Udemy

Tile Sets for Pixel Art

How to craft Pixel Art Tile Sets
Length Under 3 weeks
Effort 1-2 hours
Price $ 15
Subject Art, Design
Level Beginner
Languages English
Video Transcripts English

In this course you will learn from Parker Pierce, a free lance animator and pixel artist. You will learn to build pixel tilesets for level design in game development. You will learn to build your grid, sketch your tiles, and then make several different sizes and types of tiles that work and flow together. There is also a section on observation where you will be looking at tilesets from successful video games that use pixel art to see what can be learned from them and how you can apply it.

Who this course is for:
  • Beginner Pixel Artists and game developers

What you'll learn

  • How to create a pixel grid of various sizes

  • how to create 1x1 tile sets

  • how to create 2x2 Tile sets

  • how to create variable size tilesets

  • how to observe popular games to learn more about tiels

Course syllabus

Introduction Make a grid Sketch Your Tiles 1 x 1 Tiles 2 x 2 Tiles Observe Others Outro

Meet the instructors

Parker Pierce

2d Animator (traditional/pixel/flash)

My name is Parker Pierce, I am a freelance animator and artist. I have a bachelors degree in digital art and design from Digi-pen University. I currently do full time freelance work, a couple groups I have worked with are Power House Studios, and the you tube band Ninja Sex Party. I am currently teaching a class on Udemy for creating tilesets in pixel art for video games. More classes are in development.