Introduction to Character Design in Pixel Art

Overview

“In this lesson I will teach you how to pixel straight lines, curves and diagonals correctly. I will also comment on the use of contour in videogames and I will explain in a practical way the concepts "pixel perfect" and "Anti-Aliasing", applying them to our character design. ”

In this video lesson Daniel Benítez addresses the topic: Contour, 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

“Contours In this lesson, I'll show you how to make straight lines, curves, and diagonals in pixel art. We'll look at the use of contouring in video games, and I'll show you concepts like pixel perfect and anti-aliasing. Let's get started. To create a straight line, we just paint one pixel after another without creating steps. We can also do it vertically. To create diagonals, we do have to create steps. The only trick is to give all the steps the same number of pixels. If we go three by three, we'll continue that the entire time. We can also do it with two by two or one by one. Pyxel Edit h...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Character Design in Pixel Art

• Level: Beginner
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• 21254 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 18m)
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• Category

  3D & Animation, Illustration

• Areas

  Character Design, Game Design, Pixel Art, Video Games