanks!
5:39 The weapon sprites were looking sharp!
(I LOVE that you included music from Subnautica Below Zero in this video)
Haha thanks! I like the below zero music too!
Thank you for this video i was having a tough time with drawing designs for my monsters and the map for my game when i watched this and it has rly helped
You deserve a lot more traction for your channel. This was super helpful and I can't wait to see you improve your content.
I appreciate that!
5:40
"the weapon sprites were sharp"
here that's a free one for ya 👍
Thanks lol
This was a good one, keep on producing videos.
One more Outline Variation is the lighter and darker outline shading technique where you have a lighter outline on the light exposed side and a darker outline on the shaded side. This trick is actually based and works well.
Thanks for the tip!
Thanks for sharing your journey! I love seeing people's process towards education. Lovely work and very funny!
The fact that you showed us your firsts steps the way you did is awesome. Keep it going man!
Thanks!
If there's a main course i should take or just practice with myself it really matters to me❤
You can totally get by with just practicing by yourself, especially if you know what you’re doing, but the courses will keep you on track and give you some structure to your learning.
I think you forgot to switch on your microphone on your shirt. Anyway great video. I gave up un pixel art yesterday and instead started modelling in Blender and render my tiles etc.
Well done on a great video - good editing 🙂
Thanks!
Thank you bro! without you, I wouldn't be motivated when learning pixel art
I appreciate it!
Oooh, Subnautica ost, I see you're a man of culture! Jokes aside, thanks for the video, it really helped me out
Nice job Will! Now I want to try these courses. I didn’t have any clue where to start with pixel art, but with this video, I have a good idea where to begin.
Yeah I’d totally recommend the courses. They go on sales fairly regularly so I’d definitely wait for them to go on sale. Thanks for watching!
@@WillHessGameDev Thanks Will, I'll keep that in mind. I already do 3D graphics using Blender 3D, and I've been wanting to learn how to do pixel art for some time.
Well best of luck to you in your pixel art endeavors
The company really should pay you! You just made them a new customer.
i still believe pixel art drawing is a talent as either you're born to do it or NOT.
Well you immensly reduced my pessimistic look at it since hands down bro i'm impressed, before showing the whole process i didn't believe the thumbnail evolution you pictured. HOWEVERRRRRRRR!!! i highly doubt a person like me with no bone of talent in his hands can produce 'commercial quality' sprites for serious games since they play a huge part in attracting the eyes on it (and not give the noob-indie-game vibe right away).
Well done! Great idea, by the way! I'll have to steal the challenge parameters and play around. Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Professional video 👍 I needed this!
Thank you!
Just started out this challenge this is inspiring!
Thank you!
You look incredibly young, but thats not to discredit you. The opposite actually! This video is cool! Gives me motivation to get into actually doing pixel art (because i suck at art). Pixel art seems like the perfect entry drug to art, and im looking into making pixel art to make a little game now, so this is a nice help!
Thanks for watching!
Congrats! Very good progress
What a genious.
Thank you, brother!
You're welcome!
Amazing work my dude.
Thanks!
I see what you did there 0:11
I enjoyed the video. Just a tip: if you spread your elbows out slightly, you’ll appear more commanding on screen. It helps you take up more space, which can make you come across as more confident and open.
Haha yeah when I rewatch the vid I always feel like I look like a robot mannequin. Glad you liked the video!
Great job man! I’ve been struggling with getting myself started and constant with pixel art. But your video was very motivating and realistic! I’m not gonna be Picasso, but you make me feel like I can at least make art!
Bro made better pixel art in 5 days than me in 3 years 💀
Its definitely all subjective so don't feel like I'm doing better than you lol. People are often a lot hasher and more critical of their own work than they are of other people's so I bet you've got some great pixel art!
My journey to learning pixel art, day 5: found a video on youtube about a guy who tried to teach himself pixel art within a month by practicing an hour every day.
Only 5k subs. ? 😢 dawm, you deserve so much more.
What a wholesome video
Thank you!
Hey Will, thanks for the video. It was impressive to see how far you got in a month's time. It gives me hope that I can somehow also improve despite not being able to draw whatsoever lol.
Thanks woe watching!
*for
i like your confidence man
You can use paint. No need for specific paid softwares. A good thing you did tho, which is a great exercise for beginners is to start with small sprites. Making something look as good as possible in a 16x16 or 32x32 square is a great way to learn because you can modify it so easily if you don't like something and it teaches you to use the limited space as best as you can.
Very true! I have gimp which I use to make thumbnails for my vids and I believe it's like an open source photoshop which you can again do the exact same thing with Microsoft paint. However, asperite does let you rotate groups of pixels and their algorithm that the rotations use is pretty good. Paint and gimp aren't made for pixel art but you can do it in them, but asperite is exclusively pixel art giving it some pretty cool tools. There is also a way of getting asperite for free too!
Aseprite is free if you compile it yourself
Thanks man , I know they way now
Those weapons sprites were sharp!
I’ve been doing pixel art for a while and I absolutely adore it. You learned the same way I did, and I can see your skill growing. Great video!! Should be very helpful for newcomers 🙏
Thanks I appreciate it
Great video dude
Helpful!
this is just pixelmaynia november edition xD
but like seriously there is a small event hosted by a youtuber named artindi and a couple of others that's called pixelmaynia you might be intressted in it
it's baiscally inktober for pixelart
I’ll look into it! Thanks for the suggestion
@@WillHessGameDev
you're welcome bro 👍
Awesome video!
Thanks!
Thanks for this, I'm looking at starting pixel art and found your video by pure luck. It makes me think it's possible! Also the rapid-fire dad jokes were pretty coal.
Thanks for watching!
Maybe for an idle animation or just in general on the character, you could make the tip of the hair bob up and down to add more realism
Ooh thanks for the tip!
You did a great video buddy! This video is very underrated imo, hope more people see it. Loved your progress and discipline !
Glad you enjoyed it!
you rarely see the journey of a pixel art artist, most make videos after couple years of work/ practice and it makes you feel bad about yourself
Thanks for watching!
Great job here bro! Went pretty hard on the puns though ;)
Thanks!
The heart was DAMN GOOD!!!
Thank you!
Great video. It deserves more likes!
Thanks!
@@WillHessGameDevI have a question. How much did the courses cost?
@@GodotDev1 I know they are usually pretty expensive/ overpriced, but I got them when they were on sale because game dev tv likes to do sales pretty often. I forget exactly but I doubt I paid more than $10 for each
@@WillHessGameDevok thanks:)
you are cool dude, keep it up
Thank you!
While your pixel arts form is very good I would consider finding a solid color palette since it definitely looks a bit too desaturated and not enough hue shift for colors like green and red.Otherwise, keep up the great work!
Thanks for the tip!
Really good video my man
Great video!
When talking infront of a camera, I would suggest you to move your upper body as well. Your shoulders and upper arms seem very tense in this video since they aren't moving, although you are using your hands to talk. This makes you seem a little closed off, so I would suggest trying to move your upper body a bit more when talking. Practice makes perfect, you're doing great!
Thanks for the feedback!
I've been practicing Pixel Art for 3 years now, so this was really interesting to watch. Your animations were pretty good! I love Pixel Art so much but there's seriously always more you can learn or master.
I've spent 10s of hours just learning how to draw one thing a little better than I could before. Especially those pesky textures!
Thanks for watching and leaving a comment! There is always more to learn!
That's a nice slime
As everybody once said to me: "TeRrArIa SlImE"
No but seriously, You are an AMAZING creator and you need more subscribers!
Thank you so much!
the video you watched last is first in my recomended
Very nice to see the progression in just 30 days. Did you use a mouse to draw your pixel art or a wacom tablet?
Thank you! I used a mouse
For all those interested, they have a great sale going on right now. You can get bundles of up to 4 courses with like 80% off. I just got into pixel art and making 2d games. And its helping me out tons! Oh and Adam is awesome too :D
Thanks for sharing!