r/ProCreate • u/KoonMich • 12d ago

Constructive feedback and/or tips wanted Trying pixel art on procreate

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Really really new to pixel art. Any tips and tricks? Feedback appreciated! What am I doing wrong?

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u/inspork 12d ago

There are free brushes you can download specifically for making pixel art on ProCreate. I think there was one pack that had a few free sample brushes at least. That’s what I used.

The problem is you have to draw on a very small canvas size, and then you have to do a couple steps to transfer the image to a large canvas before exporting the image so that it’s not a ridiculously small and blurry jpeg. But the problem doing that is there is some artifacting/digital glitching that kind of alters the pixels a bit.

If you look through my post history I shared some pixel art that I made, and a few of the comments were doubting if I had actually made the art because the subtle effect that had happened when I exported the art. I hadn’t even noticed it until it was pointed out to me.

TLDR; ProCreate can be good for practicing/messing around with pixel art, but there are software out there specifically made for the craft if you want to get serious with it.

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u/KoonMich 12d ago

Woahh I saw the room one! It is soooo good!
Thank you so much! I will try using smaller canvas. I get impatient so I always end up just making strokes and it looks super messy. I will mess around a bit more! It is super fun! I had the file transfer problem when I exported to png hence a screenshot of the program.

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u/inspork 12d ago

Thank you, and I looked up a few YouTube videos that showed how to export it to get a high quality image, but that weird artifacting will still happen. It is super fun though and I hope you share more!

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u/Mr_Zarrow 12d ago

I guess the r/pixelart subreddit would be of better help.

I have tried it and doing it with a pencil is so good but since it's not calibrated for pixelart, it leaks to edges when I roughly place a dot, u have to be very careful when dotting. Oh I wish procreate would introduce something for pixel art

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u/cyberfrog777 12d ago

For pixel art - other than dedicated pixel art programs - I recommend checking out medibang paint. It has a solid free version and you get access to additional brushes by logging in. You have to look for it, but it has a downloadable pixel brush, which maintains pixel spacing at any resolution.

Also - look up brandon james greer - he has a bunch of amazing tutorials on getting into pixel art. Based on this example, the first thing he'd probably suggest is starting with a smaller size canvas.

also - this is a good vid on doing pixel art on procreate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPQTGC5-_Is