Pixel art for Video games (Udemy.com)

The essential course for creating stunning pixel art graphics for video-games or stylish illustrations and designs

( 312 Reviews )

Created by: Marco Vale

Produced in 2018

What you will learn

Learn the fundations for creating anything in pixel art
Create solid line work and stunning shading
Learn how to build video-game mockups for your games
Create create characters and animated them in minutes
Create tiles in the top down RPG style
Drawing pixel art in Isometric view, like an RTS game

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Overall Score : 96 / 100

Course Description

Imagine how cool your game would look in pixel art! Stop imagining!

==== UPDATED 26th of December==== *NEW SECTION* - Color theoryThis section was added by popular demand as something that was missing from the course.
Thank you for you patience, I wanted to make sure everything was as good as Icould make it. Enjoy!

In this course I'll use my 10+ years of experience to teach you all you need to know to start making your own pixel art. You'll go from zero to full speed in no time with simple exercises that will teach you the foundations as well as advanced concepts that help give your pixel art creations that professional look.

Featuring over 6 hours of footage, you'll be able to follow step by step as I take you through the creation of some really cool pixel art!

You'll learn:

Configuring Photoshop to draw in pixel art Drawing lines and smooth shapes, such as circles Shading and texture The use of outlines

And once you get these concepts settled, you'll learn:

Creating tiles and adding detail to tilled imagesCreating sprites while using a tile gridCreating tiles in the style of top-down RPG gamesCreating characters in top-down perspectiveCreating some medieval style hud elementsWorking in isometric perspective

You'll also:

create a CHARACTER and ANIMATE it within minutes!
Learn about color theory

As a bonus round you'll get a chance to create a unity project and actually see your character move and jump around on the screen just like if it was in your video-game

Take this course now and you will see your pixel art skill skyrocket! Who this course is for:
Programmers who want to create art for their video-gamesArtists and Designers who love the style of pixel artGame artists looking to expand their toolset with pixel art

Time: 11.5h

Instructor Details

Marco Vale

4.8 Rating
312 Reviews

I have been working in the games industry as an amateur since 1998. In 2003 I started as a professional. My projects range from all forms of game art, from 3d low-poly to 2d pixel art, vector or even animation. I've also taught illustration, 3d modeling, Flash animation and Photoshop at a professional school. I am currently working in mobile gaming

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By Carlos Ramrez Mesa on 9/23/2020

its simple and to the point

By Mitac Daniel on 9/17/2020

The photo shop controls part was not explained that well.

By Tim Deichsel on 9/13/2020

Would be great if he could explain the size of the brushes which he constantly switches around. As a PS newbie it was hard to get the brushes to work

By Nereida Bertran on 9/13/2020

I took this course to refresh my experience with pixel art and gain some new knowledge and it just did that perfectly.
The lessons are short (10 min more a less) and the instructor goes straight to the point. I really liked how simple he explained the topics without adding too much filler or roundabouts.

By Bradley Dalpaz on 9/10/2020

Yes, as a person trying to learn game design, making art is a quintessential part of it. As I am bad at making art in general, this really helps me understand the way to shade, animate, and draw in the pixel art form.

By Nicolas Cubero on 8/26/2020

this course is helping me a lot more than I thought it would. I thought pixel drawing was hard but this course is mostly easy and it's helping me a lot.

By Jayden China on 8/21/2020

It was great

By Levi Lindsey on 8/17/2020

This course covers a lot of ground! It's easy to follow along, while also going into a lot of depth. I feel confident that I can create interesting pixel art from what this course has taught me. Also, the content is organized well, and it's easy to understand how the different parts fit together.

By Christopher Pritchard on 8/16/2020

While some of the audio quality is suspect, and it started a bit adhoc, this has been a very thorough course that has taught me a lot. Fully followable with Aseprite, too - the teacher is using photoshop but its not photoshop specific in any way.

By Ira Miller on 8/2/2020

I'm only half way in and it's already better than the previous course I tried.

By Maddi Barden on 7/9/2020

I have never used Photoshop before and to start with it was overwhelming, however it's being explained so well that I quickly pick up enough tools to follow along comfortably

By Henry Bullingham on 6/23/2020

The course has a lot of great content, including rpg tiles & characters and HUD elements. One downside is it's more of a follow-along course than a learn & apply course.