Over 50 Hours of Actionscript 3 tutorials have been added for CartoonSmart Subscribers
Read moreFor both our iOS-only and iOS and Art Subscribers, we’ve added over 50 hours of Actionscript 3 tutorials Adobe Flash is exportable to not only iOS apps but also Android and HTML5 based apps. With this huge collection of videos, you’ll learn how to make side scrollers, card games, pinball…
A Blender Game Character is now available for Subscribers
Read moreCartoonSmart’s iOS and Art Subscribers now have access to over 9 hours of Blender training! This  course is taught by John Nyquist, CartoonSmart’s very first teacher (other than myself) and North America’s first trainer to be certified by the Blender organization! So yes, he has the chops to teach anything Blender…
A new hour of Side Scroller Tutorials! – Platform Art discussed
Read moreFor our iOS and Art subscribers, we’ve got another whole hour of Side Scroller tutorials in the How to Draw All Your Own Game Art 2 course. Â If you’d like to jump right in, here’s a link to the first of four videos that were added. These videos cover how…
New Course – Make Thousands with Your Art Using Unity3D & Maya!
Read moreMake Thousands with Your Art Using Unity3D and Maya is finally available! If you are a current subscriber,  jump straight to the course movies right here. If you aren’t a subscriber, consider joining ! This 11 hour course will teach you how to start with nothing but a simple sketch and…
Swift, Sprite Kit and Accelerometer Tutorial
Read moreJust wrapped, the first video (of two)Â which teach how to use the Accelerometer in a Sprite Kit / Swift based game. Our subscribers can get started on the tutorial right here. And if you aren’t a subscriber, but you are interested in buying Lifetime Access to the course, hold tight,…
Control Systems Updates – Moving along a path
Read moreFor our subscribers, I just added a new video tutorial to the Control Systems series. In this one we look at moving characters / sprites along a path. Cool thing (that I didn’t know until today) is that Sprite Kit actually has an SKAction specifically for moving objects a long…
Modeling a Maya Roller Coaster tutorial now for Subscribers!
Read moreGreat news for our iOS and Art Subscribers, we’re adding 15 hours of awesome Maya modeling tutorials! And this breaks ground for a new 3D section of the subscriber portal. Later this month we’ll be adding more with a Unity / Maya course! Stay tuned. If you aren’t yet a…
iOS /MacOS Control Systems Tutorial with Swift and Sprite Kit
Read moreExclusively for our Subscribers this month, we’re releasing a lengthy new tutorial for  iOS or MacOS on Control Systems with Swift and Sprite Kit. Justin Dike (yours truly) will be teaching every which way you can control a character in an app. This includes touches, virtual control pads, the accelerometer and anything else…
April News for CartoonSmart Subscribers. New tutorials, free art and more…
Read moreFor both our iOS Subscribers and iOS and Art Subscribers, April will be a huge month. Here’s the highlights… Swift and Sprite Kit Control Systems Tutorial – What’s that exactly? I’ll be teaching every which way you can control a character in an app. This includes touches, virtual control pads, the accelerometer and anything else…
So just how picky will Apple be about approving Watch Apps?
Read moreI got an email this week regarding my recent course, The Artist’s Guide to Apple Watch Apps. I thought I would share it, since it’s an intelligent email and probably asks some of the same questions many of you have. My understanding in reading about WatchKit is that developers are…
Tips for submitting your Watch-infused App to Apple.
Read moreWell I spent about 4 hours today grimacing at Xcode for one weird reason or another. Â I know a lot of you are submitting your latest apps with Apple Watch extensions, so lets go through what tripped me up (and what might trip you up)… No more going to the…
Video Tips for Submitting an Apple Watch App
Read moreI wrote an article after my recent experience submitting an Apple Watch-extended app and I thought my Subscribers could use a video version covering some of the same material. You can view the video at the end of the Apple Watch course.
Darkness Knight – Royalty Free Game Art
Read moreFree for our Subscribers! The Darkness Knight is a medieval-style game art character thats makes a great addition to any side scrolling game.  Subscribers will receive 9 animations for the following actions: Idle Walking Running Sliding Attacking Hurt Jumping Jump Attack Dying Included files: .ai (Adobe Illustrator to edit the vector art if…
Temple of Thumb – Made using my Maze Game Tutorials!
Read moreColor me impressed! Alan just showed me a preview video of an app he’s nearly finished (with the help of yours truly’s iOS Maze Games tutorials) That’s some of the best student work I’ve seen in a while. Great work Alan! Alan or someone else, remind me to update…
Skeletons, Ninjas, a King named Vlad? All-new game art is available!
Read moreGameArtPartners.com has some brand-spanking new royalty free game art…. The Ninjas Character Set – Don’t get on their bad side. We all know ninjas are totally sweet when it comes to slicing off heads. The Skeleton – Sporting a gorgeous hand-painted look. This guy could be your last chance to get…