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Design Other Design Pixel Art

Learn to Create Pixel Art for your Games

Improve your pixel art with these simple techniques and principles.
Rating: 4.7 out of 54.7 (4,231 ratings)
19,064 students
Created by Benjamin Anderson
Last updated 4/2021
English
English, Indonesian [Auto], 
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Use shapes, values, and edges to create form
  • Create a basic palette using color theory
  • Animate their art using key frames, big motions, little motions, and motion blurs

  • Students will need access to a computer and the internet

Description

This course teaches the basics for creating video game pixel art. Students will learn about shapes, values, edges, color theory, creating a basic palette, and animation.

If you are new to art or pixel art and want to create better art for your indie games then this course is for you.

It will take roughly 8 hours to complete this course.

This course contains step by step video lectures, quizzes for important section information, and challenges to help students improve their pixel art outside of the video lectures. Practice is key in art and you will get a good amount of practice as you complete this course.

This course will strengthen your foundations in art and pixel art. It will build your confidence in your art and give you the information you need to continue improving your pixel art even after completing the course.

Who this course is for:

  • This course is for anyone looking to learn more about pixel art
  • This course is designed to help people who don't see themselves as being artistic
  • This course is especially good for new indie game designers looking to improve the visuals of their games
  • This course is NOT for experienced pixel artists

Featured review

Denis Mogollon
Denis Mogollon
6 courses
2 reviews
Rating: 4.5 out of 5a year ago
For someone with zero knowledge of pixel art, this was very informative and now have full confidence to create pixel arts!. Only gripe of this course is that i wish some parts were sped up nevertheless well done.

Course content

10 sections • 48 lectures • 5h 22m total length

  • Preview01:49
  • Piskel Image Editor
    Preview08:11
  • First Creation
    18:27
  • Pixel Art Programs Used in this Course
    01:20
  • Pixel Art Program List
    00:14

  • Shapes
    03:48
  • Values
    02:47
  • Edges
    03:53

  • Using Basic Shapes
    02:56
  • Cleaning Up Your Shapes
    03:07
  • Shapes and Negative Space
    03:30
  • Using Shapes to Create Depth
    04:19
  • Shapes Challenge
    00:49
  • Shapes Quiz
    5 questions

  • Values in your Palette
    02:22
  • Using Values to Show Light
    06:19
  • Using Values to Show Depth
    06:45
  • Values Challenge
    00:46
  • Values Quiz
    2 questions

  • Cleaning Up your Lines
    06:25
  • Anti-aliasing
    04:39
  • Edges Quiz
    1 question

  • The Color Wheel
    04:23
  • Warm and Cool Colors
    03:52
  • Complementary Colors
    03:26
  • Hue
    02:37
  • Saturation
    01:09
  • Value with Colors
    01:03
  • Creating a Simple Palette
    10:02
  • Color Challenge
    00:30
  • Color Quiz
    5 questions

  • Mock-Up Shapes
    09:59
  • Mock-Up Values
    09:37
  • Mock-Up Colors Part 1
    15:40
  • Mock-Up Colors Part 2
    13:59

  • Frames
    06:52
  • Key Frames
    03:35
  • Animating a Rough Run Cycle Part 1
    15:10
  • Animating a Rough Run Cycle Part 2
    15:38
  • Run Cycle Cleanup
    08:52
  • Getting Aseprite
    00:21
  • Using Aseprite to Create a Basic Swordsman
    12:55
  • Coloring the Swordsman
    13:53
  • Swordsman Big Movements
    10:20
  • Swordsman Motion Blur and Small Movements
    18:09
  • Swordsman Idle Animation
    09:01
  • BONUS LECTURE: Layers in Aseprite
    15:33
  • BONUS LECTURE: Layers and Flying Animation
    11:57
  • Animation Challenge
    00:36
  • Animation Quiz
    2 questions

  • Wooden House in Aseprite
    20:29

  • Congratulations and Posting You Art in the Discussions
    00:37
  • Bonus Lecture: Tileset Pixel Art Coupon
    00:11

Instructor

Benjamin Anderson
Game Maker, Game Designer, GameMaker User, and Teacher
Benjamin Anderson
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 6,183 Reviews
  • 58,633 Students
  • 3 Courses

Welcome to my bio. I'm a top instructor here on Udemy. I've published 8 successful courses and I love teaching.

I'm dedicated to turning my students into game developers. Teaching game development is my passion and my full time job.

My courses are positive, relaxing, and jam-packed with information. If you are a young, aspiring, indie developer, you are in the right place!

I hope to see you in a course.

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