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2021-02-17 21:51:16
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Design Game Design Pixel Art

Pixel Art Master Course - Beginner to Professional/Freelance

Learn ALL about pixel art in an always growing course! Get access to basic and pro techniques with daily feedbacks!
Bestseller
Rating: 4.7 out of 54.7 (4,714 ratings)
24,586 students
Created by Mislav Majdandžić
Last updated 3/2021
English
English [Auto], Italian [Auto], 
30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

What you'll learn

  • Learn how to create both SIMPLE and COMPLEX pixel art! Objects, characters, environment, animations - ALL of it!
  • Build your own game art with prototypes!
  • Where to find clients, how to talk to them and how much to charge for your work!
  • You will learn to design and animate pixel art for all game genres (e.g. RPG, Platformer, Top-down)
  • Get access to Discord server where you can work on REAL projects (that earn money)

Requirements

  • You need a working PC, preferably with a mouse and a keyboard.

Description

This course teaches everything about pixel art for video games. From the very basics to the advanced techniques. Students will learn about lines, shapes, colour theory and harmony, creating a colour palette, designing characters, backgrounds, items, making animation and even how to start freelancing. You will also learn a lot about game design principles.

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.

This course is always growing with new lessons (you can check the future planned lessons in a document available on the Discord server). If there is a topic that you would like me to cover, you can message me and I will make it. I am on Udemy and Discord server every day so you can easily get into contact with me.

Discord (2000+ members) also provides certain benefits once you reach a certain role on the server such as getting access to exclusive channels. The wonderful community there also provides a place for you to share your work, get feedback or even just hang out and chill with people of similar interest!
Connect
and work with other people on game jams (if you want). Yes, even if you want to find game coders and music compositors (or if you're one who's looking for an artist)! There are also indie devs who code and do the art themselves.


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 and start making money. 

By the time you finish the course, you will already have a portfolio for different game genres with practical game design. 

This course has 3 big parts: beginner [B], intermediate [I] and advanced [A]. Each section is marked with a letter inside square brackets at the end of it's title with corresponding difficulty.

I am available on Udemy and Discord every day - to give you feedback, to help you overcome your limits, to help you become a better artist in fun and relaxing way. I'm here for you every step of the way if you need me.

Who this course is for:

  • Game developer that wants to learn simple pixel art for games
  • Beginner pixel artist that wants to become an expert
  • Experienced pixel artist that wants to expand existing knowledge and learn new skills
  • Game artist that wants to learn new field of art
  • Anyone that wants to learn how to communicate in game industry and how to earn money
  • If you want to join exclusive pixel art community

Featured review

Ryan Mills
Ryan Mills
19 courses
4 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 59 months ago
Coming from someone who is not art-oriented at all, this course really helped me understand what is important and what isn't when it comes to design. The whole lecture on hue-shifting was mind-blowing and is definitely something I wouldn't have learned about elsewhere. The instructor is obviously very mindful of the subject, and I don't believe there is a better instructor to help you break into the world of game art!

Course content

15 sections • 141 lectures • 16h 24m total length

  • Preview01:54
  • What software to use? Free or paid?
    04:43
  • Photoshop basics
    25:09
  • Pyxel Edit
    19:15
  • Aseprite
    16:47
  • Piskel
    11:16

  • Preview00:20
  • Lines
    04:34
  • Challenge 1
    02:51
  • Shapes
    02:11
  • Challenge 2
    01:59

  • Introduction
    00:19
  • Value and contrast basics
    01:48
  • Negative and positive space
    01:27
  • Basic geometric shapes
    01:29
  • Shading a cube
    02:48
  • Preview02:55
  • Shading a cylinder
    01:46
  • Shading a cone
    02:21
  • Shading a pyramid
    01:07
  • Dithering
    02:44
  • Challenge 3
    01:21

  • Introduction
    00:25
  • Preview03:50
  • Saturation
    01:54
  • Value
    00:55
  • Basic colour theory
    05:49
  • Colour harmony
    05:30
  • Creating a colour palette
    06:02
  • Simple wood texture
    05:37
  • Simple metal texture
    03:33
  • Applying textures to shapes
    06:26
  • Challenge 4
    00:41

  • Introduction
    00:29
  • Creating objects from simple geometric shapes
    00:51
  • Drawing an orange
    08:54
  • Drawing a potion bottle
    Preview07:05
  • Drawing a book
    04:02
  • Drawing an arrow
    05:11
  • Drawing a sword
    08:32
  • Drawing a gun
    04:42
  • Challenge 5
    01:27

  • Introduction
    00:14
  • What are tiles
    02:25
  • Tiling basics
    05:47
  • Simple grass tile
    03:54
  • Simple dirt tile
    04:11
  • Simple water tile
    05:58
  • Creating a tileset
    05:58
  • Challenge 6
    00:32

  • Introduction
    00:22
  • Drawing a simple background
    08:39
  • Using colours and shapes to create depth
    03:50
  • Adding reflection on water surface
    03:22
  • Challenge 7
    03:02

  • Introduction
    00:22
  • Drawing 8x8 pixel art character
    06:02
  • Drawing 16x16 pixel art character
    09:06
  • Drawing 32x32 pixel art character
    07:33
  • Challenge 8
    00:40

  • Introduction
    00:21
  • What is animation
    01:33
  • Simple grass animation
    05:37
  • Challenge 9.1
    00:52
  • 8x8 character walk and run animation
    05:39
  • 8x8 character attack animation
    03:32
  • 16x16 character walk and run animation
    09:53
  • 16x16 character attack animation
    05:30
  • 32x32 character walk and run animation
    05:38
  • 32x32 character attack animation
    07:33
  • Challenge 9.2
    01:20

  • Introduction
    00:35
  • Cohesive colour palette
    14:29
  • Platformer Tileset
    33:10
  • Platformer Background
    08:40
  • Foreground Details
    13:24
  • Platformer Character
    14:19
  • Platformer Character Idle and Walk/Run animations
    08:40
  • Character Attack/Dmg/Death Animations
    10:06
  • Platformer Enemy
    07:09
  • Enemy Animations
    06:27
  • Platformer Traps
    06:32
  • Finishing the Platformer Mockup
    10:45
  • Different types of platformer perspectives
    10:10
  • Challenge 10
    00:48

Instructor

Mislav Majdandžić
CEO, Game Artist, Game Maker
Mislav Majdandžić
  • 4.7 Instructor Rating
  • 4,714 Reviews
  • 24,588 Students
  • 1 Course

I am the CEO of Eksperimental Games, a small indie game development studio. More importantly I am a game artist specialised in pixel art. I've been doing pixel art as a freelancer for years and have been able to make a decent living out of it. Now I want to share my knowledge and experience with others so they can do the same.

Making games is my life. Even in my childhood I was creating new board and card games, so when I finally went digital, it changed my life! I want to share this happiness with others.

I'm here to give you all the knowledge you need for becoming an indie developer, a freelancer or how to get hired. I have a lot to offer and will create new lessons and courses as time goes on. 

I believe it's important to live your passion, but sometimes the road to success is long and hard. I'm here to make it easier.


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