I shudder to remember that i used to do my pixel art through Gimp instead of Aseprite. Krita looks better than Gimp, but Aseprite is delightfully perfect for what I needed
What does Aseprite better than Krita? I tried Aseprite but i have a ton of stuff i miss from it (Like the possibility to add references,blending modes with folders, save presets for canvas sizes etc)
Thanks for this! I've been making 3D games for so long and have been wanting to do a 2D game. I've even been watching Pixel Art tutorials to learn how to make pixel art. This is good to know about Krita though
Awesome, thanks for the comment! I was surprised how well Krita worked for pixel art. It doesn't have the full features of Photoshop or the street cred of Aseprite, but it gets the job done and excels as a digital painting app. Good luck with the jump to 2D!
Ive seen a massive problem with Krita that even GIMP doesnt have and that is with trying to draw perfect circles with pixel art. Even if you try to hold shift to maintain the circles aspect ratio in Krita, youll still get circles that look like unsymetrical playdough balls, especially on small image dimensions, which is what pixel art is meant to be drawn on, and this happens because Krita is 100% optimized for pixel art and uses something called "Sub pixel Precision" which is meant for Krita's main purpose of digital painting instead of pixel art.
You can use a special pixel art brush with 'pixel perfect' options built into the brush. might make it turn out better, idk. About to try it myself, been using Aseprite and Promotion NG. Would be nice to have the same workflow/program for all my 2D art though.
Hey, man. I really liked your video, it was very well explained and I needed these tips. But, I only have one question: before upscaling the pixel art, how big was the canvas you used? Or wich size you recommend to use? You really helped me too much with the video and I want to do a little pixel art work in this program that I have been using recently. :)
Thanks for watching! For this piece the canvas was 120x120. A lot of pixel art in old retro games were multiples of 32. 32, 64, 128, etc. It's really just up to you and how you want to use the art. Best of luck creating!
Krita has one caveat for pixel art imo. When you use line tool, it does not snap to your selected pixel, it snaps to one of the four corners of your pixel. It makes it extremely irritating when you want to draw a perfect line, because you have to take into account pixels four corners of pixels when drawing, and then at the end of the line you dont have any feedback saying to you what part of pixel you select, you have to wait for the line preview to update and to show if you didnt f*&$ something up, then to correct those weird angles that don't care what kind of line you tried to draw. Maybe it is fixable, but I couldn't find the option to turn this off. Whoever had an idea to use this feature as default should go on a permanent vacation from coding pixelart graphical programs.
Limited features ??? All i see skill issue It has way more features than asprite and very similar to Photoshop except AI for photo editing which is irrelevant for pixel art You can't use the forbidden techniques on this video with asprite btw 👇 ua-cam.com/video/YVUPgiyB6iM/v-deo.htmlsi=Nbq6sb54qD7ePm18
please if you give a tutorial slowly with the click of the mouse, in which direction the audience understands better, and klik ZOOM for klik Menu or Objek Is there another video that is clearer and easier?
Sure, you can make sprite with it. You could make different layers for each sprite and export them separately, but there isn't an option to animate between them in the app like Aseprite.
i don't get the hate for gimp. it's not like you use any special tools for your pixel art and in the end of the day gimp can draw pixels and has a fill bucket. i would understand it if you used any brushes, filters or effects, but you don't.
I'm all about free, open source tools. Maybe it has gotten better since I tried it last. I think the biggest issue I had with Gimp was input latency. It might be better on PC, but on Mac if I draw a line, it takes a second before the pixels are render on the screen. It made it unusable as a realtime art tool for me. These days I tend to use Affinity Photo for everything--not because it's the best, but because it's what I have. Thanks for the comment!
Back when I used to try and make the pixels, I used Pyxl Edit, which is not free, but only $9. I've also seen it pop up in software bundles and such. Krita looks like a great option, though. Good video, as always!
Yo Thanks, Travis! I remember seeing Pyxl but never tried it. I'll keep an eye out for a bundle deal. I feel like Aseprite is as good as it'll get for pixel art specific programs, but it can't break my Photoshop addiction.
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I usually draw my outlines pixel-by-pixel but you could duplicate the character 4 times underneath your drawing, color them all black, and move one of them up a pixel, one right, one down, and one left. I'm not sure if the Krita outlines have nearest neighbor.
im so fcking tired with krita, man. we've been togther for 5 fcking years. and now ive been looking for pixel art software. and the one i saw ppl like is asepirte. but damn i can't torrent yet. so yeah, im stuck with krita for doing pixel art for the rest of my 1st year life.
I like Aseprite. I've been using Affinity Photo for everything recently, not because it's great but because it's what I have. There is an open source version of Aseprite you could check out: github.com/LibreSprite/LibreSprite
Thanks! For the large ones my canvas is 120x120. For individual sprites I like to match the character resolution of whatever system I'm targeting. For example Mega-Man on NES is 24x24. Good luck with your art!
@@mobypixel Thank you. I've started creating a roguelike 2D game and decided to use pixel art as the art style. So your video came exactly at the right point in time 🙂
I shudder to remember that i used to do my pixel art through Gimp instead of Aseprite. Krita looks better than Gimp, but Aseprite is delightfully perfect for what I needed
Agreed! Aseprite is a pure joy to work in. I love its pixel art GUI aesthetic.
What does Aseprite better than Krita? I tried Aseprite but i have a ton of stuff i miss from it (Like the possibility to add references,blending modes with folders, save presets for canvas sizes etc)
Thanks for this! I've been making 3D games for so long and have been wanting to do a 2D game. I've even been watching Pixel Art tutorials to learn how to make pixel art. This is good to know about Krita though
Awesome, thanks for the comment! I was surprised how well Krita worked for pixel art. It doesn't have the full features of Photoshop or the street cred of Aseprite, but it gets the job done and excels as a digital painting app. Good luck with the jump to 2D!
my english is not good but i understand by your energy; thank bro for your works, from Turkey.👋
Thanks, Muhammed! Good luck with your art.
guess i wont be using GIMP for pixel art anymore, great video very helpful!
Haha, awesome! Good luck with your art!
Ive seen a massive problem with Krita that even GIMP doesnt have and that is with trying to draw perfect circles with pixel art. Even if you try to hold shift to maintain the circles aspect ratio in Krita, youll still get circles that look like unsymetrical playdough balls, especially on small image dimensions, which is what pixel art is meant to be drawn on, and this happens because Krita is 100% optimized for pixel art and uses something called "Sub pixel Precision" which is meant for Krita's main purpose of digital painting instead of pixel art.
You can use a special pixel art brush with 'pixel perfect' options built into the brush. might make it turn out better, idk. About to try it myself, been using Aseprite and Promotion NG. Would be nice to have the same workflow/program for all my 2D art though.
Hey, man.
I really liked your video, it was very well explained and I needed these tips.
But, I only have one question: before upscaling the pixel art, how big was the canvas you used? Or wich size you recommend to use?
You really helped me too much with the video and I want to do a little pixel art work in this program that I have been using recently. :)
Thanks for watching! For this piece the canvas was 120x120. A lot of pixel art in old retro games were multiples of 32. 32, 64, 128, etc. It's really just up to you and how you want to use the art. Best of luck creating!
Krita has one caveat for pixel art imo. When you use line tool, it does not snap to your selected pixel, it snaps to one of the four corners of your pixel. It makes it extremely irritating when you want to draw a perfect line, because you have to take into account pixels four corners of pixels when drawing, and then at the end of the line you dont have any feedback saying to you what part of pixel you select, you have to wait for the line preview to update and to show if you didnt f*&$ something up, then to correct those weird angles that don't care what kind of line you tried to draw. Maybe it is fixable, but I couldn't find the option to turn this off. Whoever had an idea to use this feature as default should go on a permanent vacation from coding pixelart graphical programs.
Thanks, Linux Rant! What's strange is that if you draw a line quickly you don't get that same behavior.
I disabled snap to pixel under view > snap to > snap pixel.
That removed the snapping problem that snaps to pixel edges.
@@Utrilus interesting and counterintuitive...I'll check it out, thanks.
Limited features ???
All i see skill issue
It has way more features than asprite and very similar to Photoshop except AI for photo editing which is irrelevant for pixel art
You can't use the forbidden techniques on this video with asprite btw 👇
ua-cam.com/video/YVUPgiyB6iM/v-deo.htmlsi=Nbq6sb54qD7ePm18
please if you give a tutorial slowly with the click of the mouse, in which direction the audience understands better, and klik ZOOM for klik Menu or Objek
Is there another video that is clearer and easier?
can you make animation with it ? like move
Yes Krista does support exporting layer animations, but I have not tried it. I just saw there are some good tutorials about it on UA-cam. Good luck 🙌
Btw have you tested the animation tools of Krita with pixel art?
No, I didn't know about an animation tool. I'll check it out. Thanks!
Awesome tutorial/review! Definitely a lot of useful tips
Could you also by any chance list the song used in the video description? It's very pretty
Thanks! That is an unreleased song I made several years ago. I'd love to put out a lo-fi beats album at some point. Thanks for posting!
Ohh, I see
You have some amazing talents dude :)
I think this is exactly what i'm looking for , thanks
Awesome! Good luck!
thank you for this video it has helped a lot
Awesome! I'm glad it helped. Good luck with your art!
No support indexed color images :/
Krita is a good for pixel art and it has a good animation tool. For photoshop... doesn't worth the money
Should try the fill brush
Thanks for checking out the video!
When I export my image it still comes out blurry and I was wondering how to fix that if it’s possible, I’m making an rpg so it being blurry is a no go
You have to select nearest neighbor when upscaling. ua-cam.com/video/wCUQXW_xuz0/v-deo.htmlsi=bgr2gIFMt4RMHr6e&t=157
ok this video convinced me to download Krita, it will be my first time but i liked the layout, similiar to phostohop and its free.
Thanks for watching, Kayck Br! Good luck with your art!
A gimp belongs into the basement with a latex mask and not into the toolshed of a pixel artist.
😂🤣
Yo , thx for video , but it’s possible to create it Krita sprites?
Sure, you can make sprite with it. You could make different layers for each sprite and export them separately, but there isn't an option to animate between them in the app like Aseprite.
i don't get the hate for gimp. it's not like you use any special tools for your pixel art and in the end of the day gimp can draw pixels and has a fill bucket. i would understand it if you used any brushes, filters or effects, but you don't.
I'm all about free, open source tools. Maybe it has gotten better since I tried it last. I think the biggest issue I had with Gimp was input latency. It might be better on PC, but on Mac if I draw a line, it takes a second before the pixels are render on the screen. It made it unusable as a realtime art tool for me. These days I tend to use Affinity Photo for everything--not because it's the best, but because it's what I have. Thanks for the comment!
@@mobypixel i get what you mean. this usually only happens to me with more complex brushes and krita is definitely better in that regard.
Back when I used to try and make the pixels, I used Pyxl Edit, which is not free, but only $9. I've also seen it pop up in software bundles and such. Krita looks like a great option, though. Good video, as always!
Yo Thanks, Travis! I remember seeing Pyxl but never tried it. I'll keep an eye out for a bundle deal. I feel like Aseprite is as good as it'll get for pixel art specific programs, but it can't break my Photoshop addiction.
LIBRESPRITE VS ASEPRITE PLEAAASSEEEE
Thanks for the suggestion! I hadn't heard of the open source version of Aseprite. I'll have to wait until it comes to Mac. Thanks for watching!
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Now… how do you make the outline snap into place?
I usually draw my outlines pixel-by-pixel but you could duplicate the character 4 times underneath your drawing, color them all black, and move one of them up a pixel, one right, one down, and one left. I'm not sure if the Krita outlines have nearest neighbor.
underated af
ps. thx a bunch
Thanks, Pancake! Good luck with your art!
im so fcking tired with krita, man. we've been togther for 5 fcking years. and now ive been looking for pixel art software. and the one i saw ppl like is asepirte. but damn i can't torrent yet. so yeah, im stuck with krita for doing pixel art for the rest of my 1st year life.
I like Aseprite. I've been using Affinity Photo for everything recently, not because it's great but because it's what I have. There is an open source version of Aseprite you could check out: github.com/LibreSprite/LibreSprite
Not sure whether someone might have already asked it but what canvas size (px) do you start with? =) and thx a lot for the video
Thanks! For the large ones my canvas is 120x120. For individual sprites I like to match the character resolution of whatever system I'm targeting. For example Mega-Man on NES is 24x24. Good luck with your art!
Badass Bro! ✨🤟😁
Thanks, Stephen! Good luck with your art!
yes baby
Could you please name the music tracks used in this video? They're awesome.
Thanks, @tiffles3890! Those are just some tracks I made a while ago. They aren't posted anywhere else at the moment.
@@mobypixel Hmm. That's a shame.
Damn great video! Saved my life! Earned a sub for that one 👍
Thanks @Nightwulf1269! Good luck with your art!
@@mobypixel Thank you. I've started creating a roguelike 2D game and decided to use pixel art as the art style. So your video came exactly at the right point in time 🙂
No
NFT's ?
No NFT plans at the moment. Thanks for posting!