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  • March 23, 2025 1:22pm
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    Art

    Pixel art

    I used this image as a reference for my contribution to March of Robots 2025. Though I didn’t design the robot, I did the color palette and animation.

    A pixel art robot with a friendly face and outstretched waving arms stands on a dotted background.
  • March 22, 2025 1:22pm
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    Art

    Pixel art

    If you assume you’re right, you’re probably aren’t. This is the self-deprecating idea that sprouted from using the import filter of the Divoom pixel editor wrongly. I thought it needed more pixels to avoid blurring them, like web browsers. Not so, just import 92 frames or less of 64 x 64 pixels.

    A colorful pixelated design featuring an animation of the numbers 01 thru 92 on a green background.
  • March 21, 2025 3:32pm
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    Pixel art

    According to the robot 🤖 this is a snow leopard, which seems fair considering the coloring, but I meant to draw a tiger 🐅 Ah well, it was from memory, and hence didn’t look much like the real deal anyway.

    A pixel art snow leopard is standing upright with its arms raised against a plain green background.
  • March 21, 2025 10:46am
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    Pixel art

    In this time of glorification of autocrats it seems somewhat uncool to post a selfie, since it tends to narcissism, one of the traits of an autocrat. Nevertheless, it was a fun exercise in panning around a main subject, even if it’s me, represented in pixel art for the Pixoo64.

    A pixel art portrait depicts a person with glasses, wearing a jacket against a purple and cyan background.
  • March 20, 2025 10:55am
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    Art

    Pixel art

    I used a reference photo—downloaded a long time ago—of a tiger walking in the snow, and thought of animating it as such. It didn’t come to that, yet, because of lack knowledge of animal anatomy. The creation started in Pixquare, refinement in Procreate, and final touches in Divoom’s pixel editor.

    A 64 x 64 pixel art depiction of a tiger head is centered above the word TIGER, with a sunburst pattern in the background.
  • March 19, 2025 9:09pm
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    Pixel art

    Dreaming at the dinner table when I was a preteen. We didn’t talk much, so I had to use my imagination to fill the silence. Vroooom-vroooom! And oh, it was todays theme #forklift from @pixeldailies.bksy.social #PixelDailies

    A pixel art-style scene featuring a robot with a grabber arm, a plate, some steamed kale with sausage, and boiled potatoes.
  • March 19, 2025 4:20pm
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    Home

    There’s room for improvement in my little garden. After all, spring’s still one day away.

    A garden bed filled with freshly tilled soil features budding shrubs and is bordered with small flowering plants.
  • March 19, 2025 2:40pm
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    Pixel art

    I made a photo of a bunch of daffodils a few days ago, and made a 192 x 64 pixel drawing today, which I turned into an infinite panning frame of 64 x 64 pixels for my Pixoo64 Cloud LED display. I also entered it in the Bloom2025 competition of the Divoom community.

    A pixel art depiction of a plant with white flowers against a gradient background.

    Here’s the reference.

    A cluster of daffodils is growing near a pond on a grassy area with shadows and trees reflected in the water.
  • March 18, 2025 3:52pm
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    The @pixeldailies.bsky.social theme was #castle #PixelDailies #Pixoo64

    A pixel art scene features a pink castle with towers, a horse, and a person on the ground.
  • March 15, 2025 9:23am
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    This was constructed for the #64x64 pixels #Pixoo64 and #PixelDailies theme #RobotController @pixeldailies.bsky.social

    A pixel art robot with wheels is moving on a paved surface.
  • March 14, 2025 11:38am
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    Pixel art

    I made a pixel drawing of a #tiger refining it using this CC reference from Flickr. Thusly I didn’t mechanically copy the reference, and made my own version for @pixeldaily.bsky.social theme for 13 March 2025.

    A pixel art depiction of a tiger lying down is set against a background of green leaves.
  • March 13, 2025 10:05am
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    So, how should I deal with Tumblr, as it has not yet joined the Fediverse? Should I assume it joining soon, and use @ mentions to Fediverse users, or should I make an exception and link with the user’s permalink to their user profile on their prime Fediverse server?

    Any help is appreciated.

  • March 13, 2025 8:39am
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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.
  • March 11, 2025 11:59am
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    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.
  • March 10, 2025 11:52am
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    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.
  • March 10, 2025 8:46am
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    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.

  • March 9, 2025 6:34pm
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    Pixel art

    For when I’m too busy making pixel art…

    A pixelated, abstract circular pattern with varying pastel colors on a light background.
  • March 8, 2025 9:04pm
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    Running

    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.
  • March 8, 2025 10:02am
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    Running

    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.

  • March 8, 2025 7:57am
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    Art

    Pixel art

    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.
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