Lospec Pixel School Enrollment: Closed

Lospec Pixel School is a brand new program designed to teach you how to make pixel art from the ground up. You'll learn everything you need to know in order to start making your own beautiful works of art or professional looking game assets.

Not Your Average Online Course

This program may be a bit different than what you'd expect from an online course. It's not just a pile of videos for you to binge or a lengthy textbook, because I don't believe that's the best way to learn. Many of the people making online courses today aren't qualified -- they just don't have the skill you'd hope for in an instructor. On top of that, little thought is put into the structure of most courses. Typical course-creators will make a list of pixel art subjects, then throw together a video for each one. There's no thought put into the learning process that students go through when starting from scratch, or the best order to learn things is. Instead they go with the "throw everything at the wall and see what sticks" approach, by teaching you as many things as possible, and hoping you'll remember some of it.

Not only does a video collections or books leave pacing, scheduling and practice completely up to the student, but it also doesn't provide any feedback or guidance so you know if you're on the right track. Lospec Pixel School is different.

A Better Way To Learn Online

Instead of the traditional online course format, you'll have scheduled classes, assignments, and responsive feedback directly from the teacher. The assignments and live feedback will help you to actually put the things you've learned into practice. Our scheduled classes will help you stay on track at a reasonable pace, to ensure you're actually absorbing the information, not just hearing it. Plus, you'll always be in contact with a teacher that can answer any question you might have.

Optimized For Your Skill Level

The courses you'll find here are separated into three distinct skill levels. Each one is written specifically for people at that level. Advanced and complicated subjects are not included in the beginner level course. Instead you'll practice on improving your fundamental pixel art skills, rather than trying to get a vague grasp on every pixel art topic there is.

How It Works

Each pixel school course lasts four weeks, with two classes scheduled for each week. Each class is focused on a single specific subject.

Classes will take place in the Lospec Pixel School Discord Server. When a class begins, you will be added to a private thread and notified. Each class will contain a reading assignment about the day's subject, (which should take about 10-30 minutes). You will then be provided a list of assignments related to that class, which you are expected to complete and post in the class thread. A teacher will evaluate your assignment, and provide feedback on how it could be improved, clarifying on points you may have missed. You will be expected to revise your work until it's acceptable, at which point you can move on to the next one. It's recommended you dedicate at least two hours to each class, which you can do at any time up to 4 days after the class is posted.

Unlike most pixel art courses or tutorials, we aren't going to dump a ton of info, theory and techniques on you all at the beginning. Right from the start we'll dive in and start practicing essential skills. Each class will focus on one very specific subject in depth, and will build upon the previous ones.

There will be no report cards, grades or diplomas, as I don't believe those are helpful to learning. If you participate in every class, and complete every assignment, then you will learn, which should be your only goal.

Class Schedule

Classes will be held every Monday, and Thursday. They will be posted at 10:00 AM, Eastern Standard Time. Immediate live feedback will be available for 4 hours after the start of class (until 2:00 PM EST), but all assignments submitted within 4 days of the start date will receive teacher feedback.

List of Courses

Beginner Pixel Art

This course is an introduction to creating art out of pixels. You will learn and practice the most important fundamental skills for creating pixel art. It is designed for complete beginners, but may also be useful if you've dabbled in making pixel art but are struggling to get the results you want, or aren't sure how to practice and improve. It focuses mainly on techniques that are unique to the pixel art medium, so it's recommended that you also take the Beginner Art Foundation course as well, as they are both equally important to making great pixel art.

Beginner Art Foundation

This course focuses on important fundamental art skills that are necessary for all visual mediums, pixel art included. These concepts could be learned through any medium, but this class teaches you specifically how to apply them to pixel art, and simplifies them in a way that other mediums might not. Just like the Beginner Pixel Art course, these classes are designed to teach you the basics from the ground up, and give you a solid foundation of important art skills.

This course can be taken any time, but it's recommended you take it after the Beginner Pixel Art course.

Beginner Game Art

This course focuses on skills needed to create pixel art for use in video games. By the end of this course you have all the knowledge you need to start creating your own game assets.

This course can be taken any time, but having taken Beginner Pixel Art and Beginner Art Foundation will help.

Potential Future Courses:

Intermediate Courses

These courses will be designed for people who have already completed the beginner courses, or have a good grasp of the basics of pixel art. It will cover some more specialized skills and techniques, and focus on more specific topics.

Advanced Courses

Advanced courses are limited-time programs hosted by guest teachers with significant industry experience and skill, usually focusing on a specific topic. These courses are designed for people who are already skilled in pixel art (or completed our intermediate course) and just want to improve their skills further.

About The Teachers

Sam Keddy (@skeddles) has been making pixel art for over 15 years, and has been an active member of the pixel art community, providing free feedback and tutorials to newer artists.

Guest teachers for advanced classes coming soon!

Testimonials

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need any special hardware for this class? - You could technically do the assignments on any device, but it's highly recommended you use a computer with a mouse.

Do I need to buy software to make pixel art? - There are plenty of free options for creating pixel art on every platform.

Do I need to install anything on my computer? - You need pixel art software and discord, but both discord and several pixel editors have fully web-based versions.

Will I be able to access the classes after they finish? - You will retain full access to all of the threads through discord permanently.

What if I don't submit my assignment in time? - Any submissions done before the deadline will be reviewed. If you miss the deadline you wont be able to submit them, but it's still reccomended that you complete them as they are valuable practice.

How do I join the waitlist? - Join the discord server, and you will be automatically put on the waitlist based on your join date.

How does the waitlist work? - When enrollment opens, we will send a purchase link to those at the top. If it doesn't sell out, we will open it to more people until the class is filled.

How can I be notified when new classes are added? - Join the Lospec Pixel School Discord Server, we will ping everyone when classes open.

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