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    At first I wanted to do one 32x32 pixels portrait per minute, but that turned out to be one per hour. Doing one of these per day shows me how I’m slowly improving my art skills over the days. There’s a lot of zooming in and out, squinting, and cringing over old art involved, as there should be.
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    256 by 192 pixel art with 4 out of 12 portraits of 32 by 32 pixels already finished

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    This weekend a pixel art tutorial by former DeviantArtist kiwinuptuo about lines and shading. I plan to extend it with floor shadow and with different drawing techniques. We see how far I’ll get. It’s rather sophisticated, so I’ll take my time. What I won’t do—yet—is texture, nor patterning.
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    256 by 192 pixel art showing lines, circles and a sphere

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    Call me ignorant for never having heard of Robert Henri before @thatkruegergirl mentioned him in a quote.
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    48 by 96 pixel art of impressionist artist Robert Henri in a defiant hero pose

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    There couldn’t be more opposite movies in cinemas, while two strikes are going on in Hollywood over streaming residuals and a ban on AI script writing. It all is in our heads, in our heads.
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    64 by 64 pixel art of Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb and Barbie, the chearleader of everything pink

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    The tv show Mannix was made in the late 1960’s, starring Mike Connors, with theme music by Lalo Schriffin (who also wrote the original Mission Impossible theme, and still composes and performs music at age 91). I traced a screenshot, which isn’t as straigthforward as you would hope at that size.
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    128 by 72 pixel art of title screen of the tv show Mannix, showing 6 frames of the private detective in action

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    For some a promise is just a bunch of words to keep the masses busy with their silly expectations.
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    64 by 64 pixel art with text WHENEVER Have I Been a Man Of My Word? FOOLED YA! and a cartoon character flipping the birds, written next to it Zuck U!

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    I used to think that the ALT attribute is a kind of image description. Yes it is, but only machine-readable (i.e. for screen readers). For sighted humans, you can use the TITLE attribute or the FIGCAPTION tag, in addition to the ALT attribute. Right-click or long-press to reveal.
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    32 by 32 pixel art of Alt Attribute character
    Alt Attribute

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    Good gracious me, it’s more like 60 minutes than 60 seconds. I have no idea how artists are able to draw so fast. I get lost in details as soon as I pick up a stylus to draw, and forget about any time limit.
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    160 by 144 pixel art titled Gone in 60 s, with two portraits of 32 by 32 pixels of a woman with a bun, and an old man wearing a cap

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    The idea was quick sketches of one minute to speed up my drawing. I failed on the first one, which was more like 30 minutes. Ah well, still 11 to go…
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    160 by 144 pixel art drawing with text Gone in 60s, twelve 32 by 32 white squares, one of which has a portrait drawing

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    I suppose I need to practice a lot a lot to even approach the level of a videogame character designer. I comfort myself by stating that, from now on, it only can get better, right?
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    160 by 144 pixel art drawing of two fighting characters in a videogame

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    I clearly lack the skill and experience of the artists of Street Fighter Alpha, which I need to complete my weekend project 😅 I’m smelling a big F here…
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    screenshot of original pixel art from street fighter alpha next to my rendition at lower resolution

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    This work in progress shows I have still a lot to learn. How in tarnation did they draw these game characters? My guess is that this piece of mine will land in the 🗑️ soon enough 😔 Back to the 🎬 I mean.
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    160 by 144 pixel art of fighting arena with badly drawn fighter in business suit against a big floating question mark

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    Planning my ambitious weekend project of sideline commentary on bulbous sacrilegious smrq* between tech silo ceos.
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    *: shameless male raging quibble

    screenshot of pixel art app Pixaki with base drawing and several reference photos of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, their social networks and a cage fight

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    I’m trying to draw smaller than 32 by 32, which should teach me to make every pixel have at least one function, as well how to make clumps of pixels be something that can be interpreted through imagination. I still have a long way to go.
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    24 by 24 pixel art drawing of a gorilla

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    While trying to improve it’s disheartening that the artist lacks an overview of their progress, since they go from artwork to artwork, never seeing a breakthrough, nor an overnight success. What remains is the joy of drawing. Of course, that can easily be had without intent of getting better at it.
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    32 by 32 pixel art of sitting mouse, grooming

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    Pixeling on a 32 by 32 pixel canvas is getting easier with every next attempt. Of course, the movie Terminator (1984) has already an 80s look to it, and a 2D platformer on a game console would not surprise me.
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    32 by 32 pixel art of the Terminator flesh robot from the movie on a black background with white rim lighting

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    It is said that good artists draw everything. So I drew a bike on a 32 by 32 pixel canvas using a limited color palette. Of course, I used a reference.
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    32 by 32 pixel art of Dutch bike on red asphalt in the Dutch countryside, without rider

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    I suppose when taking symbolism too seriously it turns into stereotyping. Here I combined some of the state symbols of Texas ⭐️ into a 16 by 16 pixel character.
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    32 by 32 pixel art 🖼️ of Texas: lone star, long horn, mockingbird, and bluebonnet

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    I used a photo reference I took myself of my cat Aziz and tried to recreate a somewhat realistic piece in pixel art on a 32 by 32 canvas. The light is coming from the left and the cat is grounded by a shadow. I’m happy I could capture his cautious nature.
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    32 by 32 pixel art of a bengal cat sitting

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    I don’t put myself above tracing to better understand what I’m drawing. It’s a shortcut used by artists since the invention of the camera obscura, and known to be popular around the second half of the 16th century. It’s like with cheat sheets in school; not needed if you’ve written enough of them.
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    32 by 32 pixel art of a golden haired dog