3D Pixel Art for non artist. Crossy Road Modeling. Unity 3D (Udemy.com)
Master 3D pixel art to design characters for Unity3D game engine, cocos2d like Minecraft
Created by: Yohann Taieb
Last updated July 2019
What you will learn
- Draw 3d pixel art characters and objects in no time using free software
- Use 3D objects in amazing game engines like Unity 3D or cocos2d to make and publish amazing games without having to hire artists nor buy graphic assets
- learn about basic script use to animate characters, vehicles and cameras
How it compares
Against the other 183 rated Udemy courses in Unity on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.1 out of 5higher than 10% of them
- Reviews167#126 of 184 by number of reviews
- Length2.5 hoursshorter than 89% of them
- Last updatedJuly 2019earlier than 72% of them
Quality Score
Overall Score : 82 / 100
Course Description
Important: all software used are FREE to download and use on PC and MAC computers (no need to pay, cheers!)
In this course you will learn how to make 3d pixel art just like in the Crossy Road game.
This course is meant for non-artists. With this course you don't have to be an artist to be able to make great 3d art.
You will learn how to use free tools to make amazing characters such as the chicken, the baby duck, the tree frog or the zebra.
You will also learn how to make landscapes, cars, trucks, roads and trees in no time.
Then you will learn how to add all these objects in the game engine called Unity 3d to make amazing 3d games, just like crossy road.
Now, this course is meant to make things this super easy for you. All the steps are shown to you in the video lectures, so you cant possibly miss a step.
And by the way as a bonus, this course includes free downloads of the finished 3D models, that's dozen of them, and all the Unity project as well.
The skills you will learn in this course can be applied to so many more projects. Invest in yourself by joining this course now
What is 3D Pixel Art?
3D Pixel art is a form of digital art, created through the use of 2D-like raster graphics software, where images are edited on the pixel level in the form of blocks. Graphics in most old (or relatively limited) computer, console, graphing calculator and mobile phone video games are mostly 2D pixel art, and now we use the new technologies t have the retro-cool style with the amazing functionality that 3d technology provides. Some famous 3d pixel art video games (voxels) are minecraft , or crossy road.
Note: This is the first course in a series to enable you to make amazing mobile games on your own. If you want to make progress, it is recommended to also take my other course on how to make 3D pixel characters and how to animate them within Unity 3D game engine.
Then it is recommended to follow with the course on how to design, build, program and publish a Crossy Road like game to the app stores using Unity 3D.
By taking these courses, you will have a solid set of skills to get you to create professional games and can either become a solo entrepreneur or get hired by AAA game studios.
Enjoy!
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Enroll now and make 3D pixel art in no time, ready to use in 3D game engines like Unity 3D or Unreal Engine.
Who this course is for:
- game enthusiasts
- non-artists
- computer students
- geeks
- game fans
- teenagers
- indie developers
- mom and pop
Instructor Details
- 4.1 Rating
167 Reviews
Yohann Taieb
Yohann holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from FIU University. He has been a College instructor for over 10 years, teaching iPhone Development, iOS 11, Apple Watch development, Swift 3, Unity 3D, Pixel Art, Photoshop for programmers, and Android. Yohann also has plenty of ideas which naturally turned him into an entrepreneur, where he owns over 100 mobile apps and games in both the Apple app store and the Android store.
Yohann is one of the leading experts in mobile game programming, app flipping and reskinning. His teaching style is unique, hands on and very detailed. Yohann has enabled more than 50000 students to publish their own apps and reach the top spots in iTunes App Stores, which has been picked up by blogs and medias like WIRED magazine, Yahoo News, and Forbes Online. Thanks to him, thousands of students now make a living using iOS 11, Swift 4, Objective C ( ObjC ), Machine Learning, Augmented Reality / VIrtual Reality, Android, Apple Watch ( watchOS ), Apple TV ( TVOS ), Unity 3D, and Pixel art animation
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Reviews
you did awesome teaching me keep up the good work. I learned a lot and you made me make awesome games. Thank you for everything.
This class was exactly what I was looking for. The instructor is very clear and walks you through every step. Will purchase from this instructor again.
Awesome, What I like in this course that it teaches me to create different objects. So even if I can imagine an object from zero, Yohann gives some great examples.
This course teaches voxel character creation in a way that is easy to implement. I've already built 5 creations!
One thing, the tutorials may need an update or an explanation on how to avoid issues with version differences.
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. That being said there are some problems I hope get solved for future students. As the course stands now, with the videos on the course, the MagicaVoxel client that's available is NOT the one in the course video and the menus are completely different so it makes it hard to follow along to some extent. Hovering over the options and a little trial and error makes this a simple fix.
When I originally download the course files and attempted to import into Unity it did not work because of the version I had of Unity. This made it extremely frustrating as finishing the last lesson was impossible. Yohaan replied to me almost immediately and hashed out the problem for me allowing me to finish the lesson. This is what all instructors should strive for.
After completing the lesson I feel I am one step closer to making my first basic game.
Thank you very much for the course!
In my opinion the course is a tutorial about a great voxel tool: MagicalVoxel. There are a lot of videos about that on YouTube for free.
It should be cheaper or free according to the content.
Pros:
* Good introduction to MagicalVoxel
* Good practice for 3D Pixel Art Beginners
* Import to Unity lesson is interesting but incomplete.
* Inspired in Crossy Road (it's fun)
Contras:
* 40% of the course consists on very repetitive tasks
* I miss more tips and tricks about 3D pixel art. Watching the first two sections, you can skip the rest of the course.
* I have more expectations on Unity part.
* Very expensive for so little content
Other than having what I thought were too many similar build examples with the Magicavoxel (they could have been assigned as homework between lessons), I think this course gives a decent primer of creating pixel art and Unity. It just scratches the surface of Magicavoxel and Unity.












