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  • September 20, 2023 9:10am

    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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    pixel art of a stylized cat
  • September 20, 2023 8:03am

    SepPixel for September 20, 2023, prompt: “Disruption."
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    pixel art of a disruption in the Internet through an Ethernet cable that is out of its socket
  • September 19, 2023 6:59am

    Since I’ll be drawing cats the whole next month, I’d better up my cat drawing skills. If nothing else, it’s fun to study what others have made. Little secret, cats seems cute to us, ‘cause they share traits with small children. I guess you already knew that, so not really a secret 😻 Mew!

    screenshot of procreate on iPad showing a canvas filled with reference illustrations of cute cats and cat girls
  • September 19, 2023 6:15am

    SepPixel for September 19, 2023, prompt: “Edge."
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    pixel art of Mickey Mouse falling off a cliff, Wiley Coyote style, while Donald Duck is standing far away on the cliff taking his hat off
  • Retrospect: 2023 Reddit Sketch Daily challenge

    September 18, 2023 3:36pm

    To get back into pixel art, I gave myself the challenge to draw the daily prompts (themes or alt themes) for r/SketchDaily on Reddit and post the result on both it and my blog. Here are the prompts and the links to blog posts with the drawing in it.
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    1. July 26, 2023: Pillow Fight
    2. July 28, 2023: Free Draw Friday, a portrait
    3. July 29, 2023: Ogre
    4. July 30, 2023: Witches
    5. July 31, 2023: Microscope
    6. August 1, 2023: Sandwiches
    7. August 2, 2023: Disguise
    8. August 3, 2023: Large Birds
    9. August 4, 2023: Dusty Old Books
    10. August 5, 2023: Free Draw Friday, black and white cat
    11. August 6, 2023: Cycle of Life
    12. August 7, 2023: Gloomy
    13. August 8, 2023: Bump in the Night
    14. August 9, 2023: Gudetama
    15. August 10, 2023: Regatta
    16. August 11, 2023: Free Draw Friday, laser shooting cat
    17. August 12, 2023: High Society
    18. August 13, 2023: The Angriest Looking Fish You Ever Saw
    19. August 14, 2023: Beehive
    20. August 15, 2023: Bears
    21. August 16, 2023: Plumbing
    22. August 17, 2023: Heavy Metal
    23. August 18, 2023: Free Draw Friday (finished the bears of August 15, 2023).
    24. August 19, 2023: The Matrix
    25. August 20, 2023: Olympics
    26. August 21, 2023: Donkey Kong
    27. August 22, 2023: Galaxy Quest
    28. August 23, 2023: Illustrate Your Reddit Username, Ditto version 2
    29. August 24, 2023: The Muppet Christmas Carol
    30. August 25, 2023: Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
    31. August 26, 2023: Movie Week Free Draw Finale (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
    32. August 27, 2023: News Headline
    33. August 28, 2023: Evolution
    collage of drawings and pixel art for the SketchDaily subreddit

    You’ve undoubtably noticed that the 30 days were in fact 33 days. Who is counting if they’re having fun?

    It was indeed very enjoyable, though tiring. Doing pixel art is as slow as doing coloring pencils (i.e. very slow), at least, for me it is. I could easily spend 6 hours on a pixel art drawing, not counting research and pauses. It wasn’t sustainable on the long run. This is why I stopped as soon as I had another challenge in sight, the photo blogging challenge by micro∙blog, which I repurposed for pixel art, called it SepPixel.

  • September 18, 2023 8:38am

    SepPixel for September 18, 2023, prompt: “Fabric."
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    pixel art of tartan texture, needle and thimble
  • September 17, 2023 9:59am

    SepPixel for September 17, 2023, prompt: “Intense”
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    pixel art of an intense dream sequence
  • September 16, 2023 8:39am

    I found this list of prompts for this year’s feline alternative to Inktober, called Catober. It’s made by Karen Luk. I found it on LinkedIn through a web search.

    catober 2023 prompt list
  • September 16, 2023 6:58am

    SepPixel for September 16, 2023, prompt: “Oof!"
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    pixel art of guy punching a punching bag full on
  • September 15, 2023 11:19am

    I like this quote from One Piece, the live action series now on Netflix:

    If you find your current path in life too easy, you’re on the wrong path.

  • September 15, 2023 11:16am

    Muddling through live sketching of Maahir…

    Cat sitting on table with sketches shown of this cat.
  • September 15, 2023 9:39am

    SepPixel for September 15, 2023, prompt: “Red."
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    pixel art of a painting of the Satan character in the Netflix series Disenchantment
  • September 14, 2023 12:53pm

    Listening to tech podcasts regaling about Apple’s 2023 iPhones and Watches is as interesting to me (read: not) as any unobtainium in this world. It’s an insta-skip.

  • September 14, 2023 12:15pm

    Thinking of my next art challenge for the month of October. It’s Inktober, yet with cats and in pixel art instead of ink on paper.
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    pixel art of empty canvas for the catober art challenge
  • September 14, 2023 11:09am

    Maahir turned four today. Happy birthday, buddy!

    bengal cat being cute and all
  • September 14, 2023 11:00am

    SepPixel for September 14, 2023, theme: “Statue."
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    pixel art of stylized shark with knife, fork and napkin around neck, placed on a pedestal, titled SHARK
  • September 13, 2023 11:00am

    SepPixel for September 13, 2023, theme: “Glowing."
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    Pixel art of Pokémon's Pikachu glowing in the dark.
  • September 12, 2023 6:06pm

    Pixel Dailies theme for September 12, 2023 is: “Rulebook."
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    No rules, no game.

    pixel art with 32 by 32 pixels frame with a rulebook
  • September 12, 2023 3:23pm

    I thought the new micro∙blog photo prompts were quite challenging, but if you stop being literal, it’s actually not hard. In case someone wanted a challenge: “wabi-sabi.” I’m not suggesting it, though, since I’m not any good at suggestions, because of misreading woke individuals on the Internet.

  • September 12, 2023 11:00am

    SepPixel for September 12, 2023, theme: “Panic."
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    pixel art of Panic's Playdate gaming device
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