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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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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I saw this video on YT, where it was claimed that the move to green energy can’t be achieved through capitalism, because there’s not enough profit in it. On the contrary, the video claims that we are in this mess through the exploitation of humans by a few wealthy individuals in the 19th century.

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

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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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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One of the questions arising in busy, sleep-deprived people is: “Why do we need sleep?” On the opposite, well-rested individuals ask themselves if it should be reversed into: “Why do we need to be awake?” Sleep seems an optimal state to be in, while wake brings problems.

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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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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I had some sleep over me not bonding with the How We Feel app. Like I’ve learned not to give human traits to animals, treat them as their own being, seems I’ve learned not to anthropomorphize e-devices and apps. Since those are dispassionate, I’m allowed to be the same. That’s my rationalization 🤔

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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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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I can imagine so many websites are being blocked in the European Union by their owners when one disallows tracking, is because they are in bed with Meta (aka Facebook). Meta is known to collect highly personal data, including health data, for attention farming. The Threads app is no exception there.

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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I suppose rate limiting Twitter users to 10,000 tweets per day for verified users, 1000 for existing unverified, and 500 for new unverified users, will force people to do something with all that free time. Might I suggest paying attention to that stranger across the dinner table, aka spouse?

Not caring so much about the final result doesn’t always bring greatness, but it brings results which may turn out to be great, or at least descent. Art is as much about the making as it is about showing what you made. Artists, great or not, ship.
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