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!
Learn ALL about pixel art in an always growing course! Get access to basic and pro techniques with daily feedbacks!
This course teaches everything about pixel art for video games. From the very basics to the advanced techniques. Students will learn about lines, shapes, color theory and harmony, creating a color palette, designing characters, backgrounds, items, making animation and even how to start freelancing. You will also learn a lot about game design principles and how art is connected with game design.
If you are new to art (or pixel art) or want to create better art for your indie game then this course is for you.
This course is always growing with new lessons. 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 and I also stream on Discord every month so you can easily get into contact with me.
By purchasing this course you get a LIFETIME access to this course, including all future updates. The course started with only 60 videos, now it's over 200. And there are more videos in the making!
I am available every day on Udemy and Discord - 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.
Discord (3000+ 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)!
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.
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.
Languages and subtitles: entire course is available in multiple languages. English subtitles have been manually reviewed, fixed and they work properly. Please note that other languages for subtitles have been auto-translated from English language. While I'm aware it's not a perfect solution, it should be of great use.
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Introduction
21What is animation
93Simple grass animation
338Challenge 9.1
528x8 character walk and run animation
3398x8 character attack animation
21216x16 character walk and run animation
59316x16 character attack animation
33032x32 character walk and run animation
33832x32 character attack animation
453Challenge 9.2
80Introduction
35Cohesive colour palette
869Platformer Tileset
1990Platformer Background
520Foreground Details
804Platformer Character
859Platformer Character Idle and Walk/Run animations
520Character Attack/Dmg/Death Animations
606Platformer Enemy
429Enemy Animations
387Platformer Traps
392Finishing the Platformer Mockup
645Different types of platformer perspectives
610Challenge 10
48Introduction
20What is Top Down View?
492Top Down Shooter Character design explanation
270Top Down Character
1068Character Walk Animation
255Top Down Grass Tile
347Top Down Dirt Tile
261Top Down Tileset
1051Road and Sidewalk Tiles
1001Top Down House
998Top Down Vehicle
784Top Down Objects
478Top Down Mockup
667Challenge 11
13Introduction
32Shading Terminology
420Terminator Line
86Highlight vs Center Light
2592 Shading Styles
139Calculating Cast Shadow
329Cast shadow for spheres
232Cast shadow in nature
284Light hitting vs Looking at light
179Dithering Edges
130Dithering 2x2
645Dithering 4x4
492Anti-aliasing Lines
316Anti-aliasing Curves
311Anti-aliasing Objects (basics)
251Color Curves - guideline
262Challenge 14 - Dithering Pattern
91Introduction
30Foliage Style 1
1008Foliage Style 1 - more details
302Foliage Style 2
547Foliage Style 3
479Foliage Style 4
483Foliage Style 5
212Foliage Explained
366Rocks Style 1
570Rocks Style 2
531Rocks Style 3
313Rocks Style 4
220Color palette warning
101Wood Style 1
295Wood Style 2
363Wood Style 3
421Wood Style 3 morphed
219Metal Style 1
295Metal Color examples
82Metal Style 2
328Metal Style 3
454Water Style 1
492Water Style 2
229Water Style 3
238More about water
220Ice Style 1
404Ice Style 2
180Snow
195Cloud
321More about clouds
232Lava Style 1
254Lava Style 2
323Lava Style 3
622Cloth Style 1 - thick
1194Cloth Style 2 - thin
422Ground/Dirt
510Gem
324Glass
287Short recap on materials
195Challenge 15 - Materials
59Introduction and few key points of 2D animation
256Timing
576Slow In & Slow Out
386Squash & Stretch
480Anticipation
269Follow through and overlapping action
375Arcs
328Secondary Action
385Exaggeration
186Staging
724Animation Methods (Straight-ahead & Pose-to-pose)
239Solid Drawing
173Appeal
214Introduction
46What is success
294General guidelines on how to improve and become successful
109Grind
390Focus
336Overcoming the fears
323Getting feedback
190Websites for exposure and feedback
260Portfolio - what to put in it
616Working for free
382How much should you charge
981Ways of payments
350Things to look out for in contracts
462Dark Freelancing
151How to talk to clients
1202Websites for finding work
761Types of clients and their transformations
604How to grow your business
1041You need a working PC, preferably with a mouse and a keyboard.
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 with other people
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