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  • I repurposed a previous pixel drawing for today’s pixel drawing for the Divoom community. The little guy is supposed to represent a nasty germ. We’ll see how it’s received. I like it.

    A pixel art style image features a microscope and a pixelated ghost wearing a hat.

  • Sometimes a piece is just not worth sharing.

    A pixel art portrait features a person with a mohawk hairstyle, set against a peach-colored background with small, white squares

    I made it for the Divoom community, even posted it on there, but soon deleted it, because it was not making me feel happy with it.

  • The @pixeldailies.bsky.social theme for 23 March 2025 was #jar #pixel_dailies

    A pixel art mermaid with red hair is holding a jar while looking proud.

  • I used this image as a reference for my contribution to March of Robots 2025. Though I didn’t design the robot, I did the color palette and animation.

    A pixel art robot with a friendly face and outstretched waving arms stands on a dotted background.

  • If you assume you’re right, you’re probably aren’t. This is the self-deprecating idea that sprouted from using the import filter of the Divoom pixel editor wrongly. I thought it needed more pixels to avoid blurring them, like web browsers. Not so, just import 92 frames or less of 64 x 64 pixels.

    A colorful pixelated design featuring an animation of the numbers 01 thru 92 on a green background.

  • According to the robot 🤖 this is a snow leopard, which seems fair considering the coloring, but I meant to draw a tiger 🐅 Ah well, it was from memory, and hence didn’t look much like the real deal anyway.

    A pixel art snow leopard is standing upright with its arms raised against a plain green background.

  • In this time of glorification of autocrats it seems somewhat uncool to post a selfie, since it tends to narcissism, one of the traits of an autocrat. Nevertheless, it was a fun exercise in panning around a main subject, even if it’s me, represented in pixel art for the Pixoo64.

    A pixel art portrait depicts a person with glasses, wearing a jacket against a purple and cyan background.

  • I used a reference photo—downloaded a long time ago—of a tiger walking in the snow, and thought of animating it as such. It didn’t come to that, yet, because of lack knowledge of animal anatomy. The creation started in Pixquare, refinement in Procreate, and final touches in Divoom’s pixel editor.

    A 64 x 64 pixel art depiction of a tiger head is centered above the word TIGER, with a sunburst pattern in the background.

  • Dreaming at the dinner table when I was a preteen. We didn’t talk much, so I had to use my imagination to fill the silence. Vroooom-vroooom! And oh, it was todays theme #forklift from @pixeldailies.bksy.social #PixelDailies

    A pixel art-style scene featuring a robot with a grabber arm, a plate, some steamed kale with sausage, and boiled potatoes.

  • I made a photo of a bunch of daffodils a few days ago, and made a 192 x 64 pixel drawing today, which I turned into an infinite panning frame of 64 x 64 pixels for my Pixoo64 Cloud LED display. I also entered it in the Bloom2025 competition of the Divoom community.

    A pixel art depiction of a plant with white flowers against a gradient background.

    Here’s the reference.

    A cluster of daffodils is growing near a pond on a grassy area with shadows and trees reflected in the water.

  • The @pixeldailies.bsky.social theme was #castle #PixelDailies #Pixoo64

    A pixel art scene features a pink castle with towers, a horse, and a person on the ground.

  • This was constructed for the #64x64 pixels #Pixoo64 and #PixelDailies theme #RobotController @pixeldailies.bsky.social

    A pixel art robot with wheels is moving on a paved surface.

  • I made a pixel drawing of a #tiger refining it using this CC reference from Flickr. Thusly I didn’t mechanically copy the reference, and made my own version for @pixeldaily.bsky.social theme for 13 March 2025.

    A pixel art depiction of a tiger lying down is set against a background of green leaves.

  • The theme of Pixel Dailies for 12 March 2025 was #frame #64x64 #PixelDailies #Pixoo64

    A pixelated purple dragon with red eyes stands against a green background with an orange checkered border.

  • The theme of Pixel Dailies for 10 March 2025 was #OversizedClothing #64x64 #PixelDailies

    A pixelated scene features a smiling face on a purple pedestal, several clothing items, and the phrase Oversized Clothes at the top.

  • At least the robot 🤖 got the number right, otherwise putting candles on my humongous BD cake has become ridiculous, and a real chore. 🎂

    A pixel art cake with 65 candles arranged on top.

  • For when I’m too busy making pixel art…

    A pixelated, abstract circular pattern with varying pastel colors on a light background.

  • Yesterday I failed at the day before’s prompt #CharacterGenerator of the Pixel Dailies daily challenge. The idea was a normally clad person stepping into the booth and coming out as another person wearing spectacular clothes. Alas, it will never be completed 😕

    A pixel art illustration shows two people ascending a tall block using ropes on a patterned surface.

  • I made an isometric cube rotate in 72 steps. After importing it into the Divoom app’s pixel editor, I found a limit for the number of frames in an animation (60 for 64x64 pixels). So I had to be creative with 36 frames. After reuploading to the Divoom app, I tweaked it to get it even more perfect.

    A pixelated figure resembling a white duck stands on a chair against a simple, two-toned background.

  • A pixel art depiction of a smiling orange cat with its tail raised, set against a green circular background. That’s what the alt text says.

    A pixel art depiction of a smiling orange cat with its tail raised, set against a green circular background.