Pixel art for Video games

Course details

Imagine how cool your game would look in pixel art! Stop imagining!

==== UPDATED 5th of September ==== *NEW SECTION* - RPG character
This section shows good methods for creating top-down rpg characters and the considerations to take when designing a character for this perspective.

In this course I'll use my 10+ years of experience to teach you all you need to know to start making your own pixel art. You'll go from zero to full speed in no time with simple exercises that will teach you the foundations as well as advanced concepts that help give your pixel art creations that professional look.

Featuring over 6 hours of footage, you'll be able to follow step by step as I take you through the creation of some really cool pixel art!

You'll learn:

• Configuring Photoshop to draw in pixel art
• Drawing lines and smooth shapes, such as circles
• Shading and texture
• The use of outlines

And once you get these concepts settled, you'll learn:

• Creating tiles and adding detail to tilled images
• Creating sprites while using a tile grid
• Creating tiles in the style of top-down RPG games
• Creating characters in top-down perspective
• Creating some medieval style hud elements

You'll also:

• create a CHARACTER
• and ANIMATE it within minutes!

As a bonus round you'll get a chance to create a unity project and actually see your character move and jump around on the screen just like if it was in your video-game

Take this course now and you will see your pixel art skill skyrocket!

Updated on 27 December, 2017