Comments on: Isometric Pixel Art – Simulating in SketchUp Tutorial

By: Stefan Kropidlowski Larsson

Stefan Kropidlowski Larsson — Wed, 18 Jul 2012 12:43:27 +0000

Actually, (as a comment on the last anonymous) classic game perspective (1:2 iso) can be achieved in SketchUp. All you have to do is:

1: draw a triangle along the red or green axis(with with and therefore surfaces) with the proportions of height: 8.55, base: 5, width: any value. 2:rotate it 45 degrees.
3: then right click on the hypothenuse surface of the triangle and choose "align view"
4: in the camera menu, switch "parallell projection" on.

Done.

As for pixel art, it's great to draw the rudimentary shapes in SketchUp and then cover the 2d-exported image with a layer of your own pixel pushing.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:28:55 +0000

For anyone coming late to this post… It’s not actually at the exact angle that you make pixel art art, so you can’t just take a screenshot then draw over it with pixels.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:38:27 +0000

Am I to take it you can’t use lines or other shapes -which even MS Paint have- if you’re creating ‘real’ pixel art. So if you cheat and use the line command, you’re a sell-out, though no one can see you and they wouldn’t know.

By: eebee

eebee — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:40:09 +0000

I am a one-pixel at a time guy. I have found Sketchup is very useful as a starting point for building referance models, but to try to make a “finished” pixel art piece with SketchUp is out of the question for me. Sure, there are many short cuts one can take, but art is about more than the finished result; it is also about process. If you want to make a pixel art simulation, then do what you have to do. I you want to make pixel art, then gather your reference material (3D models, photos, sketches, etc.) and get to work pushing pixels.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:01:42 +0000

I think it’s useful as a tool to help making isometric views, but not using them as a finished product.

By: 0800styles

0800styles — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:49:00 +0000

Directive 4 (classified):

Here's my 4th step to the original tutorial to get that 'authentic' pixel art feel (sorry hardcore pixelartists)...

4) You can add a nice pixel-art style to your standard isometric 3D models by saving a jpeg of your 3D model (try screen-grab) and using Photoshop to apply a "Mosaic" effect from the Artistic Filter toolset.

Adjust the the pixel size value to your desired pixel size.

Sweet!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:21:00 +0000

I know this is a super-old post, but...

The issues in the comments (and my issue with the main post) is grouping 'isometric art' and 'pixel art' into one lump category. The method describes in the original post is for making 'isometric art' and NOT 'isometric pixel art'. Yes, a lot of pixel art was/is isometric, but not all. And, certainly, making something isometric does not make it pixel art.

Hopefully that clears up some misunderstanding for anyone still reading this post.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:27:00 +0000

Honestly, anyone who is upset at people using this are need to step back and get some perspective(pun intended)

It’s childish to tell people to “buzz off” because it isn’t “true” PixelArt.

By: Afflict

Afflict — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:02:00 +0000

Really doesn't matter, let see sketch up animate a custom pixelized character turning into a werewolf. :P

This can be used as a tool to understanding shadows etc. I think it's great.

Though it will never ever replace pixel pushing.

~Afflict

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:05:00 +0000

We agree – we love Pixel Art – really we do, the tutorial was merely a pointer to interesting new techniques.

It was not meant to offend, only to raise awareness of new visualisation techniques.