# pixelart.school

> pixelart.school is the home of "Pixel Art Mastery Course: Beginner To Pixel Art Professional", an online pixel art course by Roman Gurbanov on Udemy. It teaches complete beginners to create professional pixel art and game art in Aseprite for platformer, first-person, RPG and isometric games.

## Key facts
- Course: Pixel Art Mastery Course: Beginner To Pixel Art Professional
- Instructor: Roman Gurbanov, pixel artist & game art instructor; has taught 9,000+ students across courses and platforms
- Platform: Udemy — https://www.udemy.com/course/the-complete-pixel-art-bootcamp-from-zero-to-hero/
- Rating on Udemy: 4.6/5 from 824 ratings; 7,104 students enrolled
- Udemy Bestseller in Pixel Art; also badged Highest Rated
- Included in Udemy Personal Plan and Udemy Business (Udemy Premium course)
- Length: 97 video lessons, 7.5 hours, 21 sections
- Bonuses: 48 downloadable sprite sets, 34 PDF guides and checklists, 29 practice worksheets
- Software: Aseprite
- Level: beginner, no prior experience needed
- Subtitles: English, German, Spanish
- Last updated: 2026-03-16

## What students learn
- Pixel art fundamentals: the SPECC method (Size, Perspective, Color & Light, Composition) and a 5-step sprite workflow (shapes, outlines, colors, shading, details)
- Color theory for pixel art and palette design
- Shading and lighting of basic forms; anti-aliasing
- Natural and industrial materials: fire, water, clouds, smoke, rocks, bushes, trees, metal, pipes, bricks, wood, glass
- 15 perspective and projection types, including isometric, dimetric, cabinet and cavalier
- Tiles, tilesets and tilemaps
- Complete game mockups in four styles: first-person, platformer, RPG and isometric
- Game menu UI
- Animation: walk cycles, sub-pixel animation and parallax backgrounds

## Links
- [Course landing page](https://pixelart.school/): overview, curriculum, reviews and FAQ
- [Enroll on Udemy](https://www.udemy.com/course/the-complete-pixel-art-bootcamp-from-zero-to-hero/?referralCode=C27BD703B9F4A9644AC8&couponCode=MT260922G1B)
- [Full text for AI assistants](https://pixelart.school/llms-full.txt): complete curriculum and FAQ