What if Princess Mononoke were a GameBoy Advance game? (Pixel Art Mock-up)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 มิ.ย. 2024
- In this pixel art concept-to-completion, I reimagine a scene from Studio Ghibli’s Princess Mononoke as a Metroidvania-style GBA game! Throughout the creation of the mock-up, I share the workflow involved in creating stylistically consistent character sprites, environmental objects, and finishing elements to generate a complete pixel art scene.
#GhibliRedraw #FanArt
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0:00 Introduction
1:16 Rough Sketch
2:39 Sprite: Ashitaka
5:31 Sprite: San
6:49 Sprite: Moro
9:30 Trees: value, clusters, color
14:58 Tree Trunk
16:06 Foreground: rocks, ground, water
18:24 Backdrop
19:04 Dialogue Portraits
21:32 Sprite Animation
22:33 Dialogue Text
23:14 FINAL ARTWORK
23:47 Animation Discussion
24:40 CRT Time
25:36 VID OVER
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Software used: Adobe Photoshop (CS6)
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Title sequence theme music by Failpositive:
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Other music featured throughout this video was obtained from the TH-cam Audio Library. - ภาพยนตร์และแอนิเมชัน
You said “if you’ve made it this far” and I was like “huh?” I hadn’t even recognized it was 25 minutes! So good!
lol same actually. I guess it's true - time flies when you're having fun.
I just noticed because of you
wolves (and most dogs) have big chests and thinner waists in general. They're built for running, so they have massive lungs relative to their size
Maybe a Porco Rosso pixel art in the style of a Shoot em up would be neat
yes please!
Ooh great idea, that needs to happen at some point! :D
Another Ghibli movie that pops to my mind as a game is Spirited Away where the bathhouse would be like one of those 2000s internet games where you got points buy serving a lot of customers at the same time
@@dariosilvestri473 yes
@@dariosilvestri473 Meh. Spirited Away gets done too much by fan artists. Would be more fun to see less popular stuff like Castle in the Sky.
I love this, really amazing art here!
Hey thanks so much dude! :D
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James here :000
i literally jumped for joy when i saw a) you uploaded b) it was princess mononoke c) its a mockup and d) its 25 minutes!
this ^
Yeah! And GBA as well
it was 25 minutes?
D:
this was one of your best essays ever!! you bring color to our sundays!
just perfect!! amazing job
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Wow, this was your BEST one to date, I hope you do another Princess Mononoke one. Maybe more characters/sceneries or even a different style of the same piece. You KILLED it Brandon and I can't wait to see more!
Thanks so much dude, it was a lot more work than normal so I really appreciate that! It'd be fun to explore another scene with this style. Or maybe some animations with San where she's got her cool mask on and everything :D
Man, this is incredible! The amount of detail in the process of creating the piece really shows in the final creation but seeing the whole decision making process is really inspiring & informative!
It's really cool how you go on to show how intentional all these decisions are. Everything from the colour and composition, down to the saturation, contrast, physics & techniques all have reasons behind them here. It really shows how being knowledgable can better equip you to make great results as an artist! ✨
Thanks so much dude, I feel like I just gained a lot of insight from your comment also! While making this I didn't quite realize the scope of what I was walking into, but given the scale and freedom that a full mock-up like this can have, I guess it was important to hold everything together with those little decisions along the way 😅 Was also a lot of fun to play with the direction/choreography of the animation once everything was in place too! :D
@@BJGpixel Haha that's right! That kind of content def provides a lot of value and if you make a loong vid like this again in the future, it'd be neat to see a totally diff approach with diff decisions being made at every point for a different result. Seeing how those decisions impact the results has always something that I learn from watching your videos! 😁
This is a very interesting study. GBA games typically employ the use of bold outlines and bright colors against low contrast backgrounds to make the characters stand out more on the system's tiny screen. Other games would constrain the proportions of the characters into a chibi look to emphasize important details like facial expressions.
The screen is not actually very small, it has nice legible big-ish pixels for its relatively low resolution. But the vast majority of consoles also have a very low-gamut, desaturated screen, as this was necessary to achieve high-ish luma contrast and improved brightness in reflective operation mode, as it's powered by incoming light - and yet even contrast and brightness aren't great, these are fundamentally the physical limits to how well a screen can work with front-harvested light. Games use much more vibrant colours, to somewhat compensate for the screen's muted colour reproduction.
High contrast backlit screens usually pass around 1/10th of the light emitted by the backlight unit through their white pixels. If screens with such construction were modified to work with front incident light, the light would need to pass twice, and only 1/20th of the light would remain. Even if the screen was more efficient, at standard gamut, a better ratio than 1/4 cannot be achieved. And yet at a good angle, the white colour on GBA screen almost matches the light grey buttons and side trim. The luma contrast isn't terrible either, marred mostly just by the wear of the protective lens on the enclosure.
Today, people usually see representations of GBA games on their screens as captured from emulators, or from Gameboy Player, or Consolizer, because it's insanely difficult to photograph or film the GBA screen, even if it looks "fine" in person - on a sunny day outdoors, under just the right angle - and these captures are equivalent to raw digital data as it's sent to the screen, not how it appears on the physical screen.
Sunday nights are a bit bittersweet. On the one hand, I'm painfully aware of having to go back to my uninspiring job tomorrow, on the other hand I get to enjoy videos like this. Beautiful art and animation as well as a very pleasant narration.
Genuinely incredible !!! I'd love to see you do more game mockups like this!!!
If you wrote a book on pixel art I would buy it immediately (althogh perhaps it's not the right media format). You're just on a whole other level when it comes to teaching your ways, gentle and engaging. Thank you!
I've never been this early! Look forward to your videos every week :)
The reveal of the final version was so good it gave me chills.
that big tree is fantastic
Wow, I was quick!
I've been feeling unwell lately and these videos have been helping me concentrate on something aside from my pain :)
Hope you feel better!
Thanks for catching this one right away! - glad it could take your mind off, and hope you feel better real soon!
I hope you feel better!
Just when I thought it coudn't get better, homie comes through with a 25 minute special of Princess Mononoke on GBA. Your content is incredible bro, please keep it up
this is incredible. you and Studson Studios need to collaborate because your video styles compliment eachother VERY well
im revisiting this video and i just imagined a princess mononoke game with the structure of the GBC Shantae and i honestly fell in love with this idea even more, great art
Man.
If they actually try making the game I think you should be the artist. It looks amazing!!
Also thank you for inspiring me too do better pixel art
Wow, I never knew how much work went into creating pixel art. I'll never look at an pixel art game the same away again.
This was fantastic. Amazing use of color!
Love it! Thank you for your work!
This was great, love it
This is beautiful. Thank you for putting so much effort into this!
Great work and dedication !
This is sooooo gooood, I love it man!
god this was absolutely incredible, thanks so much for showing us your process!
watched the whole video! Loved it :)
I learned so much from this video! Thanks for sharing your process
Stayed for the whole thing, did not regret. Fantastic work .
This was gorgeous and enlightening to watch!
this is an amazing video, amazing effort, thank you so much
Amazing job! It's perfect
That’s absolutely beautiful, great idea, great concept, thank you for this 🙏
Man this is super heartwarming.
Wonderful work!
It looks amazing. Well done.
Amazing work!! Thankyou for putting this together
My favourite video so far, great work. I know what tonight's movie will be.
Thanks! And hope you enjoy the movie! :D
what an amazing video and piece of art!!!!
Insane and beautiful work
This is amazing, really good job
Hey! Love the art work, little tip on the dog, I recommend drawing it so that it looks like face is from that half side angle perspective. Take the nose as the middle of the face and bring the dogs proportions out from there. The eyes and ears getting smaller as it gets closer to the side of the face turned away from the screen. This kind of perspective can go for all the dogs features. Just a little tip, hope it helps. Love the art work! Watch all your stuff, some super amazing design, line art, foliage, animation. Just got all that good stuff.
i love how relaxing and educational you make these videos
this was a fun video to watch!
Really impressive, amazing job!
This was so exciting to watch from start to finish. It’s awesome that you can make pixel art so accessible and still manage to blow me away with the final product.
yoooooo this is so good. Really appreciate your commentary and thought process too
So cool... this was a great scene to recreate. I'll have this in my mind now for a while! thanks!
Keep up the great work! I've learned so much from you!
Absolutely stunning work and great video!
You work is stunning, and thanks you for sharing your work flow!!!
lovely work as usual. inspiring stuff.
Waow this was amazing to watch! Great work!
Your videos are a joy to watch, start to finish.
Amazing! Always so cool)) Thank you!
Amazing!! I love it!
Amazing job!! Loved so much!
love your art dude keep it up
Seeing your creative process is both entretaining and relaxing, keep it awesome
That's incredible!
Beautiful work !
such a good scene choice, amazing work! the process is so fascinating
Impressive, beautiful and informative, subbed
Amazing content, thanks for sharing!
So amazing! Incredible work! ❤️
This is incredible!
Love the details you put in the artworks!
What an awesome video! And the result is amazing...
Such good work, keep on creating!
I've literally just stumbled across this channel , so very cool
Made me smile so much with how awesome and badass this is, keep going! 🖤🌙
I love your artwork and explanations throughout. Thanks for the Sunday uploads. It's definitely something I look forward to.
Incredible! Thank you for walking us through your process. I haven't done sprite art in ages.. could always learn more. Thanks again.
*wow just wow! This looks beautiful, amazing work*
Amazing work! Makes me really want to see this as a full game!
This was a great concept for a video. I'd love to see more like it. Even some demakes of more recent games.
Brilliant concept, art and delivery 👏
I loved this, Brandon. It's inspiring!
This is amazing!
Wow this was such a neat video, it was like a mini animation pixel documentary! Awesome work!
Such a great idea and realisation!!!
I loved this longer video! Seeing all your skill come together in this beautiful art piece is amazing!
This is wonderful! Bless this channel 🙌🙏
This is amazing, man. One of my favorites of your videos.
really cool bro, sick to think about the fun I coulda had playing a game like this
One of the coolest representations i've seen. love the channel!
This looks absolutely amazing it makes me realize how little details can add up so quickly Im looking foward to see more videos like this if they come in the future!!!
perfect as always!! i've been binge watching all your videos they're so satisfying to watch
beautiful work! It’s very interesting how you reinterpreted the scene so great!!!
This is the coolest thing I've ever seen. I was absolutely captivated by your work and process. A full game like this would be a dream come true. Awesome work!
background process was incredible to see
Fantastic! Subscribed!
The way you explain the logic behind your actions is phenomenal! Great video as always!
This is just awesome in all kinds of way and as a fan of Ghibli movies and just blown away.
by far my favorite video youve made so far, we need more ghibli! nice work :D
Very nice. And great techniques too!
Really cool process video! Lots of great pixel art tips in there
I loved it, it's my favorite movie and your pixel art is beautiful