This was super helpful! You weren't rambling, everything you said was helpful, especially the part about making fine detail using "large" pixels of 2x2. Already learned a technique before even starting. The shortcuts and preferences are very useful. Thanks a lot!
@@timmytimmy9771 i loved it. setting up the stage prior to beginning work is really important. thank you! is there a way to save the workstation in gimp? kind of like an ide for coding?
@@amenamabrouk I did a bot of googling on the subject as I was not sure myself, and there is a way to save the layout: Under Preferences>Window Management there should be a button called "Save Window Positions Now". That should do it! (:
Super fast and informative, surprised you aren't the top search result. The actual first result is a poorly made video of a guy talking for 30 minutes and not explaining anything, but with you i learnt it quickly in a few minutes.
I know this video is from 2 years ago, but you're pulling through for me right now! I feel like a pro and I haven't even started my first pixel art yet. I saved the same layout as you showed as a default starting point that I'll just "Save As" once I've started the work on whatever asset. Thanks so much!
Super helpful! But, was I the only one who configured the grid and then went on google to see why it's not showing, found out how to make it show, proceeded to continou watching the vid and saw him mention how to enable it like 1 min after? It might help to point that out instantly before explaining why you use 32x32 but only make a 16x16 and use extra detail etc. Thanks for the tutorial
im a dumbass, instead of keep watching for 10 more seconds i freak out already watch the whole video again and make this dumb comment while you say what i need to know right after
@rodakara4538 1 year later, the same damn thing happens to me, and as I'm reading both of your replies, the duration I had to wait passed and I'm losing my mind, because this feels like some comment inception 😂
Any tips for "auto-toning" pixels to have different "tones" to make mixed pixels of a single color? Something like what Minecraft does with their textures where it's "messy" and often not a single tone. I know there is a "noise" function but I was hoping for a brush to help with fine details where there might be a mix of flat tones and "mixed/messy" tones.
The first thing I thought of was noise, but if that's not what you're going for I think adjusting the fill factor and painting over the older pixels is what I'd personally do (: In all honesty I'm more of the tech guy than the arts guy :p
@@timmytimmy9771 Well noise is useful, but it seems to transform the entire image, which is helpful for things like whole ground textures of grass, snow, sand, etc but not so useful for finer details, like trees, buildings or people because it transforms the entire image afaik, which is not optimal as it can obscure the finer details of the image. Being able to paint "per pixel" in random tones of a selected color is what I had in mind.
Hey, glad you liked the video! Sadly I work extremely long hours and haven't been "engaged" (idk if thats the correct word in english) enough to make the follow up video. At this point of time I don't know when / if I'll make that video, sorry!
Hey, yeah man! At 5:12 I show you how to setup the default grid so that the grid will always be designed the way you want it to when opening up gimp! The only things you need to have in mind is to: * Use pencil * Use 100% hardness (: * Use hard edge erasor Then you're all set no matter how many pixel art projects you want to do.
this helped me with the grid settings but I ran into another issue with the pixel brush sizing. 1.87 to 1.88 the brush grew exponentially and it was unreasonable. Could not get it to match a grid square for some odd reason no matter what I sized the brush.
Hey! The solution I'd use for this is to right click and see if another brush would help. Normally when doing pixelart you want to add 1 pixel at a time, or fill in using primal shapes (:
@@timmytimmy9771 I tried so many things. The only thing that ended up working was changing the grid size to 1 pixel and changing the brush to 1 pixel. Got a lot of art done yesterday. So still thanks for the tutorial
I didn't mean it as an insult nor as compliment 🙃 I wanted to inform u to speak a bit louder as many things I could not hear and I had to lock myself In a quiet room in order to hear I apologize for the misunderstanding
Sorry for the very late reply. If anyone else wonders this as well, you press the "window" tab at the top and find what window you wish to add to the workplace.
Hey! Export it as a png and keep the compression to "none". Please note that if you're using windows 10 or later and inspect the image windows enforce anti alasing that is not really there in the raw pic (:
You can't make the pixels smaller than 1. You need to make the canvas (picture) bigger. The way I do it in the video is: If I want a 16x16 pixelart, I make the picture 32x32. Now I fill in 4 squares for every pixel on the canvas. That way, you can simply fill in half the square for fine detail. Timestamp: 2:30 -> 3:30
I'm going to have to go out of my way and say that you are in fact wrong here. Gimp is a free photo editing software installed on a lot of peoples PCs. With the correct settings you are able to create layer based pixel editing, with a 100 fluent workflow - which is needed for pixelart. Tools like Aseprite is obviously better at pixelart, as that is their tipped competence, but that only makes them a _better_ tool for it. In short: Gimp is still A tool for pixel art, it is admitedly not the best one though.
@@timmytimmy9771 I didn't say that Gimp _couldn't_ be used for pixel art. I have used Gimp for exactly that, but it's not a very good tool for pixel art. You start out by saying "you are in fact wrong here" but then you go on to say what I said though in different words, "it is admitedly not the best one though." I would go so far as to say that Gimp is one of the worst possible choices for pixel art. It's only redeeming quality, as far as using it for pixel art goes, is that it is free. But there are much better tools available for pixel art that are also free. Like Pixel Studio. The free Pixel Studio has it's short-comings, but it's still a far better tool for pixel art than Gimp. Pretty much every other possible tool for making pixel art is a better choice than Gimp. Don't get me wrong, I like Gimp. It's a powerful tool (and it's free) but it's not the tool to use for pixel art.
@@Lord_Volkner When you put it that way I can get behind what you're saying 100%, I just simply think that Gimp isnt as bad as you're portraying. Saying Gimp "isn't the tool for pixel art" is like saying "photoshop isn't the tool for color correction" as lightroom is a better alternative for it. I am of the thought that if someone wants to use something that they are comfortable with I'll simply let them get on with their work flow and give them the best prequisites for success. Everyone who lands on this video has chosen to search for it. They are already using Gimp and are probably already comfortable with it, so I am merly giving them yet another way to use their program.
@@timmytimmy9771 My apologies, I wasn't meaning to dump of Gimp in any way. I like Gimp and use Gimp ... just not for pixel art. There are so many other tools designed specifically for pixel art that are free or inexpensive as well as intuitive and easy to use, that I just don't see using Gimp in this way. Using Gimp for pixel art is like using a Ferrari for off-roading. You can do it, but it's not going to be easy, maybe you'd be better off switching to a jeep. That is all I was trying to convey.
@@Lord_Volkner I see where you're comming from! To be fair, I don't even personally use Gimp for pixel art if I'm honest, so I guess I actually do agree to some extent :p I do like the input you're giving a lot though! Having diffrent opinions and challenging the opinions of others is super important in order to stay humble. ^^
This was super helpful! You weren't rambling, everything you said was helpful, especially the part about making fine detail using "large" pixels of 2x2. Already learned a technique before even starting. The shortcuts and preferences are very useful. Thanks a lot!
I'm truly glad you enjoyed the tutorial! (:
@@timmytimmy9771 i loved it. setting up the stage prior to beginning work is really important. thank you! is there a way to save the workstation in gimp? kind of like an ide for coding?
@@amenamabrouk I did a bot of googling on the subject as I was not sure myself, and there is a way to save the layout: Under Preferences>Window Management there should be a button called "Save Window Positions Now". That should do it! (:
Super fast and informative, surprised you aren't the top search result. The actual first result is a poorly made video of a guy talking for 30 minutes and not explaining anything, but with you i learnt it quickly in a few minutes.
I know this video is from 2 years ago, but you're pulling through for me right now! I feel like a pro and I haven't even started my first pixel art yet.
I saved the same layout as you showed as a default starting point that I'll just "Save As" once I've started the work on whatever asset.
Thanks so much!
Super helpful!
But, was I the only one who configured the grid and then went on google to see why it's not showing, found out how to make it show, proceeded to continou watching the vid and saw him mention how to enable it like 1 min after?
It might help to point that out instantly before explaining why you use 32x32 but only make a 16x16 and use extra detail etc.
Thanks for the tutorial
Thank you for explaining these things. This was a very helpful video
Wow this was posted on my birthday!!!! Also cool video
Thank you so much, you were exactly what i was looking for
it all went great untill the grid. im doing 100% what you're doing and when i press OK nothing happens xD
im a dumbass, instead of keep watching for 10 more seconds i freak out already watch the whole video again and make this dumb comment while you say what i need to know right after
@@HarryGeluk Just saw your comment haha! We've all been there bro! Glad it worked out for you!
@rodakara4538 1 year later, the same damn thing happens to me, and as I'm reading both of your replies, the duration I had to wait passed and I'm losing my mind, because this feels like some comment inception 😂
THANKS
U R GREAT ur vid was very enjoyable to watch
great work i hope ur channel grows big
This is a wonderful tutorial, I'm so glad I found this vid
"The hardness to 100, nice."
Very helpful, thank you!
Thank you! Great video!!
Any tips for "auto-toning" pixels to have different "tones" to make mixed pixels of a single color? Something like what Minecraft does with their textures where it's "messy" and often not a single tone.
I know there is a "noise" function but I was hoping for a brush to help with fine details where there might be a mix of flat tones and "mixed/messy" tones.
The first thing I thought of was noise, but if that's not what you're going for I think adjusting the fill factor and painting over the older pixels is what I'd personally do (:
In all honesty I'm more of the tech guy than the arts guy :p
@@timmytimmy9771 Well noise is useful, but it seems to transform the entire image, which is helpful for things like whole ground textures of grass, snow, sand, etc but not so useful for finer details, like trees, buildings or people because it transforms the entire image afaik, which is not optimal as it can obscure the finer details of the image. Being able to paint "per pixel" in random tones of a selected color is what I had in mind.
Removing hard edge on the eraser and reducing hardness seems to achieve a similar effect to what I want. Kind of like when you erased the line at 1:24
thanks a lot for this, it was very helpful! :D
Good video and thanks for the help, mah guy. Also, are you planning to do the sprite spreadsheet video that you mentioned at the end?
Hey, glad you liked the video!
Sadly I work extremely long hours and haven't been "engaged" (idk if thats the correct word in english) enough to make the follow up video. At this point of time I don't know when / if I'll make that video, sorry!
Great video. Super efficient. Thanks.
I have one dying question, I don’t know if I missed something but is there a way to save this for other pixel art after the first?
Hey, yeah man!
At 5:12 I show you how to setup the default grid so that the grid will always be designed the way you want it to when opening up gimp!
The only things you need to have in mind is to:
* Use pencil
* Use 100% hardness (:
* Use hard edge erasor
Then you're all set no matter how many pixel art projects you want to do.
@@timmytimmy9771 thank you so much! You deserve more subs!
Thanks for your info, it helps a lot
Not the gimp i searched for but I will take it.
this helped me with the grid settings but I ran into another issue with the pixel brush sizing. 1.87 to 1.88 the brush grew exponentially and it was unreasonable. Could not get it to match a grid square for some odd reason no matter what I sized the brush.
Hey! The solution I'd use for this is to right click and see if another brush would help. Normally when doing pixelart you want to add 1 pixel at a time, or fill in using primal shapes (:
@@timmytimmy9771 I tried so many things. The only thing that ended up working was changing the grid size to 1 pixel and changing the brush to 1 pixel. Got a lot of art done yesterday. So still thanks for the tutorial
@@jabbaweezy Glad to hear you found a way to make it work! (:
nice video. Thanks!
How to bring the square pixel like graph paper.... it's very easy to bring in photoshop but I am not able to do it here
I'm not sure I follow. What are you trying to achieve? I might be able to help (:
@@timmytimmy9771 ohh. I got it afterwards. Thank you for 🙏
Cool vid!
when i click on okay for the grid and then go to view grid. i click the box and it still doesnt show up?
Nice, thank you!
Glad I could help!
really helpful
Thanks!
Hey when i export the image it gets blurred and you cant see the pixels anymore is there a way to disable this?
thanks for this!
Your voice is so soft even on maximum volume
Thanks, I guess (: I'll choose to take that as a compliment!
I didn't mean it as an insult nor as compliment 🙃 I wanted to inform u to speak a bit louder as many things I could not hear and I had to lock myself
In a quiet room in order to hear
I apologize for the misunderstanding
Thank you man
Thank you so much bro
big thanks!!!
Hey how do you get that litle side menu to show up for the brush settings???
Sorry for the very late reply. If anyone else wonders this as well, you press the "window" tab at the top and find what window you wish to add to the workplace.
Im painting on 32×32 zoomed but when i save it it saves as 32×32 so how do i save it as 300×300 or other size
Sadly, that's one of the limits when using Gimp. I have yet to find a way to upscale the art ):
You are very cool thank you
Haha thanks! Glad you liked the tutorial!
can you use 64 x 64 for the canvas because my project wont fit and if so what brush size would i need to use?
Hey! Yes, you can use 64 x 64 px for the canvas, that's pretty regular!
Use a 1x1px size on the brush and you're good to go!
When I export my image it's all blurry. How do I fix that?
Hey!
Export it as a png and keep the compression to "none".
Please note that if you're using windows 10 or later and inspect the image windows enforce anti alasing that is not really there in the raw pic (:
Nice Swedish accent!
My brush is transparent how do I fix this?
You most likely just need to set your hardness to 100 (:
It was at 100%. I figured it out I wasn’t on pencil
@@Troupples Okay, great to hear you figured it out!
How do you use colour?
the grid isnt showing up for me
Hello! Make sure that you are following the steps in the video, for the grid to show you need to enable it via the submenu (:
"heh...nice" lmao
Haha oh man! I'm so glad someone finally noticed!
nice
Thank you, so much!
yeah pencil thing
how do i make the pixels smaller than 1 for fine detail?
You can't make the pixels smaller than 1. You need to make the canvas (picture) bigger.
The way I do it in the video is:
If I want a 16x16 pixelart, I make the picture 32x32.
Now I fill in 4 squares for every pixel on the canvas. That way, you can simply fill in half the square for fine detail.
Timestamp: 2:30 -> 3:30
@@timmytimmy9771 thanks so much, I was doing 30/30 and 150/150 is so much better
how to fix pen tools and eraser not working ?
Make sure that they are on "hard edge" and that you have opacity to 100%
Also make sure that you are on a layer that can be painted on (:
thanks
How do you send something like that without it being distorted?
Send it thorugh a non compressive medium. Dropbox is a simple free starting point, but I'd advance past that later on.
thanks
configure grid doesn't work
Gimp is great for many things (and it's free) but it's not the tool to use for pixel art.
I'm going to have to go out of my way and say that you are in fact wrong here.
Gimp is a free photo editing software installed on a lot of peoples PCs.
With the correct settings you are able to create layer based pixel editing, with a 100 fluent workflow - which is needed for pixelart.
Tools like Aseprite is obviously better at pixelart, as that is their tipped competence, but that only makes them a _better_ tool for it.
In short: Gimp is still A tool for pixel art, it is admitedly not the best one though.
@@timmytimmy9771 I didn't say that Gimp _couldn't_ be used for pixel art. I have used Gimp for exactly that, but it's not a very good tool for pixel art. You start out by saying "you are in fact wrong here" but then you go on to say what I said though in different words, "it is admitedly not the best one though."
I would go so far as to say that Gimp is one of the worst possible choices for pixel art. It's only redeeming quality, as far as using it for pixel art goes, is that it is free. But there are much better tools available for pixel art that are also free. Like Pixel Studio. The free Pixel Studio has it's short-comings, but it's still a far better tool for pixel art than Gimp. Pretty much every other possible tool for making pixel art is a better choice than Gimp.
Don't get me wrong, I like Gimp. It's a powerful tool (and it's free) but it's not the tool to use for pixel art.
@@Lord_Volkner When you put it that way I can get behind what you're saying 100%, I just simply think that Gimp isnt as bad as you're portraying.
Saying Gimp "isn't the tool for pixel art" is like saying "photoshop isn't the tool for color correction" as lightroom is a better alternative for it.
I am of the thought that if someone wants to use something that they are comfortable with I'll simply let them get on with their work flow and give them the best prequisites for success.
Everyone who lands on this video has chosen to search for it. They are already using Gimp and are probably already comfortable with it, so I am merly giving them yet another way to use their program.
@@timmytimmy9771 My apologies, I wasn't meaning to dump of Gimp in any way. I like Gimp and use Gimp ... just not for pixel art. There are so many other tools designed specifically for pixel art that are free or inexpensive as well as intuitive and easy to use, that I just don't see using Gimp in this way.
Using Gimp for pixel art is like using a Ferrari for off-roading. You can do it, but it's not going to be easy, maybe you'd be better off switching to a jeep. That is all I was trying to convey.
@@Lord_Volkner I see where you're comming from! To be fair, I don't even personally use Gimp for pixel art if I'm honest, so I guess I actually do agree to some extent :p
I do like the input you're giving a lot though! Having diffrent opinions and challenging the opinions of others is super important in order to stay humble. ^^
Tack
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Omg polak
You should buy a windows license.
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I cant get the left side pixel menu up ... what do I do
Thanks