Make a selection by Ctrl+Click on the layer icon in the Layers panel. One trick does quite the same as locking the transparent pixels. Some of us may prefer to use layer masks to get the same, but this leaves the layer mask free for other purposes that an advanced user may well see useful. It works also with smoothly fading (=blurry) edges.
By locking the transparency there's no worry of spoiling the edge when one brushes over the colored area. But he wants to paint the colors better, maybe only to airbrush something dark or bright to create apparent 3D shading. Why to use it? One may have a layer which contains a geometrically good shape which is surrounded by transparent areas that must be kept as is. In the next image the transparency lock is OFF and a new black stroke is drawn: The painted area kept the same transparency as the pixels already had - no visible paint over the 100% transparent background. In the next image I have turned it ON and drew an ugly black brush stroke from bottom to top over the layer: You can learn more about the free pixel art brush pack and see it in action in Affinity Designer in the video below.It's an icon in the Layers panel, just next to the word Lock. The brushes are in ABR (Photoshop) format, but can be used in a variety of applications including Affinity Photo/Designer, GIMP, Krita and more. We also encourage you to experiment with them without preconceptions on how to use them. We hope these make your texturing process in pixel art faster and more accessible ^w^)/ These brushes were created to ease the process, but are not enough to build polished textures and pixel-level work will usually be necessary to get nice results. It’s preferable to polish the results with some anti-aliasing, especially in noisy brushes such as the ones found in the wood pack. These brushes are recommended for medium resolution pixel art games (2x-4x pixel resolution) with detailed texturing.
psd detailing how to build basic materials using the brushes.
The brushes are hosted on Itch.io available here. Game developer Brainwash Gang have released a collection of pixel art brushes containing 382 brushes completely free.
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