Pixel Art Character Animation | Tips, Tricks, and Workflow

Pixel art animation can be difficult, but it’s also so cool to see characters made out of tiny squares brought to life with a little effort. In this video, I’ll take you through my start-to-finish workflow of the creation of a dynamic attack animation for ’Cyborg Superman’, and discuss all my tips, tricks, challenges, and nitty-gritty nuances along the way! ———— 0:00 Intro 0:06 Sprite Design 1:44 Tidying up Pixel Clusters 3:23 Simple Silhouette for Animation 6:02 Refining the Body Language 8:25 Rendering the Poses 11:39 Particle Effects 13:18 Recoil and Recovery 13:55 Bringing it all together 15:01 FINAL ANIMATION 15:34 HIGHLIGHT: Fabric Animation 16:17 CRT Time 16:49 VID OVER ———— Check out my art here: INPRNT Shop: Redbubble Shop: ———— Software used: Adobe Photoshop 2022 Need help picking a pixel art program? Watch this: ———— Title sequence theme music by Failpositive: Background music obtained through Royalty Free Planet: Floating on the Water by Stevia Sphere Promoted by @RoyaltyFreePlanet - Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Internet Girl by MONIN Promoted by Royalty Free Planet: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Digital Sunlight by Raven Promoted by @RoyaltyFreePlanet - Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 e s c p – Sunset: License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 - Arcade by Raven Promoted by @RoyaltyFreePlanet - Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Midnight Walk by Timecrawler 82 Promoted by @RoyaltyFreePlanet - Creative Commons Attribution 3.0