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  • I imported my previous pixel art portrait into the Divoom pixel editor and did some touch-ups before I exported it to my photo library.

    A pixel art depiction of an older man with wild hair and a beard is framed in a decorative silver frame.
  • I made a 64 x 64 pixel art portrait. For a longer description, see this blog post.

    A pixel art depiction of an elderly man with distinctive white hair and a mustache wearing a suit.
  • Here’s what I could come up with today, a duck in a pond drawn as 64 x 64 pixel art in Divoom’s pixel art editor.

    A pixelated duck swims in stylized water.
  • There’s no better way to learn than to just jump in and start drawing and animating, I guess. Shown is a simple animation loop and a color gradient through the 16 colors of the Sweetie-16 color palette.

  • This 64 x 64 “selfie” pixel art portrait took much, much longer than it needed to. I drew an outline in Pixquare, and replicated that in the Divoom pixel editor, after which I colored the sketch. The image is a screenshot, framed in Procreate, because Divoom’s export filter is no good.

    A pixel art-style portrait depicts a person wearing glasses, with a pink background and a pixelated appearance.
  • I reworked a pixel art piece I did earlier this year in Pixaki, imported it via the photo library into Divoom’s pixel art editor, took a screenshot inside the editor, and added a frame around it in Procreate. Of course, it is expected that I draw in Divoom’s app, which I find clumsy.

    A pixel art depiction of an orange cat with green eyes on a blue background.
  • While awaiting the arrival of my LED panel I made this 64x64 pixel art portrait from imagination. Alas importing into the Divoom app introduces unwanted anti-aliasing, almost impossible to get rid of. Ah well, it works for smaller panels too.

    Just got a notification, arrival within 15 minutes 😊

    A pixel art portrait features a man's face with a dark background and a small color palette in the corner.
  • I refined yesterday’s stapler pixel art in the Divoom pixel editor at 64x64 pixels. Now I’m waiting for the LED panel to arrive, so I can test it. 🥁🥁🥁💥🎉🥳

    A pixel art illustration of a mechanical-looking object with intricate patterns and a colorful spherical top.
  • I found this ornate stapler on Sketchfab and took a snapshot of a side view to study and draw. I wanted to see if I could turn it into 64 x 64 pixel art somehow. The sketch took me 4½ hours, and the pixel art version an hour or so.

    A grayscale sketch depicts a mechanical object with an ornate design and a spring mechanism on a base, accompanied by the word SKETCH below. A pixelated image of a stylized, ornate mechanical object in grayscale.
  • The only reason I still frequented Twitter/X is because of Pixel Dailies. They now switched to Bluesky, so I follow them there. Alas, there doesn’t seem to be federation in place, unless you use a hack, so I can’t but share Pixel Dailies profile page.

  • Pixel art portrait
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    monochrome pixel art portrait of a young woman
  • Yet another pixel portrait.
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    pixel drawing of portrait of woman
  • Pixel portrait.
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    pixel drawing of a woman with pig tails
  • After a brief hiatus I started pixeling again.
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    pixel art of a portrait of a laughing person
  • Pentecost literally means fiftieth. Since it’s 49 days after Easter, it is an example of an off-by-one error. Another is that for marking 10 distances one needs 11 distance markers, instead of 10.
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    pixel art illustrating pentecost as a stamp
  • Apparently, genAI doesn’t know what to make of this.
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    pixel art of a mouse
  • It’s funny how lack of confidence can effect one’s art output.
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    pixel art portrait of tom hanks
  • Gμν + Λgμν = κTμν
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    pixel art with stereotypical scientist in lab coat and the Einstein Field Equation written next to them
  • Is simple always best?
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    pixel art of cartoon kitten with feline written behind it
  • Life is a long battle of endurance.
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    pixel art of heart-shaped body figure, fist raised, laughing