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Skillshare

Make Pixel Art with Aseprite

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Overview

In this course you will learn how to make Pixel Art with Aseprite. You will learn the interface of Aseprite and his tools, you will also learn how to make animations in Aseprite.

You will gain all the knowledge that you need to start creating Pixel Art for videogames or illustrations.

You will start by learning the basics of Aseprite:

  • The interface

  • The tools

  • How to manage the color palette

  • How to export your files

After learning the basics you are going to take a look at different tips and tricks to have a better workflow in Aseprite, you will learn:

  • How to make a dithering brush

  • How to work with indexed palettes

  • How to automatically make an outline

  • How to reduce the number of colors

  • How to make tileable textures and tiles

  • And more...

In the third section you will have an introduction to animation:

  • The interface of animation

  • How to move, create, remove, duplicate frames

  • How to use the onion skinning tools

  • How to animate a bouncing ball

  • How to export your animation 

The course contains short lectures that will teach you step by step the learning process of making pixel art.

So if you are a begginner pixel artist, game designer, artist or programmer wanting to learn how to create pixel art for videogames or just beautiful pixel art illustrations this course is for you!

Syllabus

  • Learn to Make Pixel Art with Aseprite
  • File creation and Interface
  • The Tools in Aseprite
  • The Palette
  • Layers and Groups
  • The File Menu
  • Transformation
  • Making a Dithering Brush
  • The Indexed Palette
  • Adjustments
  • Making an Outline
  • Color Mode and Switching Palettes
  • Reducing the Number of Colors
  • Transforming the canvas
  • Grid
  • Tiled Mode
  • Symmetry
  • The Animation Interface
  • Animating a Bouncing Ball
  • Exporting our Animation

Taught by

Simon Sanchez

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