Pixel Joint Forum: Good Isometric People Tutorials?

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   Hey everyone. Being new here, I'm still kind of not sure where to place this question exactly, so hopefully I've got it right. My question is, does anyone know of any real good detailed tutorials on creating simple human bodies in isometric? One that preferably teaches how to properly scale them, color them, and make sure they are actually isometric, and one that has a good walk through rather than just trying to copy someone else's design. 

I've done some google browsing and the few I saw looked okay for the most part, but they didn't seem truly isometric and when added into an isometric environment, it looked really off, almost like they were rotated towards the viewers direction a little, if that makes sense. They also looked a little goofy compared to some really nice ones I've seen. I don't want to develop bad habits right off the bat so I'm hoping if someone knows of a good tutorial, it will be one that is approved by long time pixel artists.

Thanks so much for the time.   

Edit - Here's a little example of what I'm looking to try and right about in this same size. Little characters like this.

Pixel Art Isometric

Edited by render8 - 13 July 2015 at 7:59pm

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render8 Seaman Joined: 13 July 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Topic: Good Isometric People Tutorials? Posted: 13 July 2015 at 7:56pm
	Hey everyone. Being new here, I'm still kind of not sure where to place this question exactly, so hopefully I've got it right. My question is, does anyone know of any real good detailed tutorials on creating simple human bodies in isometric? One that preferably teaches how to properly scale them, color them, and make sure they are actually isometric, and one that has a good walk through rather than just trying to copy someone else's design. I've done some google browsing and the few I saw looked okay for the most part, but they didn't seem truly isometric and when added into an isometric environment, it looked really off, almost like they were rotated towards the viewers direction a little, if that makes sense. They also looked a little goofy compared to some really nice ones I've seen. I don't want to develop bad habits right off the bat so I'm hoping if someone knows of a good tutorial, it will be one that is approved by long time pixel artists. Thanks so much for the time. Edit - Here's a little example of what I'm looking to try and right about in this same size. Little characters like this. Pixel Art Isometric Edited by render8 - 13 July 2015 at 7:59pm
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eishiya Commander Joined: 04 August 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1109	Posted: 14 July 2015 at 6:52am
	There's nothing special about pixelling isometric people compared to pixelling any other object that's made up of many forms instead of being a single primitive. The hard part is understanding human bodies as 3D forms (which you can then render isometrically), which is something you can learn through observation and practice, but not from any tutorial. With very stylised bodies like the ones you linked, you don't even need to study the real thing that much, because people in that style are built up of just a few simple forms, all of which are basic to isometric pixelling.
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render8 Seaman Joined: 13 July 2015 Online Status: Offline Posts: 7	Posted: 14 July 2015 at 12:26pm
	Thanks so much for your time eishiya. Most definitely appreciated. What you said made good sense. I just figured after looking around at so many different tutorials and seeing there was damn near a tutorial for everything else related to isometric, that maybe their was some standard to drawing isometric people as well.
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