My 6-year quest to make Darth Vader pixel art

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It’s been a few years since I’ve revisited a Darth Vader pixel art sprite, and I’ve got quite a collection from a long time ago [in this galaxy]. Today we’ll look back on the previous designs and my path throughout pixel art, and then create a new Vader sprite with a fresh inspiration!

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0:00 Intro
0:22 2016
0:49 2017
1:26 2018-2019
2:18 New Sprite: Linework
4:29 Colour and Rendering
5:42 Cape and Animations
7:53 FINAL ARTWORK
8:15 Breakdown and Comparisons
9:50 CRT Time
10:19 VID OVER

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Software used: Adobe Photoshop 2022
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Title sequence theme music by Failpositive:
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Tags:
pixel art
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character design
star wars
Disney+
Darth Vader
Obi-Wan Kenobi
retro gaming
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