Course Content
Course Introduction
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Introduction, Welcome to the course!
01:33
How to get a guaranteed win out of this course
02:39
What is Pixel art?
02:41
What will you need for this course?
03:22
Getting started
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Learning the basics of Photoshop for creating pixel art
06:41
Making your workflow faster with hotkeys!
02:01
A simplified way to look at layers and what you can do with them
06:08
Shapes in your artwork
09:57
Value and contrast
08:15
Learning colour theory
07:58
Finding inspiration and reference for your pixel art game
02:22
Creating props and animating them
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Building a wood crate from scratch!
07:08
Adding texture and outline to your crate
05:05
Creating a diamond asset
06:37
Animating your diamond
07:08
Setting up your animation
04:36
Putting your animation into a sprite sheet
08:22
Section 3 conclusion
01:06
Character design and animation
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Designing and creating your character
10:25
Animating your characters run cycle
14:42
Setting up your animation in Photoshop for playback
03:03
Animating your characters jump cycle
07:40
Animating your characters hover cycle
04:00
Adding a glow effect to your flame
01:25
Putting your character animation frames into a sprite sheet
07:24
Section 4 conclusion
01:02
Background design and animation
When creating pixel art game backgrounds you will have to duplicate patterns such as bricks and grass. In this lecture you will learn how to create a brick pattern that will automatically duplicate your pattern for you. This can save you hours of work.
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Creating a brick pattern for your game background
12:13
Learn how to make your foreground, mid-ground, and background look amazing!
02:59
Adding your sky and mountain range
02:24
Creating a grass pattern for your game background
09:18
Building mid-ground mountains
11:47
Learn how to create pixel art trees!
06:55
Animation waterfalls
10:20
Saving your background out as different documents for parallaxing effects
04:29
Section 5 conclusion
01:03
Pixel art game map
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Building your map tiles
08:06
Adding grass texture to your land tiles
07:35
Creating rock text and adding shorelines to your map tiles
07:35
Placing your map tiles
08:01
Building a rock in the water asset
04:26
Building a bridge asset
06:06
Building a mini island asset
04:10
Building a brick house asset
06:10
Building a tree asset
09:15
Section 6 conclusion
01:18
Pixel Art for Games

In this lecture we’ll go over the best practices for getting the most out of this course. These are all recommendations that have worked for my students. Remember to finish the course, ask questions, and get involved with the course by posting your artwork. 

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