In this video, I recreate a reference photograph in a 1Bit 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/greentr...
#1bitmonitorglow Palette: https://lospec.com/palettelist/1bit...
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Music during CRT Time: ‘Cloudburst’ by Concrete Castles, https://insocaf.bandcamp.com/album/pl...

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0:00 Intro
0:07 Sizing and Foundation
1:35 Creating Dimension in 1Bit Linework
3:01 Translating Detail into Patterns and Textures
4:32 Palette: 1Bit Monitor Glow
5:04 Creating & Using Pixel Patterns
6:25 Growing a 1Bit 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:    • What Program to use for Pixel Art? (P...  
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Title sequence theme music by Failpositive:
http://www.failpositive.bandcamp.com/
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‘Vid Over’ chiptune music by mcguy215/Concrete Castles:
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https://insocaf.bandcamp.com/album/pl...

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