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Freelance pixel, textmode, and vector artist, plus a low poly modeler. Comms: buymeacoffee.com/jamestdg Portfolio: jamestdg.newgrounds.com Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jamestdg Also the maintainer of @CascadianAction.Bsky.social #unitethebioregion

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Damn, that's a little fast, can't even pause to absorb each stage

09.03.2026 00:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man in a hard hat and overalls is dancing ALT: a man in a hard hat and overalls is dancing

Oh no no, I'm from a much older class

08.03.2026 16:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Jfc, I barely remember battleborn...

08.03.2026 16:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh man, I definitely want to see a timelapse of that

08.03.2026 16:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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~1.5 hours of save scumming later, FINALLY, I get the watch!

07.03.2026 14:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man in a blue turtleneck is sitting at a messy desk with senorgif.com written on the bottom ALT: a man in a blue turtleneck is sitting at a messy desk with senorgif.com written on the bottom

I am HATING Poker Night's re-release so much. I ALMOST won Sasha from Heavy, and then the side bet, the FUCKING SIDE BET saves his ass, and then to add insult to injury, he loses it to Tycho the next hand!

07.03.2026 12:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Honestly, I just don't like how stiff the RPG maker games feel...

07.03.2026 07:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Color helper could be improved if it had a hueshift feature added to the ramps too

07.03.2026 06:24 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Maaaybe try a lower resolution canvas and then upscaling the final by 4x-8x next time, bsky's compression makes it so the pixels aren't noticeable

07.03.2026 06:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Honestly, CRT is a case-by-case scenario for me, some NES games look amazing with CRT (Konami Batman for starters), others, not so much...

07.03.2026 05:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I highly recommend playing it through the Super Gameboy on the SNES!

07.03.2026 05:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You're missing out on tactics advance and A2 though. Amazing entries held back because I don't think even Square remembers they made it

07.03.2026 05:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Scribblenauts, however I'm gonna go 1 step further, Super Scribblenauts on the Nintendo DS.

07.03.2026 05:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The very first lesson in our beginner #pixelart course!

It will help you choose which software to use, and get to know the most basic tools!

pixelschool.org

06.03.2026 16:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 24 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Psst, don't do RPG Maker, it's scope is too limited. You get far more fun games if you're using an engine like Godot.

07.03.2026 05:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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#pixelart #aseprite
Set of Icons (2021)

06.03.2026 20:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 101 ๐Ÿ” 19 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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07.03.2026 05:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm wary about it just because the main allure of b&w is explicitly the art style it had. That was where Pokemon visually peaked

07.03.2026 04:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I feel like these could be better if they were more than just direct downscales...

07.03.2026 02:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

By the time I got to I think it was the casino (just before the cruise), I was just so bored out of my skull, because the loop was so repetitive, even on hard mode.

I think the game could work if the roguelike formula was applied to it in the modern day...

06.03.2026 13:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So, I just got to replay Betty's Beer Bar after not touching it in over 15 years (Grandma bought me it when I was 3 lol). The game is great, but the difficulty curve kind of flattens out way too early.

06.03.2026 13:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Nippy the cacodemon dismissing Painini the pain elemental rather rudely, and Painini spits her pet Bonehead the lost soul at her in return.

Nippy the cacodemon dismissing Painini the pain elemental rather rudely, and Painini spits her pet Bonehead the lost soul at her in return.

Maybe a bit of less crass will help your case, Nippy.

#pixelart #digitalart #cacodemon #painelemental #DOOM

05.03.2026 16:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Honestly, it's better to memorize the keyboard shortcuts, than to manually click each tool in the bar.
(Also, I cannot remember how to split these tools)

06.03.2026 13:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Psst, might wanna add some breathing

05.03.2026 10:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The dithering on your chainmail needs a little bit more contrast

05.03.2026 10:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't think any of our editors support exporting to that format.

Also, it is ill-advised to be doing that in the first place, considering it would grossly inflate the file size

05.03.2026 10:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very useful info to know.

05.03.2026 10:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
When uploading to Bluesky, remember to resize your works to 800%!

Why? Images are converted to .jpeg when uploaded. .jpeg compresses the image into 8x8 pixel blocks.

If a block has more than one colour, that dreaded compression occurs!

When uploading to Bluesky, remember to resize your works to 800%! Why? Images are converted to .jpeg when uploaded. .jpeg compresses the image into 8x8 pixel blocks. If a block has more than one colour, that dreaded compression occurs!

I've been seeing a lot of pixel artists struggle with Bluesky's image compression, so I'd thought I'd share how to get clear, crisp pixels on the site!

Share to help a fellow pixel-artist!

#pixelart #tutorial

17.11.2024 18:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 4925 ๐Ÿ” 2292 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 87 ๐Ÿ“Œ 56

THE CHILDREN YEARN FOR MORE MINES

05.03.2026 10:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, the sheer fact that our medium isn't well understood by most outsiders really hurts us a lot in the ai age, because they won't pick up on those telltale signs.

05.03.2026 03:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0