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  • Rolling Down Without End, a Penrose staircase.

    A red ball rests on a seemingly infinite staircase in an isometric view, creating an optical illusion.
  • Here’s the animation celebrating that I reached level 30 in the Divoom community yesterday. No other artist has reached this level yet, and some are on the platform since 2021 (I only 9 months). I suppose posting on average more than once a day, and being recommended by the staff a lot helped.

    Auto-generated description: A pixelated portrait features a person wearing glasses with a digital LEVEL 30 graphic above their head and a pixelated orange cat sitting on top.
  • I removed my image archive with Pixoo64 gifs from micro∙blog, because it didn’t work for me. I’m moving them (slowly) to my Flickr account. Flickr has its problems with animated gifs, but management isn’t one of those; on micro∙blog there’s no management for large (100+) collections.

  • A sketch of a person and a cat riding on the back of a large, stylized animal or creature.

    I’m about to reach level 30 in the Divoom community, higher than any expert artist of the app, much more skilled than me at pixel art. I suppose I happened to tick the right boxes with the algorithm, since I’m only using the app since Christmas 2024, and most experts since 2021 or so. Anyway, I made a rough animatic based on a rough sketch with all the key poses, and made a pixel animation from the frames.

    I will share the finished pixel animation if and when I’m awarded level 30.

  • Here is a process video of the sketch I did of the dragon from Bubble Bobble, and next the 64 x 64 pixel art animation of said sketch.

  • Since it’s inspired by his self-portrait, I call this one “Vincent.”

  • Heads are going to roll. No idea why.

    Pixel art heads are displayed as bouncing balls on a small screen with a wooden background.
  • Serving smoothies endlessly on my Pixoo-64 64 x 64 pixel art frame. Drawn in Procreate on an iPad.

    Animation of a glass filled with a smoothie
  • I drew this stylized head of B.A. Baracus of the 1980s hit series The A-Team, played by Mr T.

    A pixel art portrait depicts a person with a mohawk and a beard against a gradient background.
  • It seems the basis of good 2D animation is solid drawing skills. Without it, the result will be poor, or, at best, occasionally hit, but mostly miss. I know where to spend my time in the coming months. I only hope I don’t lose my Divoom Master Pixel Artist status with still images.

  • I made a rough animation in the Animatic app on iPad and traced the frames into a pixel animation with Pixaki. It took much longer than I expected, but I’m pleased with the (very rough) result running on my Pixoo64 LED panel.

    A pixelated character is carrying a pink round object, wearing large brown shoes, and walking outdoors against a simple landscape.
  • I’ll be running a marathon on 13 April 2025. It almost didn’t happen because of injuries, which only healed a week ago. To celebrate in advance I made this jumble of legs, arms, and a confused head. Its animation lives on the Divoom community, where I became a master pixel artist, also this week.

    A pixel art character with a round head is performing a dynamic jump while wearing a green shirt and red-and-white sneakers against a blue background.
  • Using Quick Poses I found a reference for a pose. After pixeling the nude I put some clothes on her to avoid flagging on the Divoom community. BTW, it wasn’t quick at all.

    A pixel art illustration shows a person kneeling with their head tilted back, wearing a yellow top and purple pants, set against a gradient background.
  • A larger piece, and Fate/Apocrypha fan art. I know I can do better, if I weren’t so out of practice. I also might have traced a little to get it done, after spending more than 12 hours on it today,

    An animated character with blonde hair is wearing an orange sweater, dark shorts, and thigh-high socks, standing against a grid background.
  • It’s been a while since I posted some pixel art on here, while I’ve been inundating the Divoom community with my creations, being mostly recommended by the staff. I don’t judge it high art, but I can see why they want to see more of it. Most don’t seem to post anything, or at best it’s low-effort.

    A small pixel art house with a red roof and smoking chimney sits on a snail, set against a simple, muted background.
  • The @pixeldailies.bsky.social #PixelDailies theme was #ladder Link has to climb the ultimate infinite ladder.

    A pixel art character is climbing an angled ladder against a colorful gradient background.
  • I suppose if you always play it safe (read: draw for more likes), you will never learn new things, and keep repeating old things until you’ve bored and stop creating. For me, this is a place of experimentation, finding your artistic limits, go beyond them, then dial back a bit.

    A pixel art scene depicting a forest path surrounded by lush green trees and foliage.
  • I started a new project in Procreate for pixel art. I already made a rough sketch and applied base colors (white, green and light-brown). It will become a 64 x 64 pixels piece for my Pixoo64. It’s been a while since I did a landscape, so it will be a challenge to finish it. Here’s a WIP.

    A sketched drawing of a dirt path through a lush green forest is shown, with a reference photo of the scene displayed below.
  • Here’s the process video of the pixel portrait of Jean-Luc Picard.

  • I hand-made a pixel portrait of captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek TNG, using Procreate.

    A pixel art portrait features a bald individual with a gradient background and a color palette displayed at the top.