Learn to Create Pixel Art for your Games (Udemy.com)

Improve your pixel art with these simple techniques and principles.

( 312 Reviews )

Created by: Benjamin Anderson

Produced in 2018

What you will learn

Use shapes, values, and edges to create form
Create a basic palette using color theory
Animate their art using key frames, big motions, little motions, and motion blurs

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Overall Score : 92 / 100

Course Description

This course teaches the basics for creating video game pixel art. Students will learn about shapes, values, edges, color theory, creating a basic palette, and animation.

If you are new to art or pixel art and want to create better art for your indie games then this course is for you.

It will take roughly 8 hours to complete this course.

This course contains step by step video lectures, quizzes for important section information, and challenges to help students improve their pixel art outside of the video lectures. Practice is key in art and you will get a good amount of practice as you complete this course.

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 even after completing the course.
Who this course is for:
This course is for anyone looking to learn more about pixel artThis course is designed to help people who don't see themselves as being artisticThis course is especially good for new indie game designers looking to improve the visuals of their gamesThis course is NOT for experienced pixel artists

Time: 5.5h

Instructor Details

Benjamin Anderson

4.6 Rating
312 Reviews

Welcome to my bio. I'm a top instructor here on Udemy. I've published 8 successful courses and Ilove teaching.

I'm dedicated to turning my students into game developers. Teaching game development is my passion and my full time job.
My courses are positive, relaxing, and jam-packed with information. If you are a young, aspiring,indie developer, you are in the right place!

I hope to see you in a course.

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By Adam Doty on 11/7/2020

From 0 to 60. Ben's crash course on pixel art is extremely thorough! I've come from knowing basically nothing to being able to create amateur art for my 2d games in only 5 days. Highly recommend!

By Oxana Kozar on 11/1/2020

The course is really good and effective, you are able to get the basic from the minimal time on the good examples made by yourself

By Michael Duong on 10/12/2020

I was mesmerized by your work.

By ngel Jimnez Valverde on 10/8/2020

Okay, so I'm going to be honest, I have a problem as a color blind person, and that always made me have troubles at drawing, but specially at picking colors and choosing lights and shadows for the drawings, also, I'm not experienced in Pixel art, but I love it, and I found it interesting, so I decided to start with this course, I feel like I have learned a lot in this course, it helped me with my basic problems as making better shapes, as understanding more the tecniques in pixel art, and finally, I feel more prepared, even if I'm just learning, I keep practicing and learning new things thanks to this course, so, I would recommend this course for everyone that it's new in the topic of pixel art, so you can learn more about the techniques.

By Jmhyrum on 9/19/2020

Love this course. Learning the basics and create an accurate foundation for pixel art is really helping me. Thank you!

By zbyszekKielbasa on 9/5/2020

A little bit pricey, but when it's on a discount be sure to buy it, really good course for beginners, good explanations and shows how to make pixel art in smart way, especially animations

By Rishab Arora on 9/3/2020

Honestly the course could get better, especially for people with some art experience. Although I learnt a few new things, but not much yet.

By Traci Howland on 9/2/2020

yes it was a good course.

By James J on 9/1/2020

Excellent course!
I already completed the instructor's GMS course and knew he was a great teacher. This course is a great intro to pixel art and sprite animation for beginners. Benjamin does a great job of explaining the basics, terminology, and walks you through examples that really help you pick things up quickly. The course also includes breaks in the content to practice your own "challenges" of each technique, which you post in the discussion and Benjamin gives feedback on. I'm now able to do character animations and game idea mock ups!

By Christopher Pritchard on 8/25/2020