This video shows the process of making a pixel art background for my game. I put some background information as on screen captions showing my thoughts throughout. It’s sped up by 4x.
The thing about pixel art is that it is incredibly deliberate. Unlike painting, you can’t put random brush strokes everywhere. You have to put each pixel in place, individually, and keep in mind constantly how the whole thing looks.
Making textures is pretty difficult, especially while working with such a small canvas, so it’s something I’m working on.
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