Has anyone learned to do sprite art with no art background

[Retro]

I'm garbage with drawing so i'm wondering if people find SPRITE work easier artistically then drawing

also what are some of your favorite beginner aseprite tutorials?

[Vegaetalus]

I found isometric pixel art to be an easy avenue to start with. Specifically things like buildings, rooms, etc where geometric shapes can be constructed without requiring much, if any, skill in drawing organic or natural forms. Then you gradually learn the finer points of pixel art, like color usage and avoiding banding and so on.

[Retro]

Yeah I am tempted to get it just to do as a hobby when there is nothing else to do just practice and practice and maybe something will come of it one day.

[Null]

Mandatory reading[www.patreon.com], and here's a collection of his tutorials[imgur.com], biggest advice I can give is "Nobody is going to look reaaaaaal close at that one pixel you missed."

[Tarrare]

Originally posted by Persephone:

Mandatory reading[www.patreon.com], and here's a collection of his tutorials[imgur.com], biggest advice I can give is "Nobody is going to look reaaaaaal close at that one pixel you missed."

I am using these tutorials, and boy they are really good

Also don't be a perfectionist, the most important thing to do is for the sprites to be readable, so try something easy first then go harder and harder, until you feel comfortable doing it without tutorials

[Aldous]

look at the videos of mortmort on youtube.
he makes some really good tutorials and explaines everithing

[NOP]

yes, i have no art background. Pixel art is part of my life now

[Ambrosia]

I mean I started out by drawing a coin for JFJ and that was very simple so maybe that'll help you?

[Sileka]

Originally posted by Persephone:

Mandatory reading[www.patreon.com], and here's a collection of his tutorials[imgur.com], biggest advice I can give is "Nobody is going to look reaaaaaal close at that one pixel you missed."

Except me. :x I'm an arse. Though I also don't trash an image because of one seemingly out of place pixel. (I do however, get annoyed at 'professionals' claiming pillow shading is more natural.)

Learning Pixel Art... like most art is mostly about finding your style. Pixeljoint is a popular spot for artists to show off their work and discuss the how-tos of pixel art. (I still reference several of the tutorials over there.) You will find some good tutorials on DeviantArt as well.

My first serious pixel art was a custom Pokémon sprite I used for Gaia. Then I focused on isometric buildings, drawing bits and bobs in 'quick' practice sessions. ("Get them done, don't spend too much time on it.")

The more you do it, the better you'll get.
(If you look at the Stardew Valley Wikia, you can actually see how the developer's skills changed/improved as he continued to work on the game. Mostly via character portraits.)

[cromdesign]

I notice that watching streams(replays if you can find them) on twitch helps me get drawing and learn new aproaches. There is not always someone streaming interesting things but pretty frequently there is. Collecting references is something I have been doing a lot also. From twitter and open game art etc.

[Retro]

Yeah I always wondered if you emulate an artist enough you can acquire their style lol but then when it comes to not using the tutorials and doing it free I start getting stuck in the imagination department

[Przybylski]

I have no art background and I've to creating abstract, geometric stuff, usually symmetrical. I've been dabbling for a few years off and on, and as a few examples, I've made this stuff.

Nothing is finished, they're all technically "works in progress".
https://ibb.co/TLFLtXy
https://ibb.co/BG7nRbz
https://ibb.co/L83X3rJ
https://ibb.co/xMmBSDR
https://ibb.co/tw660w6

[Retro]

Originally posted by Vegaetalus:

I found isometric pixel art to be an easy avenue to start with. Specifically things like buildings, rooms, etc where geometric shapes can be constructed without requiring much, if any, skill in drawing organic or natural forms. Then you gradually learn the finer points of pixel art, like color usage and avoiding banding and so on.

damn that guy is good are all his tutorials in GIF format or does he actually do videos explaining how he does it?