Pixel Art Character Animation for Video Games
Influences
A course by Daniel Benítez , Art Director
About the video: Influences
Overview
“I will review my main influences in the world of animation, both pixel art and traditional. ”
In this video lesson Daniel Benítez addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pixel Art Character Animation for Video Games. Bring your characters to life frame by frame in Pyxel Edit.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson we will see the most important references I have when creating pixel art animations. I'm going to start with Paul Robertson, who, for me, is the boss in the pixel world. If you see their website you are going to find some infinite loops made in GIF, that I have not seen any other artist do. The creativity you have when animating ... I recommend that you analyze it because it is on another level. He has worked for series like "Adventure Time", "The Simpsons" or "Rick and Morty". Once you know him It will become a reference for you. The next reference we will see is ...”
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Course summary for: Pixel Art Character Animation for Video Games
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Areas
Character Animation, Game Development, 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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