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Learn Professional Pixel Art & Animation for Games (Udemy.com)

Become an exquisite pixel artist and animator.

Created by: Jaysen Batchelor

Last updated November 2016

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What you will learn

  • Design and build professional pixel art
  • Animate your art for games
  • Understand shape, color, and value in pixel art

How it compares

Against the other 281 rated Udemy courses in Game Development Fundamentals on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 69% of them
  • Reviews2,530#11 of 282 by number of reviews
  • Length4.6 hoursshorter than 74% of them
  • Last updatedNovember 2016earlier than 94% of them

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Course Description

This course was last updated on 11/10/16

Join the course and begin designing pixel art games and animation today!

Do you want to learn how to create pixel art and animations? Or maybe you’re on a quest to start making money as a game graphic designer? In any case you’ve come to the right place.

The Learn Professional Pixel Art & Animation for Games course will show you how to create high quality stylized pixel art and animation that will stand up as professional work. The techniques taught in this course can be translated into just about any asset creation for games. This course will enhance or give you skills in the world of digital art creation - or your money back!

The course is your track to building amazing attractive pixel art games! Whether for your own games or for other peoples projects.

This course will take you from having little knowledge in Photoshop to creating professional pixel characters, animations, backgrounds, and maps in as little as 1 week.

So what else is in it for you?

You’ll create five different projects in this course that will take you from beginner to expert!

You’ll gain instant access to all six sections of the course. You’ll also gain access to all of my Photoshop files and sprite sheets that I create though out the course for you to use how ever you like. These assets can be used in your own games or just to study and trace over.

The course is setup to quickly take you through step by step, the process of creating pixel art and animating it in Photoshop. It will equip you with the knowledge to create stunning designs and animations for pixel games!

Don’t believe me? I offer you a full money back guarantee within the first 30 days of purchasing the course.

Here’s what you get with the course:

You’ll get access to the six sections of the course that will show you how to design, create, and animate pixel art from the ground up. The course is supported with over 4.5 hours of clear content that I walk you through each step of the way.

All at your fingers tips instantly.

  • The course starts with the basics. For those of you that have never used Photoshop I’ll walk you through the basic tools we’ll be using and show you how to set up the program for pixel art creation.

  • Next you’ll learn the basics of pixel art, shape, value, and color.

  • Once you’ve learned the basics of pixel art you will build your first two pixel art assets. A wooden crate and a red ruby that you will then animate to rotate and sparkle.

  • At this point you’ll be ready to design your first pixel art character and animate them. You’ll animate three animation cycles. The hover cycle, run cycle, and jump cycle.

  • Next you’ll design and build a background for your character. The background will have multiple levels and also some animated water falls.

  • Lastly you will learn how to build a game map with reusable sprite tiles and assets. These tiles and assets can be used to create an map you want.

Over the 6 chapters you will learn:

  • Photoshop basics

  • The pixel art design process

  • Value and color theory

  • how to build game props from scratch and animate them

  • Sprite sheet creation

  • Pixel character design

  • Animation Cycles

  • Background design, creation, and animation

  • Game map design and creation

What else will you get?

- Personal contact with me, the course tutor

- Lifetime access to course materials

- Understanding of how professional pixel artwork is designed, created, and organized layer by layer to create a master piece

- All project files created for the course

This all comes under one convenient easy to use platform. Plus you will get fast, friendly, responsive support on the Udemy Q&A section of the course or direct message.

I will be here for you every step of the way!

So what are you waiting for? Sign up now to start building your pixel world!

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Instructor Details

Jaysen Batchelor

At the age of 17 I began a 6th month internship with an animation studio out of Utah. After my internship was up, I was hired on to build backgrounds and to design props and characters for animation projects. I then began to do my own freelance work on the side through networking and using online freelancing sites. Now I work as a freelance Illustrator and designer working on my own time from where ever I want.

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Reviews

4.7

2,530 ratings on Udemy

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By Hecyna Lieu on 8/13/2022

This course is amazing! I learnt so much from Jaysen, all from the very basics of how to use Photoshop to creating 2D assets from a top down angle. He is very good with keeping your attention in a way where you learn useful things without all the clutter. The techniques I learned blew my mind on just how simple it could be to create stunning 2D textures and sprites. I learned about colors, foreground, midground and background. I will continue to take Jaysen's other courses and hope to become a good 2D sprite animator someday to create an amazing game! Strongly recommending this course whether you are new or seeking to learn new things. Thank you teacher!

By M C on 11/14/2020

Because it was very helpful. :D

By Bar Arbiv on 11/7/2020

A awesome course

By Faisal Siddiqui on 11/1/2020

What can I say just garbage, seller don't show how any one can use pixel art within 1920 pixel by 1080 pixel, now he is showing drawing, just horrible experience, Do not buythis ribbish course, Faisal

By Benjamin Marsh on 9/17/2020

Very detailed

By Dave Larsen on 9/14/2020

As an experienced graphic designer, I took this course to learn best practices for creating pixel art game assets with Photoshop. There were a few nuggets of wisdom in this course that helped me see the process in a new way. The instructor speaks clearly and goes at a good pace.

By Furkan on 9/14/2020

I think course is good but Mrs Jaysen should put short practical photoshop using videos.Sometimes i can't understand how to use photoshop's keyboards.Thanks

By Marco von Borstel on 9/11/2020

Wirklich ein guter Kurs fr Einsteiger. Ein bisschen was aus der Side-View und ein bisschen was aus der RPG-View, ein bisschen Animation. Zum reinschnuppern in Pixel Art fr Games, auf jeden Fall empfehlenswert.

By Tasneem Vora on 8/22/2020

im trying to create a game and this coarse was peeerfect definitly would reccomend

By Jason Ehrig on 8/19/2020

Fantastic course!

By Dylan Davies on 8/8/2020

Great introduction to pixel art! Concise and fluent explanations saying and teaching you about saving time when animating and drawing. Only slight issue was having to buy photoshop, as I wish he could show you examples or lectures using software such as Gimp which is free. Overall, impressed!

By Capacitive Studios on 8/6/2020

Just Good, nothing to say

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