Learn to Create Pixel Art for Games (Udemy.com)
Become an Expert in Pixel Art! Learn to Make Art for Your Video Games and More!
Created by: Simon Sanchez
Last updated July 2019
What you will learn
- Learn the basics of Pixel Art.
- Learn the workflow to make a videogame mockup.
- Learn to animate to bring your art to life.
- Create all the art you need for a videogame.
How it compares
Against the other 281 rated Udemy courses in Game Development Fundamentals on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.4 out of 5higher than 31% of them
- Reviews95#215 of 282 by number of reviews
- Length8.7 hourslonger than 56% of them
- Last updatedJuly 2019earlier than 79% of them
Course Description
You will start by learning the basics of Pixel Art:
How to make lines and curvesHow to make 2D Shapes like squares and circlesHow to make 3D Shapes like boxes and spheresHow to choose colors for your artAfter learning the basics you are going to work in complete projects from zero, in this course you will learn a workflow to make art for videogames, you will learn:
How to create an item set and how to export itHow to think the process of creating a game environmentHow to design a seamless and parallax background for your videogameHow to make the tiles and decorations for the environmentHow to make a character and how to animate the characterAnd more...
Working in projects is very important so you can learn the actual process of working in pixel art, being for a personal project or a client. Those projects will teach you how to overcome issues that you might encounter while working in pixel art. You will also see how you can use the basics of pixel art that you've learned into a project. The course contains lectures that will teach you step by step the process of making Pixel Art, it also includes exercises that will make you learn, practice and improve. The course will also get updated with more lectures.
I offer full feedback on the work that you produce, I will also answer all the questions that you can have about pixel art.
So if you are a beginner pixel artist, game designer, artist or programmer wanting to learn how to create pixel art for videogames or just beautiful pixel art illustrations this course is for you!
Who this course is for:
Begginners on pixel art.
Programmers who want to learn to make art for their games.
Game Designers who want a bigger skill-set.
Artist who want to learn a new style.
Instructor Details
- 4.4 Rating
95 Reviews
Simon Sanchez
Hi! Im Simn Snchez, Im an artist and instructor born and raised in Uruguay.
I love learning new stuff and teaching what I know.
On the professional side of things, Ive studied a one year course in Graphic Design on the year 2011, Ive studied a two years career on Art & Game Design in 2016.
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Reviews
By Jason Hoffman on 12/20/2020
While the instructor clearly knows pixel art but cannot teach it. Instead of learning how to create pixel art, I'm just watching him do things while he mentions most things in passing. He started off with the basics, I learned how to make do lines, curves, boxes and circles. Then we go straight into drawing complete objects with shading.
From reading the course description, this course is clearly for me. However, you clearly needs to have a lot of expierence.
Also, he mentions posting stuff in the Q&A but appearnly isn't active.
By Peter Kassab on 7/11/2020
Estou adorando!
I'm loving it!
By Krishna Nadoor on 5/26/2020
The instructor is super dry, his accent is hard to understand at times and he does not explain the concepts fully.
By Angel Praedam Xenorobo on 3/27/2020
I am not a beginner to computing, but I haven't studied Krita use before. This introduction has been useful to get me better acquainted with the program.
By Onassis D'aubeterre on 2/19/2020
I'm really loving this course, I've been learning a lot, I wasn't expecting to learn many things related with the world of Pixel Art itself. Video Material: 5/5, Content: 5/5, Video Lenght according with the content presented on it: 5/5.
By Joaqun Andrs Vides Agreda on 10/22/2019
Fue el mejor curso para entender Pixel art, Krita, Y juice Fx.
By Muhammed Bera Ko on 10/17/2019
Incredible explanation. Learned a lot from those videos. Thanks so much.
By Csar Augusto Len on 8/4/2019
Hasta ahora lo veo muy bien. Me gusta que se apoye al Software Libre como Krita, y me es til disponer de substitutos en espaol e ingls. Es el primer curso que adquiero en Udemy, y estoy satisfecho :P.
By Dave Hinzy on 7/6/2019
Ive bought most of the pixel art tutorials. This one is pretty good. I like more talking about why you place and do things. But not bad. I would love more pixel art characters. Villains. People. Heros. Etc etc. just drawing and shading them. Different sizes. 16. 32. 64. Maybe same character in different sizes. I would buy a course just on pixel people and characters. I have no problem recommending this course. There is lots here. He is pretty good. Good artist.
By Erik Kenworthy on 4/8/2019
I am impressed so far.
By Khanh Pham on 3/21/2019
The video was very well made and the instruction was quick and details. It is awesome that the instructor, himself would send me a link to communicate with them and with other students as well who are taking his course. The program he use, is the same program that I would like to use and learn.
By Felipe Blzquez on 2/18/2019
Todava no lo he terminado, pero ya puedo decir que es el mejor curso de Pixel Art que he visto hasta el momento. Me parece un curso muy profesional, en el que se aprende a trabajar con un software de dibujo muy potente, con secciones organizadas y una buena cantidad de ejercicios prcticos. Se nota que al instructor le gusta ensear y sabe mucho del tema, responde rpido, da buenos consejos sobre temas complejos y corrige los ejercicios (aunque te hayas equivocado un pxel te enva la correccin y es algo que me parece estupendo). El curso est en ingls, pero tiene subttulos tanto en ingls como en espaol. Totalmente recomendado.
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Overall Score : 88 / 100







