The Aseprite Pixel Art Bootcamp For Complete Beginners

Master pixel art with Aseprite — from basic tools, colour & shading to creating game-ready assets step by step

What you'll learn

Navigate Aseprite’s interface and use essential tools for pixel art.

Apply colour, shading, and layering techniques to small artworks.

Create simple assets such as potions, swords, scrolls, and food items.

Develop a structured practice routine to improve pixel art step by step.

Requirements

No prior art or design experience required.

A computer with Aseprite installed

Willingness to practice regularly and experiment with pixels.

A mouse or a drawing tablet/pen display for easier, more natural drawing.

Description

If you’ve ever wanted to try pixel art but felt unsure where to start, this course is designed for you.We’ll go through the basics of Aseprite, one of the most popular tools for making pixel art, and gradually build up your skills until you’re able to create simple game assets on your own.This bootcamp doesn’t expect any prior experience. We’ll begin with the essentials — how Aseprite works, how to select and manage layers, how to pick and adjust colours, and how to export your work properly. Once you’re comfortable with the basics, we’ll move into pixel art techniques: drawing clean lines and shapes, shading with highlights and midtones, and experimenting with styles like dithering.To make things practical, we’ll draw together a range of assets step by step: potions, swords, scrolls, food items, and characters. These examples are kept simple on purpose — the goal is to help you practice the techniques and understand how small details make a big difference in pixel art.By the end of the course, you’ll have a good grasp of Aseprite’s workflow and a small collection of finished artworks. You won’t become a professional overnight, but you will gain the confidence to keep practicing and improving with clear methods to follow.If you’re curious about pixel art and want a gentle, structured way to start, this course will give you that foundation.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Bootcamp Intro-My Story

Lecture 2 Bootcamp Intro-Tools Used-Aseprite

Lecture 3 Bootcamp Intro-What You will Learn

Section 2: The Basic

Lecture 4 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 1 Intro and Basic

Lecture 5 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 2 Selection

Lecture 6 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 3 Colour Light and Shadows

Lecture 7 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 4 Add customised colour to colour

Lecture 8 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 5 colour preset

Lecture 9 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 6 some of the tips about colour problem

Lecture 10 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 7 Layers and Orders

Lecture 11 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 8 How to quickly select layer

Lecture 12 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 9 How to quickly switch colour picker a

Lecture 13 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 10 Auto Outline and tricks for animatio

Lecture 14 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 11 Export is your friend

Lecture 15 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 12 My opinion, pixel art is precise art

Section 3: From Basic To Better: Make Each Pixel Intentional

Lecture 16 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 13 Let's talk about lines

Lecture 17 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 14 let's talk about curves

Lecture 18 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 15 let's talk about shape

Lecture 19 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 16 let's talk about shading

Lecture 20 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 17 tips make it simple

Lecture 21 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 18 tips make it interesting PART 1

Lecture 22 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 19 tips make it interesting PART 2

Lecture 23 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 20 tips make it precise

Lecture 24 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 21 make it natural

Lecture 25 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 22 draw a cylinder

Lecture 26 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 23 shading but beautifully

Lecture 27 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 24 midtone, highlight and cutting point

Lecture 28 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 25 Intro of Dithering Style

Lecture 29 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 26 the math underneath

Lecture 30 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 27 learn apply break the rules PART 1

Lecture 31 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 28 learn apply break the rules PART 2

Lecture 32 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 29 let's look at the colour and their r

Section 4: From Pixel to Projects Create Our Game Assets

Lecture 33 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 30.0(Timelapse)Drawing a HP Potion

Lecture 34 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 30 how to use basic shape to block out

Lecture 35 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 31 why is it flat? Let's fix that

Lecture 36 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 32 let's add the volume to it

Lecture 37 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 33 Shape it up

Lecture 38 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 34 Leverage the symmetric tool

Lecture 39 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 35.0(Timelapse)MP potion

Lecture 40 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 35 send out routine highlight after the

Lecture 41 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 36.0(Timelapses)drawing magic books

Lecture 42 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 36 Let's draw some magic books Intro

Lecture 43 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 37 Let's draw some magic books Drawing

Lecture 44 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 38.0(Timelapses)Let's draw some magic s

Lecture 45 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 38 Let's draw some magic sword Drawing

Lecture 46 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 39.0(Timelapses)Let's draw some magic s

Lecture 47 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 39.Let's draw some magic scroll PART 1

Lecture 48 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 40.Let's draw some magic scroll PART 2

Lecture 49 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 41.0(Timelapses)Let's draw some HP Reco

Lecture 50 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 41.Let's draw some HP Recovery Ham PART

Lecture 51 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 42.Let's draw some HP Recovery Ham PART

Lecture 52 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 43.Let's draw some HP Recovery Ham PART

Lecture 53 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 44.Let's draw some HP Recovery Ham PART

Lecture 54 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 45.0.(Timelapses)Let's draw some charac

Lecture 55 Aseprite tutorial for complete beginners 45.Let's draw some characters

Beginners who are curious about creating pixel art but don’t know where to start.,Indie game developers who want to design simple assets for their own projects.,Hobbyists and digital art learners looking for a structured, hands-on introduction.,Anyone interested in learning Aseprite in a practical and beginner-friendly way.