Game Art & Animation Courses and Certifications

Career Certificate

Art for Games

443 ratings at Coursera

Create 2D and 3D game art: pixel art, low poly models, current-gen 3D props, and concept art using Maya, ZBrush, Photoshop, and Substance Painter.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 10 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course
• 4 courses

The Beginner's Guide to Animation (Unity 5 to 2020+)

2048 ratings at Udemy

Your ultimate guide to Unity's Mecanim covering keyframes, curves, inverse kinematics, strafe sets, blending and more.

• Udemy
• 11 hours 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

The Ultimate 2D Game Character Design & Animation Course

1845 ratings at Udemy

Learn how to design and animate a character in Photoshop that can stand up as professional work

• Udemy
• 5 hours 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Epic Games

Visual Development and Audio Design in Games

33 ratings at Coursera

Explore game art styles, lighting and camera perspectives, model and UV 3D assets, build Niagara VFX and audio, and implement Mixamo animation in Unreal Engine 5.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Unity

Buried Memories: High Fidelity Game Visuals

Explore how character, environment, and lighting artists build high-fidelity visuals in Unity, applying their approaches through creative challenges in the Buried Memories: Serekh demo project.

• Unity Learn
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Certificate

Kienan Lafferty

Mobile Game Animation Tutorial - Using Timeline in Photoshop to Bring Your Characters to Life

Animate a character in Photoshop with timeline-based movement, eye blinks, mouth flaps, bubbles, halftone effects, and fades.

• YouTube
• 34 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Stylized Station

Handpainted Diorama Tutorial - Silke Van Der Smissen

A detailed workflow for creating a stylized World War I airplane diorama through reference gathering, 3D modeling, UV unwrapping, hand-painted texturing, and scene design.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Armanimation

Animating Slot Game in Spine - Liquid Crystal in 3D - Part 5

Animate a slot-game liquid-crystal 3D effect in Spine through a focused 2D animation workflow.

• YouTube
• 54 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Complete C# Unity 2D Game Development (Updated To Unity 6)

107770 ratings at Udemy

Build 4 playable 2D games in Unity 6 using C#. Learn real coding skills and master game dev fundamentals.

• Udemy
• 17 hours 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Career Certificate

2D Game Design and Development with Unity

Build a 2D platformer in Unity using tile-based levels, GameObjects, and Prefabs to apply core game-development skills.

• Udacity
• 40 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Creating Game Environments

Learn to build 2D game worlds in Unity with Tilemap and parallax scrolling, while scripting player input, sprite animation, and physics interactions.

• Udacity
• 11 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Game Design and Development 1: 2D Shooter

544 ratings at Coursera

If you love games and want to learn how to make them, then this course will start you down that path.

• Coursera
• 4 weeks, 4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Game Design Document: Define the Art & Concepts

297 ratings at Coursera

Develop a game idea into a full design document: pitch the concept, build and playtest prototypes, and create visuals defining genre, look, and gameplay.

• Coursera
• 7 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Low Poly Art For Video Games

75 ratings at Coursera

Model low poly props, environments and characters in Maya, then rig and animate them into a finished asset pack ready for a 3D game.

• Coursera
• 5 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Current Gen 3D Game Prop Production

53 ratings at Coursera

Model a photo-real game prop from reference: block in and refine geometry in Maya, sculpt high-poly detail in ZBrush, bake maps to low poly, and texture in Substance Painter.

• Coursera
• 6 weeks, 2 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course