Farm lesson 7: chicken feeder
The chicken feeder, 12 by 8 pixels: a wooden box with grain on top, next to the hay.
This sprite is wide. It's easier to draw on a computer, or with your phone turned sideways.
Step 1
This step also removes a few pixels. Use the eraser where the guide fades a pixel out.
Show the finished step
You did it!
Done! This is the chicken feeder exactly as it is in the farm.
Step by step
Step 1: Lines
A rounded rectangle, the same size as the hay.
Step 2: Colors
The wood and the grain on top.
Step 3: Shading
The darker boards at the bottom and the dark lines between them.
Step 4: Light
The lit top edge of the boards.
Step 5: Outline colors
A dark brown outline.
Step 6: Shadow
A small shadow under its foot.
The colors
10 colors, dark to light. Pick them with the eyedropper in the trainer, or type the codes into your editor.
#222034#3b2027#5f2e16#7f3821#92482c#c4362f#9e593f#559e23#b4704f#e2762a
Where it goes in the farm
The farm is 208 by 168 pixels. These are the top left corners of the sprite:
- Crate: x 24, y 110
Want the whole scene in layers? Download the farm as an .aseprite file, every sprite and its shadow in its own folder.