Making “Color”-themed Game Boy Pixel Art! | GB Pixel Art Jam 2024

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Published on October 13, 2024 1:01:10 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlYrgVkIYkY

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Last weekend I participated in the annual Game Boy Pixel Art Jam, hosted by GB Studio Central over on itch. In this video I’ll share my workflow and the technical restraints necessary in order to create a piece of GameBoy artwork compatible with real hardware. There's a special twist for this year's jam theme!

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GB Pixel Art Jam 2024: https://itch.io/jam/gbpixelartjam24/entries
Tile Count Webtool: https://gb-studio-tile-count.glitch.me/

Links for the artists featured in this video:

Birds Probably: https://www.instagram.com/birds_probably/
BifStek: https://www.instagram.com/lebifstek
sloopygoop: https://linktr.ee/sloopygoop
DaaWeeD: https://lospec.com/daaweed

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0:00 Intro
0:06 2024 Jam Theme
2:10 Working in greyscale
3:02 Artwork approach for this year
3:58 Counting Game Boy Tiles
4:49 Working within the restraints
6:27 Thematic Detailing
8:21 Keeping the tile count down
9:12 FINAL ARTWORK
10:24 A few jam highlights
12:36 Final Color Selection
13:10 CRT Time
13:48 VID OVER

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🕹 Check out my game!:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2795110/Petal_Runner/

🎨 Find my art here:
https://www.instagram.com/brandonjamesgreer
https://www.twitter.com/BJGpixel

INPRNT Shop: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/bjgpixel/
Redbubble Shop: https://rdbl.co/bjgpixel

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Software used: Adobe Photoshop 2022
Need help picking a pixel art program? Watch this:    • What Program to use for Pixel Art? (P...  
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