3 Pixel Art courses

A brand-new themed game design workshop where children get to design graphics and levels using Educraft's bespoke 'Pixel Dash' game engine.

If you want to learn vector graphics and want to create unique vector 2D game assets, this Vector Game Art Creation course is for you. This course will make you qualified to create characters, platforms, buttons, and simple animations for mobile games. Inkspace is a free vector graphics program which is helpful in creating all the game art needed to create a 2D mobile game. Throughout this Vector Game Art Creation course, you'll learn how to use this free design tool and create much more than just game art. This course will also give you the chance to use and experiment with 30+ unique elements in games.  Take this game art course today and equip yourself with the essential skills to make tremendous graphics with this free program. What you'll learn create characters, platforms, buttons and simple animations for your mobile game! Create quality game graphics, that can sell on online marketplaces! create 2d game graphics suitable for Yoyo games Game Maker, Gamesalad, unity 2d or any other program! use the free design tool Inkscape and create much more than just game art Requirements You will need Inkscape (download it for free!) Who this course is for: This course is for you, if you want to create your own game and keep a low budget. This course will help you create all 2d game graphics you might need! This course is not about 3d and won't help you develop and build your game. But it will help you make some awesome graphics with a free program! Welcome to Inkscape Introduction FREE 00:02:00 The user interface 00:03:00 Drawing in Inkscape Drawing your first object 00:07:00 Working with multiple objects 00:07:00 Colors in Inkscape 00:06:00 Path operations - creating simple shapes 00:09:00 Gradients and groups 00:11:00 Modify path - the best way refine your objects 00:09:00 Use what you learned draw a bomb in Inkscape 00:09:00 Exporting Export bitmap image 00:07:00 How and why to save to SVG 00:03:00 GUI elements - Creating buttons First step - learn the text tool 00:06:00 Align and distribute 00:05:00 Button states 00:05:00 Buton variations 00:17:00 Creating Platforms Design a basic platform 00:08:00 Tiling platforms 00:09:00 Platform mutations 00:08:00 Design and animate game characters Draw and move a character or a top down shooter 00:09:00 Design a a game hero! 00:11:00 Character poses 00:11:00 Practice animation The blob! 00:14:00 Set up and understand a more complex walk cycle 00:14:00 Finish the walk cycle 00:09:00 Backgrounds for your game Understanding backgrounds 00:05:00 Tiling backgrounds 00:14:00 Add foreground elements 00:20:00 Bacground variations 00:17:00 More tips and tricks Modularity - be more creative and efficient 00:11:00 Bonus lecture 00:01:00 Additional Material Resource Files: Vector Game Art Creation 00:00:00

Whether you're an indie game developer who wants to create your own game assets, or you are just starting out as a designer and want to get your foot in the door in 2D game art design, this Modular Game Art Creation course is going to benefit you. With this course, you will master in modular design and learn how to create 2D game tilesets and game assets effectively.  This Modular Game Art Creation course aims to teach you the techniques of creating fast, cheap and effective modular game assets in Inkspace. In a nutshell, after successful completion of the course, you'll get a better understanding of modular game art design and learn how to create real and effective modular designs for video games. What you'll learn You will be able to create your own 2D game tiles You will understand and able to create real and effective modular design for video games You will work much faster with Inkscape Requirements You will need to have a basic Inkscape knowledge Who this course is for: Indie game developers who want to create their own game assets Beginner designers, who want to get into 2D game art design What is modular design First question: What is REAL modular design? FREE 00:02:00 Is modular design for you? When to use it? FREE 00:03:00 The steps of creating modular design elements for video games 00:03:00 Creating simple spaceships with modular design Planning and designing the spaceship moduls 00:16:00 Create more moduls and guns for the spaceships 00:15:00 Finishing the spaceships and assemble some variations 00:05:00 Design modular character game art in Inkscape Start to create a set of modular cartoon faces! 00:11:00 Create the mouth and eyebrow moduls 00:10:00 Finish the cartoon head game assets by adding some hairstyles 00:18:00 Create a (a modular) army of goblins! Create the blueprint and the first goblin head 00:11:00 Design 2 more goblin heads 00:12:00 Add three bodies to the heads 00:12:00 Creating goblin arms and goblin legs 00:10:00 Create a set of fantasy weapons for our goblin minions! 00:15:00 Design a tileset for a 2D topdown game with Inkscape Creating the blueprints and the first tiles! 00:15:00 Building more grass tiles and understand the design method more! 00:17:00 Draw the final grass tiles and assembling them 00:10:00 Designing the blueprint and first assets for the water tiles 00:10:00 Creating the final water tiles and assembling them 00:14:00 Planning and creating the road tiles 00:16:00 Finalize the road tiles 00:08:00 Creating individual tiles and assemble a game world map from our tile system! 00:12:00