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  • 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.

  • When I notice my peripheral vision, besides blurring, I can see distortion in the perspective. I tried to illustrate that effect in a pixel animation. Not sure it’s because of my bad vision, or if it’s more general for all seeing humans. It could also be my imagination playing tricks on me.

    A pixel art image features two sets of eyes with the phrase Changing Perspectives above and intricate patterns below.

  • I made this for yesterday’s prompt of Pixel Dailies: #scale. It’s based on my pixel font at original and 300 percent scale. Rotating a plane is some kind of scaling as well. Note that I’m in favor of human made pixel art, as opposed to a purely (and copyright-wise questionable) AI-based version.

    A pixelated art piece featuring the text Making Pixel Art with a hand-drawn style.

  • I’m trying to make putting text onto my Pixoo64 much easier with (possibly) a pixel font. The matrix is 4 pixels wide and 6 pixels high, so there’s room for 10 lines of 16 characters (64 x 60 pixels in total) on the 64x64 pixels screen. I can has a scroll like in Star Wars 😂

    A green pixelated font displays an alphabet, a pangram sentence, and numbers against a black background.

  • When the clock strikes twelve…

    A pixel art clock with Roman numerals is depicted, featuring a silhouette of a black cat near the six o'clock position on the clock face.

  • This game is about getting the ball off the platform using the helicopter, yet without crashing it.

    An 8-bit style graphic depicts a helicopter above a multicolored, circular arena with a central focal point against a background of red rays.

  • Didn’t expect to reach level 11 in the Divoom pixel art community so soon, so I had to put together something in a hurry.

    A pixelated character gleefully jumps with arms raised, surrounded by the words Level 11 and Clap.

  • An imbalance of power between a teapot and a teacup.

    A pixel art teapot with a face pours liquid into a cup, which also has a face, under the word DRINK!

  • I imagined how Mega Man would look like sans armor. I can do a turn around of this character to learn more about character development. At least, that’s what I hope will happen. It could all end in disappointment.

    A pixelated character with blonde hair and a red outfit stands on a platform, featuring exaggerated expressions and limbs.