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Best Pixel Art Courses 2021
Best Pixel Art Tutorials 2021
Pixel Art Master Course – Beginner to Professional/Freelance
This course teaches all about pixel art for video games. From basics to advanced techniques. Students will learn about lines, shapes, color theory and harmony, creating a color palette, designing characters, backgrounds, objects, creating animations and even how to start freelance work. You will also learn a lot about the principles of game design.
If you are new to art or pixel art and want to create better graphics for your indie games, this course is for you.
This course is always growing with new lessons (you can see future planned lessons in a document available on the Discord server). If there is a topic you would like me to cover, you can convo me and I will. I am on Udemy and Discord servers every day so you can easily contact me.
Discord (1000+ members) also offers some benefits once you achieve a certain role on the server, like access to exclusive channels. The wonderful community there also gives you a place to share your work, get feedback, or even just hang out and relax with people of similar interest!
Connect and work with other people on game jams (if you like). Yes, even if you want to find game coders and music composers (or if you are looking for an artist)! There are also independent developers who code and make the art themselves.
This course will strengthen your basics in art and pixel art. It will boost your confidence in your art and give you the information you need to continue improving your pixel art and start making money.
By the end of the course, you will already have a portfolio for different genres of games with a practical game design.
This course has 3 main parts: beginner [B], intermediate [I] and advanced [A]. Each section is marked with a letter in square brackets at the end of its title with the corresponding difficulty.
I’m available on Udemy and Discord every day – to give you feedback, to help you push your limits, to help you become a better artist in a fun and relaxing way. I am there for you every step of the way if you need me.
Pixel art for Video games
This section was added by popular demand as something missing in the course. Thanks for your patience, I wanted to make sure everything was as good as possible. Enjoy!
In this course, I’ll use my 10+ years of experience to teach you everything you need to know to start making your own pixel art. You’ll be going from zero to full speed in no time with simple exercises that will teach you the basics as well as advanced concepts that will help you make your pixel art designs look professional.
With over 6 hours of footage, you’ll be able to follow it step by step as I walk you through creating some really cool pixel art!
You will learn:
Configure Photoshop to draw in pixel art
Draw smooth lines and shapes, such as circles
Shading and texture
The use of contours
And once these concepts are defined, you will learn:
Create mosaics and add details to tiled images
Create sprites using a grid of tiles
Create tiles in the style of RPG games from top to bottom
Create characters from a top-down perspective
Creation of medieval style hud elements
Work in isometric perspective
You will also:
create a CHARACTER
and ANIMATE in minutes!
Learn more about color theory
As a bonus, you will have the chance to create a unit project and in fact
Learn to Create Pixel Art for your Games
This course teaches the basics of creating pixel art for video games. 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 graphics for your indie games, this course is for you.
It will take approximately 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 video lectures. Practice is essential in the art and you will get a fair amount of practice by completing this course.
This course will strengthen your basics in art and pixel art. This will boost your confidence in your art and give you the information you need to continue improving your pixel art even after completing the course.