LogInThe artist shared how pixelated textures were created.
Check out this immersive pixel-art scene depicting a snowy Japanese Onsen town created with Blender by a Reddit user known as SeafoamBoy.
The artist shared that the artwork was textured in a pixelated style using Aseprite. According to SeafoamBoy, it is a "program of choice for any pixel artist who's not using Photoshop."
The workflow includes drawing textures with Aseprite, "with its great pixel art tools and palette control." SeafoamBoy shares that, theoretically, Microsoft Paint could have been used, but it's not as good. "I simply use PNGs for textures, edit in Aseprite, save, hit Alt + R in Blender and see how it goes."
The creator pointed out that the most important things when making 3D models with pixel art textures are "perfect UV unwrapping and "texel density," or "pixels per centimeter." There's a plugin that keeps track of it, which is called Texel Density Checker by Ivan Vostrikov. "I also use a style of modelling I invented for myself, in which I cut sheets of polygons like they're paper, and then glue them back together like making papercraft."
Also, take a look at this fascinating pixelated cozy urban snowy environment created by Digital Artist and Animator Maciej Drabik with Blender:
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