Farm lesson 20: log house
The log house, 48 by 51 pixels: a shingle roof with a chimney, log walls, two windows with flower boxes, a door and a stone foundation. The biggest sprite of the farm.
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 log house exactly as it is in the farm.
Step by step
Step 1: Lines
The whole house in lines: the roof, the chimney, the walls, the windows, the door and the foundation.
Step 2: Colors
The roof red, the wall brown, the glass, the stone grey.
Step 3: Shading
The shingle rows on the roof and the gaps between the logs.
Step 4: Light
The lit shingles and the lit top of every log, the corner posts catching the light.
Step 5: Outline colors
The outline in dark tones of each part.
Step 6: Details
The flowers in the boxes, the handle and the window panes.
Step 7: Finishing touches
The eave line along the bottom of the roof varied by hand: a line in one flat color does not happen in life, so its light changes along its length.
Step 8: Shadow
The shadow along the foot of the house.
The colors
23 colors, dark to light. Pick them with the eyedropper in the trainer, or type the codes into your editor.
#222034#3b2027#522915#5f2e16#7f3821#3e711c#784c48#5d5764#92482c#c4362f#87534e#9e593f#a9615a#559e23#b4704f#8b8794#c98161#52acda#e07aa6#ec9c66#b9b8c2#f2c43a#9af2ff
Where it goes in the farm
The farm is 208 by 168 pixels. These are the top left corners of the sprite:
- House: x 22, y 7
Want the whole scene in layers? Download the farm as an .aseprite file, every sprite and its shadow in its own folder.