Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Art for Google Games

Start your career in video game art, and learn how to create stunning characters and imagery in the gaming world.

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Professional Certificate

Beginners

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • 2D and 3D Game Art Production Fundamentals
  • Concept art for games
  • Deep understanding of creating high-quality game art assets
  • Working with software such as Maya, Unity, Photoshop, Sketchup, ZBrush, Marmoset Toolbag, Substance Painter
  • Creating pixel art assets for games
  • Creating low-polygon 3D assets for games
  • Understanding composition
  • Conceptual drawing of an environment
  • Creating a realistic computer-generated image prop for the current generation
  • Presenting work and building on what they have done in the past

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • 2D Game Art Designer
  • 3D Game Art Designer
  • Conceptual game designer
  • Game developer
  • Game Environment Designer
  • Game character designer
  • 3D Asset Designer
  • Game Graphic Designer
  • Maya expert
  • Unity Expert
  • Photoshop expert
  • ZBrush expert
  • Substance Painter Expert
  • Pixel designer for games
  • Game Composition Designer

Focusing – A four-part course series

In this beginner-friendly focus, we will introduce you to the basics of 2D and 3D game art production, as well as concept art for games and current processes in game art production.

Each of the four-unit courses will strengthen your knowledge in this field, with each module being an independent unit designed to teach a specific area.

By the end of the focus, you will have a deep understanding of creating high-quality game art assets. During these courses, you will work with:

  • Maya
  • Unity
  • Photoshop
  • Sketchup
  • ZBrush
  • Marmoset Toolbag
  • Substance Painter

Hands-on Learning Project

With this focus, learners will produce:

  • Pixel art assets for games
  • Low-polygon 3D assets for games
  • Understanding composition
  • Conceptual drawing of an environment
  • A realistic computer-generated image prop for the current generation

Each course within this focus gives students many opportunities to showcase their work and build on what they have done in the past.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Pixel art for video games

Course 1

Duration: 9 hours
Rating: 4.5 (238 ratings)

What you’ll learn

This course is designed to provide you with the tools and knowledge needed to start creating simple art for video games on the Unity platform. The course is divided into 4 main modules:

  • Accessories
  • Environments
  • Characters
  • Animation

Each module will contain a series of video lessons, combining artistic and technical skills, culminating in a peer-reviewed project.

Low Poly Art for Video Games

Course 2

Duration: 16 hours
Rating: 4.3 (54 ratings)

What you’ll learn

This course is designed to provide you with the tools and knowledge needed to start creating simple 3D art for video games on the Unity platform. The course is divided into 4 main modules:

  • Accessories
  • Environments
  • Characters
  • Animation

Each module will contain a series of video lessons, combining artistic and technical skills, culminating in a peer-reviewed project.

Producing current generation 3D game accessories

Course 3

Duration: 14 hours
Rating: 4.8 (36 ratings)

What you’ll learn

  • Design accurate models with precise block details
  • Create high polygon models with real-world accuracy
  • Create game-ready, low-polygon models for a real-time environment
  • to text and display models to give them a photo-realistic look

Concept art for video games

Course 4

Duration: 6 hours
Rating: 4.6 (73 ratings)

What you’ll learn

In this course we will talk about concept art. As a final project we will create a concept of an environment ready for presentation. During the 4-week modules, we will dive deep into aspects of composition and digital painting techniques to take your art skills to the next level!