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  • The theme of Pixel Dailies for 12 March 2025 was #frame #64x64 #PixelDailies #Pixoo64

    A pixelated purple dragon with red eyes stands against a green background with an orange checkered border.

  • The theme of Pixel Dailies for 10 March 2025 was #OversizedClothing #64x64 #PixelDailies

    A pixelated scene features a smiling face on a purple pedestal, several clothing items, and the phrase Oversized Clothes at the top.

  • At least the robot 🤖 got the number right, otherwise putting candles on my humongous BD cake has become ridiculous, and a real chore. 🎂

    A pixel art cake with 65 candles arranged on top.

  • I really liked this video by Asianometry about heat in IC’s, and how it complicates development of chips, because how heat behaves at the quantum level is still unknown. This is one of the reasons developing nanometer scale microprocessors is so expensive and time-consuming.

  • For when I’m too busy making pixel art…

    A pixelated, abstract circular pattern with varying pastel colors on a light background.

  • Today I ran a half marathon race to determine my marathon goal five weeks from now. With 2h06m16s I could go for a 4h15m marathon, yet 4h30m seems a safer bet, especially because I was heavily injured for four month, in which I could hardly train, or only very slowly.

    Four people are jogging on a sunlit path surrounded by leafless trees under a clear sky.

  • Checking out specific details on the Marathon Rotterdam website, since it’s only five weeks and one day before I’ll be running my fifth marathon. No, the details aren’t there yet, so I’ll have to be patient. Probably will receive an email about those anyway.

  • Yesterday I failed at the day before’s prompt #CharacterGenerator of the Pixel Dailies daily challenge. The idea was a normally clad person stepping into the booth and coming out as another person wearing spectacular clothes. Alas, it will never be completed 😕

    A pixel art illustration shows two people ascending a tall block using ropes on a patterned surface.

  • I made an isometric cube rotate in 72 steps. After importing it into the Divoom app’s pixel editor, I found a limit for the number of frames in an animation (60 for 64x64 pixels). So I had to be creative with 36 frames. After reuploading to the Divoom app, I tweaked it to get it even more perfect.

    A pixelated figure resembling a white duck stands on a chair against a simple, two-toned background.

  • A pixel art depiction of a smiling orange cat with its tail raised, set against a green circular background. That’s what the alt text says.

    A pixel art depiction of a smiling orange cat with its tail raised, set against a green circular background.

  • When I notice my peripheral vision, besides blurring, I can see distortion in the perspective. I tried to illustrate that effect in a pixel animation. Not sure it’s because of my bad vision, or if it’s more general for all seeing humans. It could also be my imagination playing tricks on me.

    A pixel art image features two sets of eyes with the phrase Changing Perspectives above and intricate patterns below.

  • Can’t wrap my head around Tapestry by @iconfactory I want to keep my sanity by interacting less with social media. This app wants me to do the opposite. Even though the app seems to shield me from the worst, the people I’m interacting with aren’t, and so the worst gets to me by proxy. So why?

  • I made this for yesterday’s prompt of Pixel Dailies: #scale. It’s based on my pixel font at original and 300 percent scale. Rotating a plane is some kind of scaling as well. Note that I’m in favor of human made pixel art, as opposed to a purely (and copyright-wise questionable) AI-based version.

    A pixelated art piece featuring the text Making Pixel Art with a hand-drawn style.

  • I’m trying to make putting text onto my Pixoo64 much easier with (possibly) a pixel font. The matrix is 4 pixels wide and 6 pixels high, so there’s room for 10 lines of 16 characters (64 x 60 pixels in total) on the 64x64 pixels screen. I can has a scroll like in Star Wars 😂

    A green pixelated font displays an alphabet, a pangram sentence, and numbers against a black background.

  • When the clock strikes twelve…

    A pixel art clock with Roman numerals is depicted, featuring a silhouette of a black cat near the six o'clock position on the clock face.

  • This game is about getting the ball off the platform using the helicopter, yet without crashing it.

    An 8-bit style graphic depicts a helicopter above a multicolored, circular arena with a central focal point against a background of red rays.

  • Didn’t expect to reach level 11 in the Divoom pixel art community so soon, so I had to put together something in a hurry.

    A pixelated character gleefully jumps with arms raised, surrounded by the words Level 11 and Clap.

  • An imbalance of power between a teapot and a teacup.

    A pixel art teapot with a face pours liquid into a cup, which also has a face, under the word DRINK!

  • I imagined how Mega Man would look like sans armor. I can do a turn around of this character to learn more about character development. At least, that’s what I hope will happen. It could all end in disappointment.

    A pixelated character with blonde hair and a red outfit stands on a platform, featuring exaggerated expressions and limbs.

  • I ran my first long endurance run, seven weeks before I want to run the Rotterdam Marathon (April 13). As expected, today wasn’t easy, but I’m confident I will cross the finish line. The injury that was plaguing me since October 2024 seems to have cured itself, by reducing mileage and speed. Yay me!