Introduction to Character Design in Pixel Art
Influences
A course by Daniel Benítez , Art Director
About the video: Influences
Overview
“I will share with you my main influences within the pixel art world and also outside of it.”
In this video lesson Daniel Benítez addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Character Design in Pixel Art. Create characters for video games where the pixel is the star.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences We'll take a look now at the influences I've had as an artist. I'll start by sharing three websites that I especially like. The first one is that of Capybara, the studio that developed games like "Super Time Force." They're important because of the way they draw their characters, the humor, the animations they develop, and how explicitly they make the pixel art in their games. All of that influenced me when I created "Crossing Souls." The next website is Waneella's. She's an artist who uses pixels to render locations that she herself goes and captures in Google Maps. I really lik...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Character Design in Pixel Art
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Areas
Character Design, Game Design, Pixel Art, Video Games

Daniel Benítez
A course by Daniel Benítez
Daniel Benítez is an art director specialized in video games and pixel art, a technique that he has been evolving since beginning his career in the world of video games. He is the co-founder of Fourattic, an independent video game studio, and Mucho Pixels, a pixel art products and entertainment brand for video games.
Throughout his career, he has worked on creating games like Crossing Souls and Starr Mazer. He currently develops video games for companies like Gamee and Cartoon Network.
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