Master Pixel Art - Beginner to Professional (Udemy.com)
Learn how to make amazing pixel art with Aseprite step by step
Created by: Jan Rienäcker
Last updated June 2022
What you will learn
- How to start in pixel art with a easy to follow beginner section.
- How to use colors in pixel art as well as shading and a clean linework.
- How to use Asprite.
- How to create different styles in pixel art.
- How to create tilesets, as well as complete Szenes in different perspectives.
How it compares
Against the other 72 rated Udemy courses in Game Design on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 65% of them
- Reviews170#29 of 73 by number of reviews
- Length18.8 hourslonger than 69% of them
- Last updatedJune 2022earlier than 54% of them
Course Description
Master Pixel Art - Beginner to Professional
Hello, my name is Jan and I am able to make a full time living just with pixel art, and I want to show you how you can get to this point as well!
After finishing this course, you will be able to create some amazing pixel art. I will guide you through the prozess from start to finish. We will create some really nice pieces. From a simple book to a detailed pixel art szene.
We will start with some really simple to follow Scenes. These will just include 4 colors to set the focus on shape, light and the program. After that we will get more advanced step by step! We will cover the three most important perspectives, top down, side view and isometric.
We also will cover tilesets, that can be very helpfull for creating games, UI, characters and much more!
This course is perfect for beginners, but also for artists that would like to learn just more than the basics!
Do you like to beginn making pixel art, but don´t know where to start? Do you like to make art for your own game or want to start as a freelance artist? Than this course is for you!
Start your pixel art journey today!
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
170 Reviews
Jan Rienäcker
Hey, my name is Jan and I create artwork for games. My homecountry is Germany and right here I have studied product design for three and a half years. As my final exam, I designed a platformer game.
Afterwards, I published three small games by myself. Now I would love to share my knowledge with you!
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Reviews
By Silvia Zemanova on 12/27/2024
I loved this, I learned a lot but it also felt like just a relaxing time drawing something with a friendly person. Fully recommend. Thank you for this course!
By Fred Anonyme on 7/4/2024
I haven't done your course. I am attracted by isometric presentation. I watched your work and i look at it like a reference ! You are very sympathic. What really good job you do ! I hope you have good luck too. Your have a great talent ! Now i have to get started !
By Juan Sebastian on 4/17/2024
It is not a theoretical course, it teaches you the tools, shortcuts and tricks to make pixel art. You provide the creativity. This course helped me a lot.
By Andy Dawes on 9/13/2023
Great course. Covers pixel art techniques in an interesting and useful way so that you can apply them in your own art. An added bonus is that using aseprite is clearly demonstrated and I now know more ways to use the software. Recommended.
By Johannes Andersson on 2/16/2023
Wow this course really teach in a good way, i did not know much about making pixel art before this course but now i make some really cool things just by my self and will start build my game. Would be a solid 5 star but sometimes the teacher forgets to tell shortcuts for program or just go on a little to fast. No worry tho if you want to start making pixel art an are new to it then this is for you.
By Samantha Anne Elizabeth Dobedoe-Stone on 1/19/2023
First time user friendly and you can produce satisfying work with easy effort! I'm finding myself more immersed in this artstyle as I am learning and I'm thoroughly enjoying the process. Thank you Jan for such an amazing course!
By Cory Pelizzari on 12/24/2022
A somewhat quirky but rich journey into pixel art. He doesn't always explain the technical details of what he's doing initially, as the course starts out with a more relaxed approach, but further in there's plenty to learn as the art gets more detailed. Overall there's a lot of content variety covering large and small objects, nature, tile creation and clever re-use of tiles, patterning and eventually character animation and UI elements. I'd certainly consider this one of the best pixel art courses available on the site and Jan's quirkiness is fun to watch. Worth watching again from the beginning.
By Serhii Sushylov on 12/8/2022
Not that much of a course here. The guy is mostly just painting something and commenting like "that's good", "I like to do it like this" etc. Clearly not enough explanation for what I would expect from a paid course.
By Damir Khusnullin on 11/15/2022
Автор - профессионал, хороший учитель и отличный художник. Материал качественный, полезный. Очень рад этому курс. Подобных на этой платформе практически нет.
By Callum Gauntlett on 10/15/2022
I am really enjoying doing this course! Im trying to push this its my current goal, an its nice to feel like im learning. Comeing from being a complete novice. Currently im 20% through the course, more lessons have been added during my time so far been going at it just more than a month. its taking me long as im also trying to fulfil the activities Jan advises, at the part 2 way stone where we drew a front view house in pixel art style using textures and shading iv tried my best to draw another 8 buildings the past 2 weeks for my own practice. Thank you for being so Passionate Jan Rienacker, your lessons are packed full of challenges and learning. Hopefully one day your course will be my first on Udemy I can claim a certificate for. :)
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Overall Score : 92 / 100






