@@halloyves probably an Asian country like China, Japan, India, Korea, etc cause Asian Countries are more into software engineering and are also cheap AF. and in Many of the Asian countries 1K is like over twice the avg income of the country
@@halloyves the average salary of a junior software engineer in Brazil in an average company is 600 US dollars/month 600 USD = 3600 BRL with 1000 USD you`re king on Brazil edit If anyone is curious about the other career levels... junior = 600 USD = ~3600 BRL/month medium = 1200 USD = ~7.200 BRL/month senior = 2000 USD = ~12000 BRL/month staff = 3000 USD = ~18000 BRL/month
a pessimistic part of me can’t believe that there’s a market for assets, but numbers don’t lie! really cool work and, indeed, nice store pages that get to the point quickly! I’ve dabbled with the idea of selling assets since I love tiny art, and it’s really reassuring to hear that even 16px sprites get love and see life. congrats on the success and thanks for the inspiration!!
Any serious game developer who realizes they don't want to sit in court over stolen assets and pay more than they made on their game will pay for assets. And ofc all the aspiring ones as well.
yeah and mine are dirt cheap for what you get. The other thing is that not everyone is an artist and still wants to make pixel art games and ready assets aare cheaper than hiring an artist.
32x32 pixel art, in one tile that is 32^32 different combinations of pixels, that’s several billions times the amount of people on the planet. The more choice there is, the more satisfaction customers can feel, and as an artist you have your very own unique combination out of those 32^32 combinations. Your voice is irreplaceable. Not even an AI can generate that many tiles, and if it did it would take a lifetime to look through them all as opposed to making it yourself, directly manifesting what you want to see.
@@albinalteborn huh... you have a point. Thank you for the reassurance!! I've indeed been flip-flopping between being discouraged by and defiantly inspired despite AI slop taking over my image searches and feeds. But real art will prevail and it'll always be too fun to ever stop doing, anyway 😤
This is actually such a good idea. I'm a pixel artist on an indie game and work's slowed right down since launch, I want to create something for fun but I have no time to program a game so making assets would be awesome. Thank you for the inspiration and breakdown.
Very informative! I'm a freelance beginner digital artsit and trying to dive into pixel art so i was trying to see the prospects for it. Thanks for the insights!❤
Gave a like because you asked. And you were very helpful. Makes me think that for my next project I could save myself a ton of time by buying assets like yours. I'm in the middle of a pretty custom project at the moment, but I'll keep it in mind!
Models don't sell well unless it's big packs. At least from my experience on BlenderMarket. I gave up on even uploading my models for sale and just focused on shaders since they seem to sell better (But not much. Again, bundles and packs sell better.)
Great explanation, and what a craft! I hope you allocate, invest and spend it well (both on great longlasting things, your selfdev, and the things you love)
I just found you through this video, and your art looks awesome man! Congrats and best of luck to you on all future endeavors, you deserve it for sure!
Thats so cute man and also very sweet that you got that far, you should not forget that if you keep going you will keep growing, in quality, quantity and of course with all of that money per month.
@@Kenmi Thank you for making this video, I am very fed up with my nursing assistant job and I the long hours of the same thing everyday, just hard labor. have been killing my creativity, I have been giving some thought on your video and am genuinely considering giving this a shot so I draw more and make enough money to work less. Very inspiring brother, I thank you Indeed.
Thank you for this video, I have been wanting to get into asset pack creation and was hoping to see a success story I could see to inspire me to get started.
Thats amazing man, I love your style as well. Could you give advice to someone who wants to learn pixel art about what resources to look at to start creating?
I'd be curious to know how your sales figures have changed since this video came out! It seemed like your page traffic was still trending steeply upwards around when you filmed the video.
Oh I don't look at it that way. I made this cause this as a hobby and I didn't suspect to get anything out of it at all. The other thing is that for me 3.5k$ is like 3 minimal wages worth of money when i convert this into my currency so its kinda nice especially when I study and can keep paying bills with my hobby instead of the boring office work. So it really depends on the perspective and where you live.
@Kosro its helpful to remember the potential for recurring revenue. Yes it is a huge time investment to make a new asset pack, but there is potential for the income to continue over a long period. I'm sure it will taper off over time, and will require well-planned updates to the pack to maintain interest, but if you're already making art as a hobby, this is a great way to make enough extra income to purchase items that make your hobby more fun. (or buy groceries)
it really depends if its a side hustle or passive income. You could make some sprites and sell them without maintaining anymore and they would slowly sell over time. In my case it was meant to be a small passive income and it pretty much changed into full time job and business at this point. Thanks for kind words!
really appreciate your honesty ^^ i just wonder you said that people wont just stumble on yout page, very true, but at the end they did? you have your people from unity and itchio just from these sides right?
Yeah, most of my traffic is organic at this point, but thats because my pack is on the top of the page. At the begining i posted a lot on reddit i post on X and youtube. Thaats where people found me. I'm not sure how itch algorithms work so can't give exact anwer what made it appear on the main page.
dude thats THE problem not only you pay the services patreon kofi etc idk what else there are also the taxes which they take both from the buyer and the seller and its driving me nuts
@@Kenmi woow that's so cool! Honestly your pixel work is really awesome 💛. I paint just as a hobby, and doing pixels can be really tricky because of the limited space! It's hard where to put shadows or even have room for highlights haha.
I usually did pixel art for around 1 year until i couldn't get any better i stopped doing around 5 months now but im glad to see someone doing good with thier ability 😊
How do you handle updates of these sets for the users? Once you buy one you can ask for the updated version for free or is there any kind of extra charge?
When i update it i just change the file and itch reads it as the same file as before and people who bought it have acces to it even after i update it. I don't know how it works when you change the price since i didn't change it and i'm not going to.
Maybe we can do that. I'll need to work on some more videos though. I have some big things in the making behind the scenes so there will be some more videos!
I think just good pixel art. It was in the abyss for a long time. Now i'm getting a lot of sales and downloads and its pretty much on top of the page and I'm getting organic traffic.
why don't you make a tavern npc series (a medieval themed one, a sci-fi themed one, etc) in which you can make for example a synchronised animation cycle for two npcs where one person spills a drink on the other persons clothes but they also have simple idle animation cycles so that you don't need to use both npcs if you don't want to in a setting
Ładnie, jak to mówią, Polak potrafi :) Może się skuszę na coś takiego, wojowanie z cholernym ai, żeby wyżyć z ilustracji nie jest zabawne. Dobre wideo, nawet suba dostaniesz.
Sorry if this a dumb question but what is the deliverable? Is it like a folder with all of the art as png images with transparent backgrounds? I’m really interested in trying my hand at doing it!
Look into how the game engine your targeting handles sprites and such and then make it as seemless as posible to drag and drop the files into the engine for use
Do you advertise your assets too? It wouldn't make any sense if I do the same thing and I got no visitors because the site wouldn't advertise it so it appears in the page for a short amount of time. That's the problem I was concerning back then.
Hello there! so you are the one to blame for my cute fantasy adiction huh? good job! Let me tell you as a dev what we are missing, we are missing different biomes/creatures! then you'll be rich! hehe cheers
@@เล่ามั้ย yes its single entity. And again there are 2 version of the pack. One is free and can be used only for non commercial projects and the second one is paid and can be used for commercial projects.
I just made pixel art, there is a video on my channel showcasing my first few sprites and they were pretty bad. So i just practiced a lot, few tutorials about the basics at the beginning but thats all.
has anybody tried to redistrubute your assets? or attacked you personally for creating such things? - i have had previous experience of toxicity with many different projects i try to put my heart and soul into but with negative feedback and that makes me scared to try to make money online.
Once one guy tried to farm karma on reddit using my rocks. I've dealt with him quickly though. With assets though people have been really supportive and nice at least to this point. Of course there were some toxic comments that they are too expensive or that i shouldn't make new packs and just add all the stuff I'm making into the already existing pack and not charge extra for my work, but if criticism isnt constructive and is just straight toxic then i don't take it to the heart. But for sure you have to be tough cause there will always be someone on the internet who tries to ruin your day. My advice would be, Listen what others say about your projects, filter constructive criticism, consider what would work for you and your project best and do your thing. You have no idea but before i made any money from my pixel art I had my peers laugh at me for making such things, mom ad dad said to focus on university and leave the art behind like nobody believed. They don't laugh now.
Bruh 1k$? Are u kidding me? Thats 80k₹ in ny country. And average wage in india is less than 20k₹. With this much monthly income one would be considered rich here, it wont be passive income or low paid labour as some people say that. Edit: Mom I Am famous!!!!
Yeah perception of money is really dependant on where you live. I live in Poland and that 1k$ is a huge boost for my monthly wage. It literally doubles my wage here. Especially when I'm on University and don't have full 160hours a month to work.
great video but i think passive income would be the wrong word. Cause you are literally working, making and selling something. it wouldnt be called passive.
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which softare to make pixel art?
@@sanskar1812 I made a video covering that topic a week ago. Check it out!
@@Kenmi okay thank..
But I meant what do you use..
@@sanskar1812 Aseprite
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Google is watching you... 💀
1K/month is already more than what I make as a software engineer on my country
Keep up the good work and congrats!
What is your country?
@@halloyves Japan is still below that after tax
@@halloyves probably an Asian country like China, Japan, India, Korea, etc
cause Asian Countries are more into software engineering and are also cheap AF.
and in Many of the Asian countries 1K is like over twice the avg income of the country
@@MarcSpctr Japan and Korea is def not cheap than 1K. no way 🤣 probably east europe
@@halloyves the average salary of a junior software engineer in Brazil in an average company is 600 US dollars/month
600 USD = 3600 BRL
with 1000 USD you`re king on Brazil
edit
If anyone is curious about the other career levels...
junior = 600 USD = ~3600 BRL/month
medium = 1200 USD = ~7.200 BRL/month
senior = 2000 USD = ~12000 BRL/month
staff = 3000 USD = ~18000 BRL/month
a pessimistic part of me can’t believe that there’s a market for assets, but numbers don’t lie! really cool work and, indeed, nice store pages that get to the point quickly! I’ve dabbled with the idea of selling assets since I love tiny art, and it’s really reassuring to hear that even 16px sprites get love and see life. congrats on the success and thanks for the inspiration!!
Oh for sure there is.
Any serious game developer who realizes they don't want to sit in court over stolen assets and pay more than they made on their game will pay for assets. And ofc all the aspiring ones as well.
yeah and mine are dirt cheap for what you get. The other thing is that not everyone is an artist and still wants to make pixel art games and ready assets aare cheaper than hiring an artist.
32x32 pixel art, in one tile that is 32^32 different combinations of pixels, that’s several billions times the amount of people on the planet. The more choice there is, the more satisfaction customers can feel, and as an artist you have your very own unique combination out of those 32^32 combinations. Your voice is irreplaceable. Not even an AI can generate that many tiles, and if it did it would take a lifetime to look through them all as opposed to making it yourself, directly manifesting what you want to see.
@@albinalteborn huh... you have a point. Thank you for the reassurance!! I've indeed been flip-flopping between being discouraged by and defiantly inspired despite AI slop taking over my image searches and feeds. But real art will prevail and it'll always be too fun to ever stop doing, anyway 😤
can we please say it out loud that the product you made HIT the spot and is so well crafted! Congratulations to your success!
This is actually such a good idea. I'm a pixel artist on an indie game and work's slowed right down since launch, I want to create something for fun but I have no time to program a game so making assets would be awesome. Thank you for the inspiration and breakdown.
actually pretty informative, good job man!
Thanks!
This rocks! People who don’t understand exchange rates aren’t your problem. Glad you are experiencing success
Thank you! Yeah some people don’t understand that 1k$ for some people is a lot and it depends on where they live.
Very informative! I'm a freelance beginner digital artsit and trying to dive into pixel art so i was trying to see the prospects for it. Thanks for the insights!❤
you deserve every bit of success you have and many more ! congrats and stay humble my dude!
Im happy for you, I hope you have a long lasting career :)
Gave a like because you asked. And you were very helpful.
Makes me think that for my next project I could save myself a ton of time by buying assets like yours.
I'm in the middle of a pretty custom project at the moment, but I'll keep it in mind!
Thanks! More packs are on the way.
thanks for sharing! its such a smart idea making asset packs as am artist, a good way to earn passive income thats for sure!
Its not that passive as it may seem, if i left it as is i suppose it wouldn't go as good :)
How much time do you spend on it each week? And do you have to do a lot of marketing? @@Kenmi
More power to you, man! Love pixel art!
Thank you!
If I ever learn to use Blender, I'll do the same for 3D models. Excellent video!
yeah 3d models are also pretty good way to earn some side money.
im learning blender rn to see if can ever do the same lol
Models don't sell well unless it's big packs. At least from my experience on BlenderMarket.
I gave up on even uploading my models for sale and just focused on shaders since they seem to sell better (But not much. Again, bundles and packs sell better.)
Never even considered just selling my art, instead of trying to make more games than I am capable of making. Great video!
Great explanation, and what a craft! I hope you allocate, invest and spend it well (both on great longlasting things, your selfdev, and the things you love)
Congrats bro. Very happy for u
Thanks!
your style is a vibe i can see why people buy your art for games
I just found you through this video, and your art looks awesome man! Congrats and best of luck to you on all future endeavors, you deserve it for sure!
Thank you!
Thats so cute man and also very sweet that you got that far, you should not forget that if you keep going you will keep growing, in quality, quantity and of course with all of that money per month.
I know that. Thanks for kind words
@@Kenmi Thank you for making this video, I am very fed up with my nursing assistant job and I the long hours of the same thing everyday, just hard labor. have been killing my creativity, I have been giving some thought on your video and am genuinely considering giving this a shot so I draw more and make enough money to work less. Very inspiring brother, I thank you Indeed.
Excellent content man, thank you.
I just saw youre packs the other day on itch they were so cool and now i found ur channel lol
Congrats on the success! That's great!
Thanks!
Thank you for this video, I have been wanting to get into asset pack creation and was hoping to see a success story I could see to inspire me to get started.
Thank you for the video Mortal.
nice work Kenmi! keep it up!!
Thanks! Will do!
You're video is really inspiring thanks ❤😊
Definitely taking notes thanks for the video!
Congratulations!
Thanks.
thanks
Nice work!
1,000th subscriber!
Nice!
Interesting topic
Thanks
Thats amazing man, I love your style as well. Could you give advice to someone who wants to learn pixel art about what resources to look at to start creating?
really good video, hope I can achieve this as well ( selling assets )
I love your packs on Itch! This was a really great video as well!
I'm sure you get this a lot-but do you do commissions?
yes I do, message me on discord and we can talk about it. Thanks for kind words!
im practicing pixel art too i want to sell it like you do... hope someday im good as you :)
Great video with tons of info - thank you sm!
Do you have a video detailing the planning behind each asset pack by any chance?
Not yet unfortunatelly
@Kenmi that not yet gives me hope ^-^ [·subscribed·]
Спасибо что поделился! Вижу востребованность ассетов.
subbed!
I'd be curious to know how your sales figures have changed since this video came out! It seemed like your page traffic was still trending steeply upwards around when you filmed the video.
I'll make a followup video at some point.
yt recommendation works wonder
Congrats on the success! Tho 3.5k for 600h of work seems a bit sobering :/
May the numbers keep growing!
Oh I don't look at it that way. I made this cause this as a hobby and I didn't suspect to get anything out of it at all. The other thing is that for me 3.5k$ is like 3 minimal wages worth of money when i convert this into my currency so its kinda nice especially when I study and can keep paying bills with my hobby instead of the boring office work. So it really depends on the perspective and where you live.
@Kosro its helpful to remember the potential for recurring revenue. Yes it is a huge time investment to make a new asset pack, but there is potential for the income to continue over a long period. I'm sure it will taper off over time, and will require well-planned updates to the pack to maintain interest, but if you're already making art as a hobby, this is a great way to make enough extra income to purchase items that make your hobby more fun. (or buy groceries)
Better than him spending 600h on call of duty for nothing
I bought most of your packs
Hey this guy looks familiar. Liked and subbed. Keep up the great work!
Thanks! Your name also looks familliar :)
Good video and informational, but a bit misleading since it's not passive income but side hustle. Still great video, keep it going! 👍
it really depends if its a side hustle or passive income. You could make some sprites and sell them without maintaining anymore and they would slowly sell over time. In my case it was meant to be a small passive income and it pretty much changed into full time job and business at this point. Thanks for kind words!
Did you use any marketing techniques to sell your assets pack? and good job
I just posted about it on twitter and reddit nothing else.
Can you talk about how you set up the legality of it as a next video? I'm really curious about it
ngl i love pixel art, i have 5 out of 6 games in my phones that are pixelated xD
Ładne assety:)
I like pixels when I was a kid.
Anyone have a link to the discord server he refers to at the end? I cant find it any where. not in his X, TH-cam, nothin
its in the description or on my channel page.
really appreciate your honesty ^^ i just wonder you said that people wont just stumble on yout page, very true, but at the end they did? you have your people from unity and itchio just from these sides right?
Yeah, most of my traffic is organic at this point, but thats because my pack is on the top of the page. At the begining i posted a lot on reddit i post on X and youtube. Thaats where people found me. I'm not sure how itch algorithms work so can't give exact anwer what made it appear on the main page.
for part 2 can you do tutorial on tax evasion?
dude thats THE problem not only you pay the services patreon kofi etc idk what else there are also the taxes which they take both from the buyer and the seller and its driving me nuts
And then when you buy stuff with your already taxed money you pay taxes again.
@@summerWTFE And then when you sell already taxed twice product you and buyer need pay taxes again.
How you promote your assets?
this is what i wanna know as well. do u just promote on twitter/instagram like one normally would? or is there a specific community or app for this?
I’ve just posted on Reddit/twitter. Now I don’t really do much promoting since I’m on top of the itch page so I get a lot of impressions organically.
@@Kenmi thanks for answering!!
Do you sell them on your own personal website? Or is there an artist marketplace for that? That's really impressive! 😊
Yeah, i sell them on itch.io its a marketplace for indie games and assets.
@@Kenmi woow that's so cool! Honestly your pixel work is really awesome 💛. I paint just as a hobby, and doing pixels can be really tricky because of the limited space! It's hard where to put shadows or even have room for highlights haha.
I usually did pixel art for around 1 year until i couldn't get any better i stopped doing around 5 months now but im glad to see someone doing good with thier ability 😊
Same, I gave up after 1 year. It just didn't stick with me.
@fjohnson-o4t I'm here giving it another shot. Maybe u can try again
where do you create pixel art? what software do you use?
крутая история, спасибо, что поделился
Спасиба
How do you handle updates of these sets for the users? Once you buy one you can ask for the updated version for free or is there any kind of extra charge?
When i update it i just change the file and itch reads it as the same file as before and people who bought it have acces to it even after i update it. I don't know how it works when you change the price since i didn't change it and i'm not going to.
@Kenmi Thanks for the info and congrats on the project!
May I know what tools do you use to create pixelated art assets? I'm super beginner, I may try to delve in the world of art/design.
awesome video! where are you from? Where do you pay taxes?
brzmisz strasznie polsko, powodzenia
Small channels, big dreams! 🚀 Let's hit that partnership goal this year! 💪
Maybe we can do that. I'll need to work on some more videos though. I have some big things in the making behind the scenes so there will be some more videos!
how do you get people to notice your page?
I think just good pixel art. It was in the abyss for a long time. Now i'm getting a lot of sales and downloads and its pretty much on top of the page and I'm getting organic traffic.
Hi, new subscriber here. What program do you use to create your art? It looks so easy to use!
It’s aseprite. I’m going to make video about best pixel art software in 2024 soon so it will be all described there.
Very inspiring, but bro can you please share your colour palatte
What price did you set on that cute fantasy first version pack?
I am also a pixel art but no one buys it it's show hard to let them sold
why don't you make a tavern npc series (a medieval themed one, a sci-fi themed one, etc) in which you can make for example a synchronised animation cycle for two npcs where one person spills a drink on the other persons clothes but they also have simple idle animation cycles so that you don't need to use both npcs if you don't want to in a setting
How much hours for pixel art to earn $40 per month?
Ładnie, jak to mówią, Polak potrafi :) Może się skuszę na coś takiego, wojowanie z cholernym ai, żeby wyżyć z ilustracji nie jest zabawne. Dobre wideo, nawet suba dostaniesz.
Dzięki!
I love doing pixel art, but I need a software dedicated to it for either Windows or Android. Do you know of any great softwares?
For windows i wouldd suggest aseprite. For android check out Pixquare, I know for sure its on ios but not so sure if its available on android.
Sorry if this a dumb question but what is the deliverable? Is it like a folder with all of the art as png images with transparent backgrounds? I’m really interested in trying my hand at doing it!
Look into how the game engine your targeting handles sprites and such and then make it as seemless as posible to drag and drop the files into the engine for use
Questions if someone were to bu the assets would you be willing to want to be credited?
Depends on the version. Premium version doesnt require credits but they would be really appreciated.
where web you sell ? does static pixel image is good? like just sprite asset can do sell?
I sell on itch, if thats the question.
Do you advertise your assets too? It wouldn't make any sense if I do the same thing and I got no visitors because the site wouldn't advertise it so it appears in the page for a short amount of time. That's the problem I was concerning back then.
Wait is that what you make per month at the end? Or for the total 3 years you've been doing this?
the value at the end is mainly from last 3 months.
Hello there! so you are the one to blame for my cute fantasy adiction huh? good job! Let me tell you as a dev what we are missing, we are missing different biomes/creatures! then you'll be rich! hehe cheers
Yes yes, I have desert biome in the making right now hopefully it should be on the site before christmass.
which softare to make pixel art?
He uses aseprite
@Tengu6568 thanks
great work man, i hope my lazy ass go away,
per month as every month or a particular month say feb 2023 i got 3,5k clean
Money Maxxing client?
Can i publish my own game using your assets?
yes you can use free version of the pack to publish any non commercial projects, and premium ones to publish any commercial projects.
So i can use assets from single entity license type for commercial use right?
@@เล่ามั้ย yes its single entity. And again there are 2 version of the pack. One is free and can be used only for non commercial projects and the second one is paid and can be used for commercial projects.
how much money do u make
You’ve got great skills after just 3 years. Did you settle on a specific palette for all your art?
for asset packs i use edg32 as a base and i expand it whenever i need to.
What software do you use?
Aseprite
@@Kenmi legend
passive income means investment, as "not working to earn it"
his packs can just sit there and any sales are technically passive from there on
thumbnail looks like stardew valley 😮
But it’s not.
Can i learn where u from? 1k $ in eastern europe is decent but i think for u its even more
He mentioned in another comment he lives in poland
Greetings, mate. May I know where you learnt the skill to make such beautiful pixel art?
I just made pixel art, there is a video on my channel showcasing my first few sprites and they were pretty bad. So i just practiced a lot, few tutorials about the basics at the beginning but thats all.
Are you polish?
Pay taxes to who exactly?
To the government.
Me
has anybody tried to redistrubute your assets? or attacked you personally for creating such things? - i have had previous experience of toxicity with many different projects i try to put my heart and soul into but with negative feedback and that makes me scared to try to make money online.
Once one guy tried to farm karma on reddit using my rocks. I've dealt with him quickly though. With assets though people have been really supportive and nice at least to this point. Of course there were some toxic comments that they are too expensive or that i shouldn't make new packs and just add all the stuff I'm making into the already existing pack and not charge extra for my work, but if criticism isnt constructive and is just straight toxic then i don't take it to the heart. But for sure you have to be tough cause there will always be someone on the internet who tries to ruin your day.
My advice would be, Listen what others say about your projects, filter constructive criticism, consider what would work for you and your project best and do your thing. You have no idea but before i made any money from my pixel art I had my peers laugh at me for making such things, mom ad dad said to focus on university and leave the art behind like nobody believed. They don't laugh now.
Bruh 1k$? Are u kidding me? Thats 80k₹ in ny country. And average wage in india is less than 20k₹. With this much monthly income one would be considered rich here, it wont be passive income or low paid labour as some people say that.
Edit: Mom I Am famous!!!!
Yeah perception of money is really dependant on where you live. I live in Poland and that 1k$ is a huge boost for my monthly wage. It literally doubles my wage here. Especially when I'm on University and don't have full 160hours a month to work.
600 Hours in my current Job is $16,500
good for you
1400
great video but i think passive income would be the wrong word. Cause you are literally working, making and selling something. it wouldnt be called passive.