Since I took the picture myself, I can copy it, I guess.

Creating something colorful that can be displayed on a Commodore 64 by loading and running a file involved a lot of (impossible to automate) creative steps. It took me around 4 hours for this simple drawing of my cat Aziz. 👨‍💻

I found an image editor that is able to draw Commodore 64 multicolor images. It can load PNG images, so I could draw on my iPad and color in this Java app on my Raspberry Pi-400. Yay!

I’m still learning, though. Also found a SID tracker to compose music on the C64, and my musical knowledge is meh.

Based on my previous sketch I made a pixel art version. To me it doesn’t look very convincing, which probably means I have to revise my process.
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I knew Ibispaint on iPad can do pixel art, sort of. However, its pixel brushes give more an impression of pixel art, than actual pixel art, more as an art meme rather than something to be displayed on a cathode ray tube. That isn’t a bad choice, especially since it allows art forms to be mixed.
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For the month of September 2023 micro∙blog organized a photo blogging challenge with daily prompts, and I adopted it for pixel art.
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1. Abstract
2. Buildup
3. Precious
4. Orange
5. Forest
6. Well
7. Panorama
8. Yonder
9. Language
10. Cycle
11. Retrospect
12. Panic
13. Glowing
14. Statue
15. Red
16. Oof!
17. Intense
18. Fabric
19. Edge
20. Disruption
21. Fall
22. Road
23. Day in the Life
24. Belt
25. Flare
26. Beverage
27. Embrace
28. Workout
29. Contrast
30. Treasure

It was mostly a fun experience. Sometimes I had to try another, less ambitious drawing, on other occasions I accepted a bad drawing for that day. I certainly did a lot of tracing to speed things up.

SepPixel for September 30, 2023, prompt: “Treasure."
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SepPixel for September 29, 2023, prompt: “Contrast."
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SepPixel for September 28, 2023, prompt: “Workout."
👾 ʎʇʇᴉʞ ‘sǝʇnlƃ ǝsoɥʇ uɹnq

SepPixel for September 27, 2023, prompt: “Embrace."
👾 xɐɯ oɹd ϛƖ ǝuoɥdᴉ ʍǝu ɹnoʎ ʎoɾuǝ

SepPixel for September 26, 2023, prompt: “Beverage."
👾 ǝɯ ɯoɹɟ ɟɟnp ou ʇɔǝdxǝ

SepPixel for September 25, 2023, prompt: “Flare."
👾 spl ǝɥʇ uo ʎsɐǝ

Turning a small illustration into pixel art is still a lot of creative drawing besides tracing. Shown is the intermediate size-reduction step I made in Procreate with a 1-pixel brush, and the 4x even smaller version in Pixaki. It’s based on an illustration from an image search.
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SepPixel for September 24, 2023, prompt: “Belt."
👾 uǝʞoɹq sᴉ ʇlǝq ǝɥʇ

Working ahead a few days in my current SepPixel challenge has shown me that my iPad needs upgrading. It doesn’t last longer than a few hours on a full charge, and drawings apps sometimes crash, probably because of low memory and software development with the M1 or better in mind.
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SepPixel for September 23, 2023, prompt: “Day in the Life."
👾 ǝƃpᴉɹɹod lɐǝɯʇɐo sǝʌol zᴉz∀ 🤭

SepPixel for September 22, 2023, prompt: “Road."
👾 ʎǝlloʍ qɹᴉɔʞ ɹoɐp

SepPixel for September 21, 2023, prompt: “Fall."
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I tried to draw a cute stylized cat from imagination, and see I’ll need more practice. Also, 64 by 64 pixels is a bit cramped for this art style. I probably need to bump it up to 96 by 96 or 128 by 128 pixels.
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SepPixel for September 20, 2023, prompt: “Disruption."
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