Author(s): Jennifer Dawe And Matthew Humphries
Series: Volume 1
Year: 0
Language: English
Pages: 204
Contents......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 15
Preface......Page 17
Do I Need a Drawing Tablet?......Page 19
Let's Get Started!......Page 20
Chapter 1: Pixel Art Tool Guide......Page 21
Working with a Canvas......Page 22
Creating a Canvas......Page 23
Saving Your Work......Page 24
Opening Your Work......Page 25
How Aseprite Is Organized......Page 26
Layers......Page 37
Box and Circle Selection......Page 42
Mirroring Images......Page 44
A Bit About Color......Page 45
You Are Ready!......Page 46
Chapter 2: Shapes and Shading......Page 47
Forming Basic Shapes......Page 48
Shading Outside the Lines......Page 49
Using Primitives to Shade......Page 52
Shading Techniques......Page 55
The Inside Is the Outside......Page 59
Chapter 3: Colors and Palettes......Page 63
Forming Basic Shapes in Color......Page 64
Spin Around the Spectrum......Page 67
Choose Your Color Destiny......Page 73
Palettes and Swatches......Page 77
Chapter 4: From Concept to Complete......Page 89
Sketching......Page 90
Drawing Perspective......Page 91
Warm Up the Happy Way......Page 95
From Sketches to Pixel Art......Page 102
Balancing Act......Page 107
Getting a Better Edge......Page 108
Chapter 5: Get in the Game......Page 113
Harmonizing the Colors......Page 114
Background vs. Foreground......Page 120
Tiling and Tilesets......Page 125
Creating Game Characters......Page 132
Making a Character Portrait......Page 138
Chapter 6: Animating Pixels......Page 145
Blobbing Away......Page 146
Break It Down......Page 152
Keyframes and Tweening......Page 154
Life Has Pointless Movements......Page 161
Chapter 7: Special Effects for Animation......Page 165
Flame Effects......Page 166
Lasers for Blasters, Trip Wires, and More......Page 168
Making It Glow......Page 171
Blowing It Up......Page 172
Damaged Goods......Page 177
A Little Science Before the Fall......Page 183
Research!......Page 186
Chapter 8: Where to Go from Here......Page 187
Review Your Work Once a Year......Page 188
Make a Plan......Page 189
Use the Tools You Have......Page 190
Sharing Your Work......Page 191
Recommended Reading......Page 195
Thank You!......Page 197
Appendix: Aseprite Shortcut Cheat Sheet......Page 199
Drawing......Page 200
Extras......Page 202
