Farm lesson 15: pine trees
The farm is framed by pine trees in two sizes: a tall one, 14 by 24, and a small one, 12 by 18.
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 pine trees exactly as it is in the farm.
Step by step
Step 1: Lines
Stacked tiers with a zigzag edge and a short trunk.
Step 2: Colors
The pine green and the brown trunk.
Step 3: Shading
The darker green on the right side of each tier.
Step 4: Light
The lighter green on the left of each tier.
Step 5: Outline colors
The darkest green outline.
Step 6: Shadow
A short shadow: one pixel past the trunk on its first row, flush with the trunk on the second.
Why it looks this way
The zigzag edge of a crown has no grass holes inside it. Fill any gap that reads as a hole.
The colors
10 colors, dark to light. Pick them with the eyedropper in the trainer, or type the codes into your editor.
#222034#1d3a2c#522915#285a3a#7f3821#92482c#357a42#9e593f#559e23#4f9a4a
Where it goes in the farm
The farm is 208 by 168 pixels. These are the top left corners of all 10 copies:
- Pine 10: x 12, y 0
- Pine 9: x 112, y 0
- Pine 8: x 82, y 0
- Pine 7: x 0, y 0
- Pine 6: x 141, y 0
- Pine 5: x 95, y 2
- Pine 4: x 1, y 30
- Pine 3: x 197, y 38
- Pine 2: x 1, y 58
- Pine 1: x 194, y 66
Get the whole farm, free
This sprite and all the others, with their shadows, the layered .aseprite file and the palette. Free for your games. I'll email you the link.
After that, a short pixel art lesson from me every few days. You can stop them with one click.