Small Sprite Animations | Pixel Art Timelapse

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Published 2021-10-24
In this video, I’m creating a few animations for my samurai sprite - follow along as I share how I arrived at a 6-frame run cycle, a jump (+double jump), and a special armour transformation animation!

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0:00 Intro
0:22 Run Cycle
2:49 Jump
5:11 Armour Transformation
8:46 Summary
9:20 VID OVER

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Software used: Adobe Photoshop (CS6)
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Title sequence theme music by Failpositive:
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All Comments (21)
  • @jingbot1071
    Such a skilled samurai, training hard enough to jump off the very wind itself! Could see him fighting off a bunch of tiny lil ninjas any time. Such a cool and detailed mini sprite!
  • @garwert
    The clarity you can achieve with movements that are that complicated on such a small-scale sprite is quite amazing. Would love you to come back to this one in the future, there's much to explore.
  • @retrojolt5100
    He run, he jump, but most importantly; He armor up. That’s such an amazing little detail
  • He really looks like he is spinning! Never thought limitations to be a good thing. Prolly should try it. Iron Man Samurai suit ftw
  • @sanderbos4243
    This is so inspiring to me, please continue this samurai pixel art project! Other things you could give a shot spriting are walking up/down steps, talking, dancing, opening a door, giving the samurai animations for when the player has been AFK for a while, eating, drinking, etc! :)
  • @caittastic
    i really enjoyed how bouncy the final animations look, especially the jump and transform
  • @saultoons
    Samurai action platformer game with these sprites would be siiiiiiiiick!!!! Also I wish I could get ready in the morning by just jumping and spinning, would be really convenient, someone smarter than me needs to make that a thing :'D Thanks for sharing Brandon!!!
  • @buccipotato5189
    The running animations at the end make it look like the katana one is chasing the other and that's pretty funny, great work!
  • @colestorch
    This remains the best channel on youtube
  • @cbubs_art
    You've captured so much detail into such a small sprite. Just goes to show a lot can be done with these tiny squares.
  • @Skeffles
    These animations are really satisfying. It's incredibly impress how animated such a small sprite can be!
  • @MrPeace-kd8ov
    yes, please do more. this is perfect for a game makers who aren't as skilled in design.
  • @timothymclean
    If you return, adding run/jump animations for the armored version (or versions, if you make other armor designs) might be a good idea. Could be neat to see how the armor affects his movement.
  • @makai4036
    I started learning pixel art 3 months ago and thanks man for your tutorials, I reproduce a lot from scratch doing it with you and I learn a lot
  • @steppeone
    I would pay good money for a samurai game where you created all of the assets. I come back to these in particular all the time. I love this sprite.
  • Wow! you really captured the essence of the spin and even the illusion that the armor pieces were in physical space around the samurai. If you ever want to build a full game based off of this character (or any of your other characters for that matter) hit me up!
  • @thijsmooij
    We run, we jump, we armor up! sounds so good! great video overall
  • @eboatwright_
    I LOVE THIS CHARACTER! :D It's so simple, yet looks so good! :D