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2D Game Artist: Design Pixel Art From Scratch

Make 2D Art for Video Games Using GIMP. Master GIMP's interface & Create Greate 2D Art From Scratch
Bestseller
Rating: 4.5 out of 54.5 (1,293 ratings)
11,548 students
Created by Ben Tristem, GameDev.tv Team
Last updated 4/2020
English
English [Auto], Indonesian [Auto], 
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Master GIMP's powerful interface
  • Convey meaning through shape and colour
  • Use GIMPs fundamental drawing tools
  • Work with layers for complex images
  • Create gradients, drop shadows and reflections
  • Organise and professionally export your work.
  • Work to a specification like a pro
  • Create pixel art assets for your games
  • Create your own character
  • Becoming a digital artist

Course content

6 sections • 103 lectures • 18h 25m total length

  • Preview02:03
  • Getting GIMP Installed
    03:19
  • Getting Comfortable In GIMP
    16:50
  • Black And White Outlines
    13:45
  • An Outline Story
    11:24
  • Exporting Your Work
    12:54
  • Introduction To Value
    11:26
  • Preview13:11
  • Quiz 1
    6 questions
  • How To Share & Ask Questions
    02:19
  • Using GIMP At High Resolutions
    06:36
  • Section 1 Wrap Up - Congratulations!
    01:17

  • Section 2 Introduction
    01:13
  • Working To A Specification
    09:44
  • Drawing Straight Lines
    06:53
  • Introduction To Layers And Alpha
    17:57
  • Using The Eraser
    13:29
  • Using Pallets For Consistency
    14:23
  • Using The Paintbrush And Airbrush
    17:19
  • Quickly Selecting An Existing Colour
    08:33
  • Filling An Area With One Colour
    20:00
  • Using The Selection Tools
    19:05
  • Shading With Gradients
    Preview14:58
  • Quiz 2
    9 questions
  • Moving Images And Layers
    09:08
  • Rearranging an Image
    04:14
  • Modifying Your Selections
    11:14
  • Using Selection Modifiers
    12:15
  • Combining Multiple Images
    11:11
  • Making A Composite Image
    07:41
  • Moving Selections
    09:03
  • Drop Shadows and Reflections
    11:46
  • Floating Selections
    08:10
  • Keeping Yourself Organised
    12:11
  • Creating A Game HUD
    08:47
  • Quiz 3
    5 questions
  • Section 2 Wrap Up
    01:50

  • - Section 3 Introduction
    01:54
  • What is Animation
    04:21
  • Setting Up Gimp For Animation
    12:32
  • Deciding On Frame Rate
    17:55
  • Layer Animation Parameters
    12:43
  • Layer Boundaries
    13:19
  • Squash And Stretch
    12:41
  • Making a Bouncing Ball
    17:24
  • Multi Layer Images And Animation
    13:11
  • Straight Ahead And Pose To Pose
    09:24
  • GIFs And Layer Groups
    15:38
  • Slow In And Out
    13:11
  • Two Different Feeling Animations
    15:26
  • Quiz 3
    9 questions
  • Colour Change Over Time
    16:30
  • Making An Animated Sunset
    16:19
  • What Is A Sprite Sheet
    17:35
  • Creating A Basic Sprite Sheet
    09:24
  • Too Many File Types
    08:36
  • Checking Your Sprite Sheet Works
    03:16
  • Manually Installing GIMP Add ons
    08:21
  • Add On Fuse Layers
    09:26
  • Add On Sprite Sheet
    10:03
  • Easy Repeating Elements
    08:27
  • Building a Modular Wall
    11:46
  • Mocking Up A Scene
    13:29
  • Nested Layer Groups
    06:12
  • Blending Animation
    05:19
  • Quiz 4
    5 questions
  • Section 3 Final Challenge
    07:20
  • Section 3 Wrap Up
    01:27

  • Section 4 Introduction
    01:14
  • Section 4 Specification
    02:43
  • Drawing Options
    08:50
  • Basic Shapes
    07:04
  • The Paths Tool
    14:01
  • First Principle References
    04:30
  • Using Building Blocks
    19:25
  • Toolbox Transforms
    06:25
  • Bone Structure
    11:12
  • Proportions
    18:20
  • Basic 3D Shapes
    20:00
  • Quiz 5
    8 questions
  • Importing Line Work
    11:07
  • Pacing Yourself And Staying Motivated
    04:18
  • Presence Through Use Of Value
    14:09
  • The Free Select Tool
    18:18
  • Surfaces and Overlap
    17:39
  • Caging
    11:06
  • Presence Through Use Of Perspective
    16:15
  • Lighting Basics
    13:33
  • Avoiding Tangents
    08:12
  • Exploration Through Studies
    03:17
  • Understanding Anatomy
    09:47
  • Study Of The Head
    19:28
  • Study Of The Eyes
    17:41
  • Study Of The Eyes Challenge
    19:11
  • Study Of The Nose
    16:36
  • Study Of The Mouth
    19:10
  • Study Of The Hands
    13:19
  • Quiz 6
    9 questions
  • Preview11:39
  • Section 4 Wrap Up
    02:17

  • Bonus Section Introduction
    03:00
  • What Is A Digital Image
    14:40
  • Colour Channels
    16:02
  • Layer Math Modes
    16:46
  • Tiling Textures Introduction
    15:36
  • Quick Win Tiling Textures
    15:51
  • Quiz 7
    4 questions
  • Tiling Textures Wrap Up
    00:46

  • End Of course
    01:54
  • Good GIMP Resources
    00:07
  • Preview00:23

Requirements

  • You need a Mac or PC capable of running GIMP (most are!)
  • You only need a mouse or trackpad to get started!
  • Optional: Wacom stylus or similar for later sections
  • You can organise, move and rename files

Description

GIMP is a super powerful, free, 2D art package. It's also 'open source' which means it's owned by the community, and constantly updated. Most of the features of the much more expensive Photoshop are available, giving you the power to create industry strength 2D art.

The challenge with this package is it can be intimidating for beginners, especially those who don't have much confidence in art or drawing. We make learning from scratch easy with our simple step-by-step process.

Even if you have no prior experience in drawing, or computer art, we'll take you from the very basics. By investing in a structured course like this you'll learn faster and more effectively than on your own, just check-out our latest reviews.

We provide challenges in every video to cement your knowledge, an active community of students and instructors to help you if you get stuck, and continuous updates to the course to improve the learning journey.

How is the course structured?

  1. We start by helping you master GIMP's interface

  2. Then we constrain you to just 8x8 pixels, to get you started

  3. Moving on we add colour, contrast and more to bring your images alive

  4. In section 2 we increase our canvas to 32x2 and beyond

  5. By the end of the course you'll be able to create great looking 2D icons.

Looking for 3D art, Blender, Unity or more? Check out our other courses, let the green leaf logo be your guide :-)

Also included with the course...

  • Get plugged into our communities of amazing developers on Facebook (nearly 20k), in our own TA-curated Community (17k views/day), and our student chat group (10k live at any one time).

  • Use of our custom built texture sharing service

  • Daily responses to your Q&A.

2D artwork is in demand, and now's a great time to get into GIMP.

Ben & Michael

Who this course is for:

  • You want to learn GIMP specifically
  • You want to create 2D art from scratch
  • You have little or no experience with GIMP or Photoshop
  • You want to make 2D assets for computer games

Featured review

Pavel Balaban
Pavel Balaban
19 courses
7 reviews
Rating: 4.5 out of 5a year ago
I need to understand how to use colors in pixel art... NO! start with black and white... then add shades, then use shades with colors and now it's magically what I needed, still not there, PRACTICE is Everything! so .. Draw it, criticize, think and improve, repeat. Now your work is masterpiece, atleast in your eyes. This is only beggining.

Instructors

Ben Tristem
GameDev.tv Founder :: Entrepreneur :: Passionate Teacher
Ben Tristem
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 183,023 Reviews
  • 790,381 Students
  • 13 Courses

Hi, I'm Ben. I have a degree in computing from Imperial College London, and a physics diploma from the Open University. 

I started working for myself at the age of 15, and never looked back. I explored careers as varied as being a commercial pilot, stunt-man, rock climbing instructor, and more. None of these provided a continued challenge, and stable income in the same way technology does. 

After building and selling a home computer support business, I became an angel investor and business mentor here in Cambridge UK. I fell in love with teaching game development through one of my investments, and I now spend all of my time sharing my passion with people like you. 

I can't wait to help you experience the fulfilment, and financial freedom, that having a deep understanding of technology brings. 

So why not start learning to make games with me and my team now?

See you soon! 

Ben

GameDev.tv Team
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GameDev.tv Team
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