Video description
Designed for game developers with little or no drawing ability or visual artists looking to become game artists, this course examines every aspect of game art as it applies to 2D image asset planning and development. It provides an extensive overview of the techniques used to produce digital images and a detailed explanation of the roles and requirements of game artists.
Learners will come away with the skills required to digitally depict real world and fictional objects, as well as the knowledge of how to plan out a process for creating finished game art assets. The course works best for those with access to graphics software like Photoshop, Gimp or Krita, as well as a graphics tablet.
- Understand the game art creation process and how it fits into the game development timeline
- Explore and practice the basic drawing, rendering, and animation skills all game artists need
- Discover why game design and visual design must be aligned for successful game development
- See how game designers with little or no drawing ability can make attractive game art
- Learn the techniques used in Photoshop, Gimp, and Krita to create high quality game art
- Discover which game art styles work best for different types of games
Table of contents
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Introduction
- Welcome To The Course 00:02:02
- About The Author 00:01:25
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Game Art
- Game Art, What? 00:03:07
- Game Art, Crate! 00:02:48
- Game Art, How? 00:06:15
- Game Art, Who? 00:06:02
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Drawing Is Difficult
- I Can't Draw! 00:04:15
- Get Comfortable 00:06:11
- The Eye And The Brain 00:06:43
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Draw!
- Get A Life! Drawing - 1 00:05:36
- Get A Life! Drawing - 2 00:07:50
- Hidden Geometry - 1 00:04:46
- Hidden Geometry - 2 00:05:41
- Designing With Geometry 00:04:13
- Beyond The Basics 00:06:01
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Our First Asset
- Why Do We Want It? 00:03:12
- Visual Style 00:06:07
- How Do We Want It? 00:05:22
- Making A Thing - 1 00:08:32
- Making A Thing - 2 00:12:41
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Draw Better
- Intermediate Digital Painting 00:07:34
- Seeing Light 00:08:40
- Coloring In 00:10:53
- Putting It Together - 1 00:10:22
- Putting It Together - 2 00:08:07
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Draw Clearer
- Mind Control For Beginners 00:04:23
- Designing For Readability 00:05:13
- Controlling Focus 00:07:38
- True Mind Control 00:06:20
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Animation
- Bring It To Life! 00:08:29
- Planning For Animation 00:08:10
- Getting Animation Up And Running 00:05:45
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Conclusion
- Wrap Up And Thank You 00:01:10
Product information
- Title: Just Enough Game Art
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2016
- Publisher(s): Infinite Skills
- ISBN: 9781491970485
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