Your videos are awesome as well man I love the one were you make Pokemon look more normal i had the same idea when I was coming With an alternate reality of pokemon.
In general I really enjoy the 2D sprites better than the 3D models. My favorite set of sprites are the gen 3 ones, so hopefully you'll get around to them as well!
The style of sprites from Gen 3 to gen 5 is fairly consistent so it will be a single video for all three, but I will definitely get there! Should be video #5 in the series though, so it will be a while.
Just to be clear, anti-aliasing in other contexts is usually much more extensive that what you can accomplish manually in pixel art, but the principle is the same :)
adorable pokemon! it's always nice seeing these techniques being put into such an easy way to understand, it's very accessible. for the name, i suggest "trixea", like 'trick' and 'sea' since it likes to prank people, and it is a water type, and it kinda sounds like an already existing name (trixie), so it kind of rolls off the tongue.
Hadn't caught on to this series yet, I love it! I've always loved pixel art but never went as far as making my own, mainly because I had no clue where to start, and this is a good reference point! Thank you! keep em coming!
You picked a good time to start the series, episode 2 is coming soon! And if you do make any Gen 1-style sprites using the techniques I cover here, please show me!
Named after best mon Umbreon. Game recognize game. Sub before vid even starts. Also exactly the content im looking for. Thank you good sir. Keep being amazing.
The final result was pretty good, I'll be waiting for the Ken Sugimori artstyle tutorial I always thought early artworks (and gen 1 sprites) really had their own charm
I usually draw my pixel art in either MSPaint or the in-engine sprite editor for the game development software I'm using at the time. And visually I like _MAXIMUM ALIASING_ rather than anti-aliasing unless I'm trying to emulate a specific style. And this reminds me, I've got a monster collection game design idea I've been mulling over where the starter is based on a kamaitachi and can advance into one of four forms based on the game's four elements (Dragon, Water, Fairy, and Steel - yes, it's literally just the four strongest elements from Pokemon plus a normal/neutral type); the water type being an otter with a body literally made of liquid water, so its appearance would naturally be transparent and bluish. I have another, unrelated, game design for a monster collecting game where literally every species is a fox. From the green and needly Vul-Pine to the uncomfortably feminine and humanoid Vixoman to the desert-dwelling fennec thief Zandito. Basically, a shitpost to anyone who complains about Pokemon having too many foxes (which includes myself, I love foxes and always want more foxes but at the same time I kinda wish Pokemon would stop introducing so many new foxes and focus more on less-represented flora and fauna).
I thought of the name 'uischú' (pronounced ishcue) that is basically the fusion of the Irish words 'uisce' meaning water, and 'dobharchú' which is one of the ways to say otter (the other version of otter is 'madra uisce' which literally just means water dog lol)
Thanks for this tutorial. I'm getting into pixel art and I've been making sprites for pokemon. I was using 64x64 until now,, haha. These shading tips are super nice too
You know, I never made the connection that dithering is the pixel art equivalent of cross-hatching! But I'd guess there's a good chance that's where the idea came from. The term dithering does come from the world of computing, though.
You did a better job than Game Freak. Wow.
Oh hey truegreen
Oh I don't know about that, I learned from them! And the Yellow sprites were pretty good. But thank you, Ron :)
Your videos are awesome as well man I love the one were you make Pokemon look more normal i had the same idea when I was coming With an alternate reality of pokemon.
I am a fan of your art
In general I really enjoy the 2D sprites better than the 3D models. My favorite set of sprites are the gen 3 ones, so hopefully you'll get around to them as well!
The style of sprites from Gen 3 to gen 5 is fairly consistent so it will be a single video for all three, but I will definitely get there! Should be video #5 in the series though, so it will be a while.
2D is great!
better than Wotter?
are you insane? that name is amazing for pkmn!
This was really interesting! I'd heard the term anti-aliasing before but never knew what it meant. And Wotter is adorable!
Just to be clear, anti-aliasing in other contexts is usually much more extensive that what you can accomplish manually in pixel art, but the principle is the same :)
@@UmbreonLibris Haha fair enough, I will actually look it up :P
adorable pokemon! it's always nice seeing these techniques being put into such an easy way to understand, it's very accessible. for the name, i suggest "trixea", like 'trick' and 'sea' since it likes to prank people, and it is a water type, and it kinda sounds like an already existing name (trixie), so it kind of rolls off the tongue.
Thank you! I'm glad the techniques were clear!
“Then I thought it looked like a husky and not enough like a child” -Pokémon guy
Hadn't caught on to this series yet, I love it! I've always loved pixel art but never went as far as making my own, mainly because I had no clue where to start, and this is a good reference point! Thank you! keep em coming!
You picked a good time to start the series, episode 2 is coming soon! And if you do make any Gen 1-style sprites using the techniques I cover here, please show me!
Named after best mon Umbreon. Game recognize game. Sub before vid even starts. Also exactly the content im looking for. Thank you good sir. Keep being amazing.
The final result was pretty good, I'll be waiting for the Ken Sugimori artstyle tutorial
I always thought early artworks (and gen 1 sprites) really had their own charm
They definitely did! Although to me Gen 2 sprites are the ones with the most charm.
I usually draw my pixel art in either MSPaint or the in-engine sprite editor for the game development software I'm using at the time.
And visually I like _MAXIMUM ALIASING_ rather than anti-aliasing unless I'm trying to emulate a specific style.
And this reminds me, I've got a monster collection game design idea I've been mulling over where the starter is based on a kamaitachi and can advance into one of four forms based on the game's four elements (Dragon, Water, Fairy, and Steel - yes, it's literally just the four strongest elements from Pokemon plus a normal/neutral type); the water type being an otter with a body literally made of liquid water, so its appearance would naturally be transparent and bluish.
I have another, unrelated, game design for a monster collecting game where literally every species is a fox. From the green and needly Vul-Pine to the uncomfortably feminine and humanoid Vixoman to the desert-dwelling fennec thief Zandito. Basically, a shitpost to anyone who complains about Pokemon having too many foxes (which includes myself, I love foxes and always want more foxes but at the same time I kinda wish Pokemon would stop introducing so many new foxes and focus more on less-represented flora and fauna).
This is awesome! Can't wait to see the wotter color art!
very informative, fun and educational. amazing job on the sprite and the video was just a good watch overall. outstanding stuff
Thank you!
1: draw
2: fuck up the proportions
I thought of the name 'uischú' (pronounced ishcue) that is basically the fusion of the Irish words 'uisce' meaning water, and 'dobharchú' which is one of the ways to say otter (the other version of otter is 'madra uisce' which literally just means water dog lol)
Are you calling it Eiscue??
@@UmbreonLibris lol it's another Cubchu Kubfu conundrum
Is there somewhere I can go for commissions? I need a sprite made and you're work is amazing.
Just found your channel! My next project!
"Wotter colour" lol
Amazing video!
Thanks for this tutorial. I'm getting into pixel art and I've been making sprites for pokemon. I was using 64x64 until now,, haha. These shading tips are super nice too
Glad I could help!
Wotter...
perfect 👍
OMG thank u so much!!! Now I actually know how to do these sprites! I would call him splashy :3
That's super cute omg! I love it! :D
Spluteria.
Splash and Lutrinae (Latin name for otters).
Great video, I can’t wait to see more and maybe secretly try to design my own.
Definitely make your own, and then tweet it at me :)
Are youre fake mon related to the samorot line
Nope! They are independent otter mons.
@@UmbreonLibris no like closely related like they share some dna
Nice. Any advice on how to draw gen 1 or 2 style building into gen 3?
Can you be more specific about what you're trying to do?
@@UmbreonLibris I was hoping to remake the Burnt Tower in G3 style.
I have question would it be the same way in Pokemon yellow version if wanted to my own take on a Pokemon with that game.
Yes! The sprite I made is in the style of Yellow specifically.
@@UmbreonLibris oh ok cool thanks 👍🏼
Can you make a video like this for 3, 4 gen sprites?
I will! There's going to be a couple other videos before I get to them but it will happen.
Grake/Smugleaf, Pignite, and Wotter
Grake I never heard, but difinitely Smugleaf xD
@@UmbreonLibris Grass snake, creative as heck 😁
Yes, believe it or not I figured that one out
So it's called dithering, huh? I always called it cross-hatching, like in traditional paper art.
You know, I never made the connection that dithering is the pixel art equivalent of cross-hatching! But I'd guess there's a good chance that's where the idea came from. The term dithering does come from the world of computing, though.
Ah, yes my favorite Fakemon, the one named Water. Hopefully the creator also makes a Fakemon with a name like Flying.
Wotter :)
@@UmbreonLibris We know, it's called a joke. Thanks for correcting me thogh, some people actually post jokes like this not knowing they are jokes.
Jokes tend to work better when they're funny :)
Tbh this is more generation 2 than generarion 1
In what way?
@@UmbreonLibris the coloring style and the amount of detail
wotter
Wotter