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About the course


After this page:
  • Every page has this section which shows you what is the learning target of the page
  • Each page has 2-4 targets
  • This page's goal is to give you an understanding of how this works and for you to complete your first exercise
  • Press the big blue button at the end of the page to advance to the next page!

How Does This Work?


Welcome to Edugametionl!
Now just before we start, lets have a quick look into how this is structured!


The structure for the pages is:
1) Study the theory parts, videos and diagrams.
2) Do the exercises to complete a page.
3) Advance to the next page.


That's it!


Welcome!

Welcome to the online course 2D Art for Game Developers!

During this course, you’ll learn the basic workflow of digital painting for games, from ideating and sketching to the final game-ready graphics You will create game characters, environments, and various items. Along the way, you’ll receive valuable tips on how to enhance your art and find resources to develop your creative process.

The course has four parts:
1. Ideation and sketching
2. Character art
3. Environment art
4. Final Assignment


In Ideation and Sketching, you’ll learn about digital painting and its tools, as well as the workflow of digital painting, design principles, and how to ideate game art.

In Character Art, you’ll learn how to make interesting and engaging game characters.

In Environment Art, we focus on the elements that the game’s environment is made of: buildings, nature, and vegetation; stones and rocks; and different props and items in the scene.


In Final Assignment, you'll apply what you learned in the course, and create a game environment accompanied by a game character for a platformer game.

To support your journey of becoming a game artist, the course will also introduce you to game art theory and general art theory. Written instructions are supported by tutorial videos.

The course includes exercises which you should complete to fully understand the topic discussed. Some of the excercises art short 15 minutes tasks, while the more demanding will take a whole day to finish.




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Complete all exercises on a page to complete the page.

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Very Easy - 15 mins or less


To really learn game art, do all the exercises, which are said to be the best part of the course!Your first exercise is to write down here:
1. Why are you here?
2. What do you expect to learn?
3. Anything you think we might be missing from here?


Remember, you need to complete exercises to complete pages and you need to complete pages to complete the course!


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