How I learned Pixel Art in 30 days (You can too!) - One hour a day of pixel art challenge!

I suck at pixel art. Or rather I used to suck at pixel art before I embarked on an ambitious journey filled with learning as much about pixel art as I possibly could. Over the month of November, I spent an hour each day fully dedicated to learning the skill. How much better does an hour a day of pixel art make you? Watch to find out!

Click to learn more about what happened each day: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d...

On days 1 through 5, I learned pixel art by watching youtube videos and practicing. For a complete beginner, it was very overwhelming and I didn't really know where to start or what the best way of going about learning pixel art is. I also purchased Aseperite which was a big help and definitely worth the $20.

On day 6, I bought 2 courses by gamedev.tv on pixel art and I would work on them from days 7-20.

The first course is all about the fundamentals. It teaches you about dithering, outlining, line work, highlighting and shading, camera angles, and simple animation. The course then shifts focus to making items. When on sale for $10 the course is definitely worth it if you're a beginner.

The second course is all about creating characters. It goes over designing characters from different perspectives and animating them. This course is very good as well and worth it if you have already done the first one and want a bit more structure in your pixel art adventure.

For the last 10 days, I was back on my own with youtube and practicing. Here is where I really started being impressed with myself because I was basically doing everything myself (sometimes following along with tutorials). I would play Pictionary with myself and a random word generator I found on the internet which was a lot of fun!

Overall, I’m really happy with the way this challenge went, and I would strongly recommend you try it out if you want to learn pixel art and you have an hour a day to spare.

This video is like a pixel art tutorial for complete beginners and you learn you learned pixel art. Pixel art for beginners is basically what I did in this video. I went from pixel art noob to someone who is decent at pixel art. I made many pixel art drawings during this pixel art challenge and had a lot of fun making pixel art. In pixel art you place pixels to make things and you go at a small canvas size for pixel art. Pixel art games are made with pixel art and they are often indie games. You can use unity to make pixel art games. To actually make pixel art I used aseperite and watched many aseperite tutorials. This is a pixel art guide for complete beginners and it will help you learn pixel art.

Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/WillHessGameD...

Instagram:   / will_hess_yt  
Discord: Will Hess(hashtag)9883

If you have any questions DM me over Instagram or Discord