Pixel Art Mastery

Tags: Pixel Art

The most comprehensive, all-in-1 course to help you become a talented & efficient pixel artist for games and animation!

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.9

- Quickly create professional quality pixel art by harnessing the full power of Photoshop
- Go beyond basic Photoshop animation techniques for pixel art
- Demystify more advanced techniques like anti-aliasing and dithering

What you'll learn

Quickly create professional quality pixel art by harnessing the full power of Photoshop
Go beyond basic Photoshop animation techniques for pixel art
Demystify more advanced techniques like anti-aliasing and dithering
Master techniques to create stunning color palettes with ease and speed
Create custom tools while building a library of killer reusable assets

* Requirements

* Photoshop (trial or full)
* Computer and mouse/tablet
* Internet access

Description

Join the Pixel Art Revolution and start making efficient, professional quality pixel art today!

So what is the Pixel Art Revolution? It’s an approach to making pixel art, based on the belief that creating it shouldn’t have to be a long and difficult process. In fact, modern technology can help us do what used to be done one pixel at a time better and faster! Working smarter, not harder — that’s the Pixel Art Revolution.

Whether you want to make money as a game artist, make assets for your own projects, or create freelance illustrations, this is the course to help get you there. Armed with the knowledge packed into this course you'll sharpen your existing skills and learn the techniques needed to create professional quality pixel art and animations in less time!

We’ll start out by getting Photoshop set up for maximum speed and efficiency, and by the end of the course you’ll have made game-ready assets across the 3 most common styles of pixel art games by creating:

  • An isometric building for an RTS game

  • An animated side-scroller level mockup

  • And a populated top-down/RPG map

Plus, you’ll gain the knowledge needed to build a killer library of custom, reusable resources you can pull from whenever you need!

Throughout the lessons you’ll create assets ranging from

  • color palettes

  • custom brushes

  • Photoshop automations

  • DIY patterns

  • map tiles

  • unique characters

  • custom props

  • multiple animations

In addition to the course lectures, you’ll also get digital copies of everything I make throughout the course plus a few bonuses! That means you’ll finish the material with new knowledge, all of the course files, AND a bunch of my personal custom brushes, templates, and other time-saving files I’ve amassed over the years as a pixel artist.

The truth is, if you have the right tools for the job, you can get a high quality result in a fraction of the time. When you’re making pixel art, don't decide to be just good or fast — make the decision to be BOTH! Using the information in this course you can do that very thing.

Each section focuses on a specific project with a real-world premise to get you used to creating pixel art for real jobs and indie game development.

Every lesson builds upon the last to help get you to Pixel Pro status at a consistent pace. After each lecture you’ll walk away with a new skill, knowledge, or game asset which means you can go from never having made pixel art before to creating animated assets in as little as only a few days!

And! Because I only want students who are totally thrilled with what they’ve learned, I offer a full, money-back guarantee within the first 30 days of purchasing the course — no questions asked! The only request I make​ upon a refund is for input to help improve the course. :)

Once you join the course — you’ll get instant access to all of the course materials spanning 100+ knowledge-packed lectures, along with all of the resource files and bonuses! Within mere moments you could be on your way to Pixel Art Mastery in Photoshop and a proud member of the Pixel Art Revolution!

So what are you waiting for? With everything listed here plus my 30-day guarantee you’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain!

Join me, and others just like you, in the Pixel Art Revolution today!

Who this course is for:

  • Students who want to expand their pixel art and animation skills
  • Students interested in building the skills needed to create professional-quality work
  • Students looking to find efficiencies for creating pixel art and animations in Photoshop
  • Students interested in joining the Pixel Art Revolution

Course content

13 sections • 123 lectures

Why Organization Matters Preview 03:15

Practice For The Real World Preview 03:11

Quiz: Key Concepts

Why Photoshop? Preview 04:02

How To Get Photoshop Preview 03:05

Setting Up Photoshop Preview 07:03

File Types Preview 04:41

Quiz: File Types

Setting Up Some Timesaving Hotkeys and Actions Preview 09:23

The Photoshop Cheat Sheet Preview 01:25

Creating Some Crucial Photoshop Actions Preview 12:51

Why Are Color Palettes Important? Preview 05:57

What Is A Ramp? Preview 03:24

Places to Find Color Palettes Online Preview 05:32

Update To Importing Swatches As Of Photoshop CC 2020 Preview 00:30

Making Color Palettes from Images Using Indexed Color Preview 07:16

Creating A Color Palette from Scratch Preview 16:43

Intro & Explanation Preview 01:02

Creating The Color Palette Preview 16:23

Creating Some Custom Brushes We’ll Need Preview 06:46

Making The Isometric Grid Preview 11:50

Creating The Diagonal Lines pt 1 Preview 09:43

Creating The Diagonal Lines pt 2 Preview 09:49

Adding The Straight Lines Preview 08:56

Adding The Door and Windows Preview 08:28

Creating The Ladder and Banner Preview 13:15

Laying In Base Colors Preview 09:30

Adding The Light Shadows pt1 Preview 10:14

Adding The Light Shadows pt2 Preview 12:55

Adding Some Dark Shadows Preview 06:51

Recoloring The Line Work Preview 16:29

Finishing Touches Preview 11:58

Recap Preview 01:35

Intro & Explanation Preview 03:13

Creating a Color Palette from our Sketch Preview 18:23

Laying In Symmetrical Base Colors Using Smart Objects Preview 09:56

Adding The Glow Layers Preview 09:02

Cracking Open The Timeline & Its Secrets Preview 06:14

Whipping Up A Professional Animation Preview 08:18

Recap Preview 01:40

Make another icon using the one we just made

Turn what you have into something new! :D

Intro & Explanation Preview 00:42

Creating the Distant Background Preview 09:51

Adding the Middleground and Foreground Preview 05:19

Demystifying Anti-aliasing Preview 13:01

Adding Background Details Preview 15:57

Filling In Middleground Details pt 1 Preview 11:22

Filling In Middleground Details pt2 Preview 13:04

Working With Type To Make A Sign Preview 10:43

Adding An Animation To Our Type Preview 08:47

Laying In Foreground Details pt 1 Preview 08:35

Laying In Foreground Details pt 2 Preview 13:37

Laying In Foreground Details pt 3 Preview 13:48

From Gradient To Dithered Sky Preview 12:37

Creating The City Glow Preview 13:25

Creating Circular Dithering Preview 09:48

Doing A Final Pass Preview 06:06

Recap Preview 01:58

Intro & Explanation Preview 01:57

Creating the Head and Skin Tones Preview 09:48

Laying In The Shirt Preview 05:45

Adding The Jacket, Gloves, and Sunglasses Preview 09:07

Drawing In The Pants Preview 03:52

Building Boots Preview 07:04

Adding Some Accessories Preview 12:11

Filling in Highlights For The Jacket Preview 09:00

Adding Shadows For The Pants Preview 07:15

Recap Preview 01:13

Intro & Explanation Preview 01:01

Prepping For Animation Preview 11:36

Frame 1 and Frame 2 Preview 15:46

Frame 3 Preview 09:30

Frame 4 Preview 03:06

Saving A Sprite Sheet and Final Character Animation Preview 09:28

Recap Preview 01:47

Intro & Explanation Preview 00:41

Prepping The Animations Preview 06:10

Putting It All Together & Recap Preview 07:22

Intro & Explanation Preview 00:45

Let’s Create A Quick Color Palette Preview 14:38

It All Starts With A Base Tile Preview 11:09

On To The Secondary Tile Preview 13:50

Using The Tile Set Template Preview 07:14

Using The Edge Template Preview 16:39

Continuing With The Edges Preview 12:27

Updating The Basic Tile Set Preview 07:55

Finishing The Edge Preview 07:28

Creating Cast Shadows For The Edge Preview 11:30

Adding Variation With Flower Tiles Preview 07:50

Creating A Patch of Tall Grass Preview 13:34

Adding More Variation With Broken Bricks Preview 08:56

Placing Edge Tiles Part 1 Preview 11:07

Placing Edge Tiles Part 2 Preview 07:48

Filling In The Gaps & Adding Variation Preview 09:35

Recap Preview 03:13

Intro & Explanation Preview 01:13

Starting the Outer & Interior Lines for Master Milk Preview 14:11

Adding A Face and Arms Preview 12:06

Continuing With The Feet and Belt Preview 12:15

Adding Some Color & Midtones Preview 11:14

Adding Shadows Preview 12:54

Putting The Finishing Touches on Master Milk Preview 09:53

Starting Kung Fu Cookie's Outer Line Preview 09:01

Adding An Interior Line & Face Preview 06:53

Giving Our Character Some Arms & Legs Preview 11:44

Outlining The Waist Sash Preview 10:15

Adding Kung Fu Cookie's Colors & Midtones Preview 16:56

Creating Shadows & Surface Details Preview 14:16

Working On The Over Line & Placing Our Characters Preview 10:37

Starting The Process of Creating A Heart Icon Preview 07:00

Giving Our Heart Some Volume With Shadows & Highlights Preview 11:10

Outline A Barrel Preview 15:13

Adding Colors & Board Lines Preview 14:10

Adding Highlights & Finishing Touches Preview 12:10

Beginning Work On The Fence Preview 13:12

Giving The Fence Some Highlights & Shadows Preview 14:25

Spinning Off A Vertical Fence Section From The Vertical One Preview 06:13

Setting Up Our Scene Preview 09:37

Recap Preview 02:46