Recreating a Photo as Pixel Art (1-Bit Timelapse)

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In this video, I recreate a reference photograph in a 1-Bit pixel art style, and share some thoughts on translating details into pixel art patterns and textures.

Photograph by Amelia Hallsworth on Pexels: https://www.pexels.com/photo/green-tree-in-front-of-white-and-brown-concrete-building-5461578/
#1bitmonitorglow Palette: https://lospec.com/palette-list/1bit-monitor-glow
Polyducks on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Polyducks
Music during CRT Time: ‘Cloudburst’ by Concrete Castles, https://insocaf.bandcamp.com/album/playsound-ep-wav

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0:00 Intro
0:07 Sizing and Foundation
1:35 Creating Dimension in 1-Bit Linework
3:01 Translating Detail into Patterns and Textures
4:32 Palette: 1-Bit Monitor Glow
5:04 Creating & Using Pixel Patterns
6:25 Growing a 1-Bit Tree
7:12 Final Artwork
7:46 CRT Time
8:20 Vid Over

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Software used: Adobe Photoshop (CS6)
Need help picking a pixel art program? Watch this: https://youtu.be/90BghUX7SD0
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Title sequence theme music by Failpositive:
http://www.failpositive.bandcamp.com/
https://www.twitter.com/failpositiv

‘Vid Over’ chiptune music by mcguy215/Concrete Castles:
https://www.fiverr.com/mcguy215
https://www.youtube.com/mcguy215
https://insocaf.bandcamp.com/album/playsound-ep-wav

Other music featured throughout this video was obtained from the Youtube Audio Library.



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pixel art
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architecture