How to make pixel art.

[dreamy compass]

I have used this video and when i tryed to use the pencil tool it did not shown the same thing as in the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLdA4Amea7Y&t=53s

[undone bough]

can you explain what went wrong when you drew using the pencil tool

cs i followed the tutorial and it did quite well as i expected

that won't work..

[dreamy compass]

Well am not sure I did everything as it told me on the video however when I went on the pencil tool it just drawn normally

[dreamy compass]

Ye idk how to do that

[dreamy compass]

@undone bough look everything i done is exactly what the guy on the video did

[marble fox]

Please stop randomly pinging people here.

[dreamy compass]

am not am just trying to get help with my photoshop

[marble fox]

You pinged me and Amy Best. Please don't do that. You can post questions here and wait to see if anyone knows the answer to your question(s).

[dreamy compass]

Well do you.

[marble fox]

I do what?

[dreamy compass]

the answer to my quest

[marble fox]

I don't even know what your question is. You can't use the Pencil Tool?

[dreamy compass]

no am trying to make pixel art but doesnt work

[marble fox]

Sorry to hear that but "it doesn't work" is not a question or a description that anyone can help you with.

[dreamy compass]

Alright I am trying to make pixel art I watched the video that you can find on top of the chat however I did all the steps as it said in the video but the pencil tool won't let me create the art work that I wanna do which is pixel art

[marble fox]

The guy set his canvas size to 40x40 pixels. You set your canvas to 1600 x 800. This would be a massive pixel art composition. Probably start smaller and expand it little by little.

[dreamy compass]

what do you mean 40x40 pixels?

[marble fox]

Watch the tutorial from the beginning. He sets up the canvas. Watch it again and pay attention to the values and units being used.

[dreamy compass]

I DID

[marble fox]

Apparently not

[dreamy compass]

what do you think I did I done the same thing

[dreamy compass]

what does it matter what size the page is

[marble fox]

Because 1 pixel is one block in the grid. When you set the size to 1600, you have to paint 1600 individual pixels. Perhaps read up on pixel art because I don't think you're fully grasping the concept.

[dreamy compass]

You didn't needed to be such a dick about it

[marble fox]

Ok. Whatever buddy. You're randomly pinging people in the middle of the night claiming that you did everything they did in the video when you did not. Then claiming: "its not working."

[dreamy compass]

are you dump. do you know what a timezone is

[marble fox]

If you want to behave this way you will get no help from anyone.

[dreamy compass]

the correct spelling is "anyone" not "amyone"

[strange moon]

@dreamy compass did you try setting the canvas to a smaller size? And your brush to 1x1? And viewing at 100% magnification?

[dreamy compass]

Yes

[strange moon]

And what was the result?

[dreamy compass]

The same results as shown in the pictures.

[lament lance]

It works as expected for me.

[strange moon]

Can you show us the screenshot results of a 400 pixels (not cm not in ) canvas and a one px pencil

[undone bough]

it's just the gridlines appearing to be not accurate on that zoom level... if you zoom in.. you'll see it doing just what you want to see..
it's exactly how it should react because you're on a 1640x856 canvas.. you need to be zoomed in to be working with pixel art
in a high res canvas trying to use per pixel tools (like Pencil) at that zoom level, Photoshop’s just smoothing everything visually even if technically it's pixel accurate underneath...

the same will happen if anyone works on resolution this high.. but if you zoom in

it's accurate

[undone bough]

start with a 32x32 or 40x40 canvas... that's where real pixel art begins you're forced to think simple, clean, and precise... no space to hide behind blur or details

then as you get comfortable... move up to 64x64, 128x128 etc
you build control first, then complexity later..

[dreamy compass]

Alright thanks

[sleek parrot]

Gave +1 Creative Carma to @undone bough (current: #180 - 10)

[strange moon]

This, hence my comment for 100% magnification…