How To Rapidly Make 2D And 3D Game Art

Using Open Source tools to easily make high-quality art for your games

What you'll learn

How to make detailed textures for 3d models with a low-poly retro style

How to quickly make nice-looking minimalist 2d art for horror games

How to easily make rotoscoped animations for your games

How to make simple vfx for your 2d games

Requirements

Intermediate-level experience in Blender or equivalent 3d software

Intermediate-level experience in Krita or equivalent 2d software

Intermediate-level experience in Godot or equivalent game engine

Description

I am a professional indie game developer who has released successful games that are both 2d (Endoparasitic) and 3d (Wrought Flesh). In this course you will learn the techniques I use to quickly make high-quality 2d and 3d art for my games. This includes rotoscoped animations, IK based animations, stencil painted textures, and 2d vfx that makes simple art pop and look great.In the 2D section I cover making a player character that uses IK for the upper body and rotoscoped animations for their lower body, a monster made of silhouetted blobs, simple sprite styles for making interesting environments, and vfx to make it all look good. In the 3D section I cover making a humanoid monster character, with specific focus on my texturing style. While I only cover making a character, the same techniques can be easily applied for texturing environmental assets.This is a fast-paced course that rapidly summarizes my techniques, the videos are not intended to be followed step-by-step, but rather watched to learn the general steps and mindset I take when creating art.This course is aimed at game developers experienced with 3d modelling software such as Blender, game development tools like Godot, and 2d art software such as Krita. If you are not confident in your abilities with these or similar tools, this course is not for you.

Overview

Section 1: 2D art

Lecture 1 Using Blobs to Make and Animate A Top-Down Monster

Lecture 2 Creating Rotoscoped Animations For a Top-Down Character

Lecture 3 Using IK Animations to Animate a Top-Down Character's Arms

Lecture 4 Creating An Environment and Adding Vfx to Make Your Game Pop

Section 2: 3D art

Lecture 5 Sketching Your Character

Lecture 6 Modelling Your Character

Lecture 7 Rigging Your Character

Lecture 8 Texturing Your Character Using Stencil Painting

Lecture 9 Animating Your Character With Mixamo

Intermediate Game Developers who want to learn some tricks to make better art faster for their games