michaelvelasquez

Whether you're into pixel art or not, whether you're even an artist or not, I highly recommend checking out the Pixaki app. It's a genuine delight to use on the iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil (I swear I don't work for Rizer or Apple).

You really have to be deliberate when doing pixel art. Moving, adding, deleting, or changing the color of a single pixel can significantly affect the piece as a whole. With Pixaki felt like I could jump in and have fun right away and then discover the many well thought out features as I went along. And honestly, it's the diving right in part that matters more to me. I haven't done another animation since this one but I like knowing the feature is there and easy to use.

This is sounding more like a paid review than I intended. $25 seems steep for a pixel art app when there's free options out there, but Pixaki is a polished, deep app.

Unlike much of my art, this piece didn't start on pencil and paper. I began right in Pixaki but then liked the result so much that I went to paper. I drew this on some fancy watercolor paper to paint in some time in the future.