Hello everybody!
First of all, let me introduce myself: I am a 18 years old boy/man who wants to start a game project on his own. I am planning, on a span of 2-3 years (or untill I get out of college at least) to create a real game with my own hands, and I have the ideas, the story, and I know programming to at least a basic understanding, but the problem is I quite lack skill in the design department. I never drawn pixel art in my life, but I am determined and I really want to learn how to make textures and animations, but I suck really, really badly...Like no talent whatsoever. I really liked the style of games like Hyper Light Drifter, and would love if in the future I could make my own style, but there are so many things it's just overwhelming and I was wondering if you guys redirect me to a guide or give me some advices regarding pixel illustrations. Like, for example, every time I am trying to create a texture like a brick wall or a tree I am starting to draw the basic colors and then I already feel intimidated on how plain and shitty it overall looks...
I don't know how and where to put details, when to use different tints of the same color or how to put shadows/contours on items so I just stop at the basic texture and delete the thing. It almost seems furstrating, because I can imagine the characters pixelated in my head but I have no clue how to start drawing them in real life. I would love to find myself a style like Titan Souls, and yes, I know I could find someone to work with but at the moment everyone that I know isn't interested in these kind of things and I want to create the world that I envisioned with my eyes, the characters and places I have imagined. So please, if you could give me a head start, I would be very, very grateful. I don't wish to make this...project for money or fame, but rather to feel like I accomplished something in my life, and to know that I realised something, alone, that could bring joy to a group of people
