There are tricks you can employ. There are certain graphic styles that are easy enough for non artistic people to pull off. Things like Geometry War's vector st

There are tricks you can employ. There are certain graphic styles that are easy enough for non artistic people to pull off. Things like Geometry War's vector style, or pretend your game is 8 bit, etc. This game is beautiful with very simple graphics: http://www.kongregate.com/games/TerryCavanagh/vvvvvv-demo http://www.kongregate.com/games/TerryCavanagh/vvvvvv-demo Truth be told, really pulling off even "simple" graphics takes skill and an artistic eye. But often times for small indie games "good enough" really is. There are plenty of indie games with obviously developer created graphics that have done well: iShoot is a big one. Even Minecraft's graphics have a very down to earth, homebrew feel to them. Which can both be easy to pull off and work well if you can find that sweet spot.