you can look up videos on how to shade basic shapes: spheres, cylinders, cones. then look up videos on contrustction, breaking a shape like a tree into smaller basic shapes. then just focus on getting the shading right on those simple shapes, and hopefully watch your tree start to form

i think the same process could be used for these trees or any static sprite in general

for those specific trees, the part about the custom brush to add details and edges could be ommited, instead you could just focus on the basic shading of the key shapes that make up the tree

here's the brush shape i used for the details (originally 64x64 pixels but scaled up to avoid bluesky compression)

the custom brush was basically a very soft brush tip with a small hard brush tip in the middle to do the details and edges

finally i opened it up back in aseprite again for cleanup on the per-pixel level

thank you! i made this by first creating the silhouette and base colors in aseprite

i then opened it up in clip studio paint and locked the alpha on the layer so the pixel silhouette would be preserved

i used normal brushes to do the bulk or the shading, but i used a custom brush for the details

no, i'm here for the bird 🦆

ethan, a skinny ledgend 🔥

who's the big guy? i love his design already

you're probably sensing the necronomicon i accidentally left in a 1995 editon of national geographic when i returned it to the library. while the book of dead will kill you, the actual national geographic issue is really fascinating, so I recommend reading it 👍

there's nothing wrong with having dentures at any age. anyone who'd look down on someone with them would just be an ableist asshole

i hope the pain isn't too bad regardless!

Awesome sketch! However, I am still skeptical of your dentist's plan on pulling out your teeth and replacing them with a duck bill 😥

what a majestic bird 🦆

duck ethan always makes me happy 🦆

the maximals after landing on a strange alient planet apparently called 'ikea neiden'

i can't wait to try out the full game once it comes out! 😁