So, you have learned how to make a mobile game but don't know what to do about the game art? This course on video game character design is for you! You don't need to know already how to make game graphics to succeed in this course. All you need is a little bit of patience and passion. This game design will guide you through background and video game characters design step-by-step.
You'll learn three different techniques to acquire and create game art. This tutorial will explain how you can find and hire a freelancer video game artist for a reasonable price. You'll also be introduced to a more economical solution of getting free and low-priced stock images. Eventually, you'll discover how to make a mobile game art by yourself.
This tutorial is perfect for a newbie game developer who has never created game character design before. Everything is explained in a super simple and straightforward manner. Furthermore, you'll learn how to make game graphics by doing instead of just listening. Therefore, the process of learning how to make a mobile game art will be far more rewarding. Also, all of the aspects are presented in separate short and exciting video lessons. Therefore, you'll have no problem following the information and understand it with ease.
Your teacher is a professional game and app developer Yohann Taieb. You could say that you'll be learning video game character design as a developer from another developer. Yohann has built over 100 popular mobile apps. So, he has all the experience when it comes to development, and since he's not an artist too, he'll focus on simple beginner-friendly techniques. Yohann has been teaching online and in a college for over ten years. Therefore, he understands the needs of his students very well.
Video games are a team sport. Therefore, even if you won't be focusing on game art in the future, understanding the fundamentals of it will prove to be super useful. Having knowledge in different fields will make you an irreplaceable member of any game development team after you finish this game design course. Furthermore, it can help you create a much more impressive portfolio and as a result, boost your career chances.
Another great thing about gaining hands-on experience with game art is that you'll be able to understand how artists work. There are two upsides to this understanding. First, game artists will be happy to contribute to any of your projects since you'll be able to work together fluently and understand each other's needs better. Secondly, you'll be able to evaluate the quality of someone's art better. This will help you hire better game artists without overpaying them.
As mentioned before, this course will begin with an explanation of how to hire a freelancer and how to acquire stock images. Right after that, you'll dive straight into learning video game character design. You'll gain hands-on experience when it comes to creating character design, icons, launch images and much more!
You'll see how to make beautiful backgrounds, final game screen, level objectives and other game assets in Adobe Photoshop for a Candy Crush style game. If you don't have Photoshop, you can always use GIMP. However, most of the 2D game artists will tell you that mastering Photoshop is a must. And now you have a chance to do just that!
Kickstart your career in mobile game development by mastering the basics of video game character design. Enroll now!
Course consist of total 2h 10min of content, in total.
Yohann Taieb is an expert in mobile game programming, reskinning and app flipping. He has more than 10 years of experience working as an instructor in college, where he taught Apple Watch Development, iOS11, iPhone Development, Swift 3, Photoshop for programmers, Unity 3D, Pixel Art, and Android.
Yohann received his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from FIU University.
Throughout his career, he’s made more than 100 mobile games and apps that you can find in the Apple App Store and the Android Store. Such expertise allows him to teach people how to make apps. Yohann Taieb has helped more than 50k students to publish their apps and reach the top spots.
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