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  • April 9, 2021 6:49pm
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    Drafts

    I’ve downloaded the free version of Drafts as an alternative to Apple Notes for my micro-blogging. It has been a while that I’ve used the app (version 3), so it was quite different from the simple app I was used to. It even has support for Taskpaper, a ToDo app on MacOS.

  • April 9, 2021 3:25pm
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    I use HEX Editor by aZeR DiLLs basically for two things:

    • replace Window returns (hex 0D0A) by MacOS returns (hex 0A) with HEX-iT!
    • change the file extension with RENAME

    Both are hard to do on iOS otherwise.

  • April 9, 2021 8:40am
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    Art

    Pixel art

    For the Sketch a Day app. The concept “sharp” as pixel art, 32x32px, 7 colors.
    👾 🎨

    A pixelated mountain peak reaches towards a glowing moon in a night sky, surrounded by small scattered stars.
  • April 8, 2021 1:11pm
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    Art

    Pixel art

    A man rag of reserve. Pixel art 32x32px, 11 colors. 🎨 For the Sketch a Day app.
    👾

    car reversing
  • April 7, 2021 10:17pm
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    Art

    I love 1950’s SF movies and their low budget look. This pixel 🎨 was prompted by today’s Pixel Dailies theme “mole.” It’s 48x48px, 4 colors.

    crummy moleman
  • April 7, 2021 1:26pm
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    Art

    Spongebob Squarepants inspired pixel 🎨 240x160px, 14 colors.

    Drawn for the Sketch a Day app. Today’s prompt was “reef.”

    cartoony rendering of reef
  • April 7, 2021 10:16am
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    Art

    This pixel 🎨 WIP shows that it pays to work a little longer at a piece before taking a break. After 2 hours or so, I really needed a break, so I exported both versions and put them on top of each other, to see the difference.

    It’s not done yet, though, not by a long shot.

    reef Spongebob Squarepants style
  • April 6, 2021 9:42pm
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    Art

    Today’s theme for Pixel Dailies was punchcard. This is a still frame of an animated GIF, 32x32px, 4 Gameboy colors. 🎨

    strongman punching cards on machine
  • April 6, 2021 5:02pm
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    Art

    I’ve gone with the unconfirmed etymology of the word, mountain valley village. Drawn for the Sketch a Day app, prompt Nepal.

    Pixel 🎨 240x160px, 16 colors.

    mountain valley village
  • April 6, 2021 9:53am
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    Home

    It snowed last night… It will be molten in a few hours, since it’s above freezing. 🏠

    winter garden
  • April 6, 2021 8:53am
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    Art

    When I really, really want to make something awesome, I need strip down an idea to its essentials, and then add what I need. That’s what I did in this basic design of a mountain valley village, the supposed etymology of the word Nepal. Pixel 🎨 WiP, 240x160px.

    basic design of mountain valley village
  • April 5, 2021 5:31pm
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    I had to look up today’s Pixel Dailies theme “Super Boss.” After going through a boring explanation on YT about Final Fantasy (boring game IME), I decided to go my own way—nothing surprising there—and fixed their obvious typo; it should be: “Supper Boss”, clearly!

    A pixel art chef flips food in a pan with the word Suppertime above.
  • April 5, 2021 12:21pm
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    Art

    If you’re not on the floor, squirming in laughter, I can totally understand. I now appreciate the existence of the laugh track for reruns of unfunny tv shows. I’m looking at you, Happy Days, after the Fonz jumped the 🦈 Aaayyy!

    Nintendo Gameboy pixel 🎨 160x144px, 2 colors.

    dog chasing bird and chicks in circle
  • April 5, 2021 9:43am
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    Art

    Not sure if this qualifies, but it’s a drawing.

    Drawn for the Sketch a Day app. Today’s prompt was “funny.”

    Pixel 🎨 Nintendo Gameboy resolution, 160x144px, 8 colors.

    dog running in circle after bird and chickens
  • April 4, 2021 5:12pm
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    Today’s Pixel Dailies theme was box art. How quaint, like LP’s and land lines, so oldskool. 80x80px, 12 colors.

  • April 4, 2021 9:58am
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    Art

    I needed that earlier bread bun for what I actually wanted to draw, a bunny made of bun, just for fun, and the pun.

    It was drawn for today’s prompt (bunny if you hadn’t guessed) for the Sketch a Day app. Pixel 🎨 64x64px, 6 colors.

  • April 4, 2021 8:58am
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    Art

    I made this isometric perspective bun for PixelJoint, 64x64px, 5 colors.

    pixel 🎨

  • April 3, 2021 11:56am
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    On my reading list now. Gamasutra - The Aesthetics of Game Art and Game Design

  • April 3, 2021 11:21am
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    Art

    A delicate balance indeed! Pixel 🎨 20 colors.

    For the Sketch a Day app. Today’s prompt was delicate.

  • April 2, 2021 9:48pm
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    Art

    Pixel art

    My contributions for PixelJoint are often more considered, since it is a community of such excellent artists, making me want to do just a little bit more effort. This one is called: “Early Catch.” It’s 60 x 48 pixels, 10 colors and pixel.
    👾 🎨

    cat and mouse
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