Make 2D Art for Video Games Using Libresprite / Aseprite. Create icons, images, HUD, simple animations and game scenes.
InstructorRick DavidsonCovers essential mechanics including lines, curves, shading, highlighting, dithering, and color palettes.
Instruction on palette building and hue shifting provides useful methods for creating immersive graphics.
Editorial course preview
These 4 complementary views highlight concrete, legible examples from the course presentation.
A pixel art software interface displaying a top-down game room with a pool table, characters, and furniture, alongside color and layer panels.
A pixel art editor interface displaying a green game scene with a red health bar, score 15, and QWE text on a dark background.
Screenshot of LibreSprite displaying a pixel art pickaxe sprite with three shading variations on a grid canvas.
Screenshot of a pixel art editor displaying a yellow helmet sprite on a canvas, with the text 1 Million Students overlaid at the bottom.
Later sections may focus on using onion skinning to trace pre-made sprites rather than teaching how to draw assets from scratch. This signal predates the displayed course update; the update may have addressed it, but the update label does not prove that it was corrected.
Some lessons may lack explicit mention of layer changes, and the pacing can feel rushed during active drawing segments.
Aligns well with the goal of teaching beginner-level pixel art and game asset creation.