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posts from @BlueBeads-Art tagged #pixel art

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Posted to Tumblr on 2019-07-19
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Just a cute little icon of my girl Vivi. :D

I made this to import into Minecraft via World Edit to make map art, and mission successful! In monochrome though, because let’s face it, those colors would never look good with the available block and map colors. The converter I used turned her skin into solid gold and it looked awful.

An in-game screenshot also featuring my custom skin:
Map art of the above image in Minecraft

2024 BlueBead says this art aged so well! It's a classic to me.



Posted to Tumblr on 2017-02-14
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I haven’t tried lineless art in years. It was surprisingly painless, although I did fall into the trap of “I could tweak this drawing endlessly,” since there’s no point of no return with my usual line art.

The thing that still really fascinates me about pixel art with dithering is that this entire drawing only has 16 colors. I could easily knock it down to 14 too, although I didn’t want to sacrifice the yellowy white in the background and the darkest shade of brown in the pupils. I was hyperfixated on optical illusions as a little kid, so using dithering and color illusions to make a color palette as small as possible makes me happy.

Also Dan Fessler’s HD Index Painting is still the coolest friggin thing to happen in my artist life.



Fish posted to Tumblr on 2017-02-03

Original Description Shaking off the Depression Art Block™ with some pixel art! Last time I did serious pixel art was… late 2015, apparently.

I really ought to make pixel art more. I enjoy it, and I think it looks nice. (Honestly I prefer how my shading looks in pixel art compared to my normal art…)
Fun fact: My introduction to digital art was actually making sprite edits, back before I even had a deviantART account. AKA pre-2006. So pixel art/sprites will always have a special place in my heart.

Rebel posted to Tumblr on 2017-02-06

Original Description More pixel art! This time of Rebel from Nuclear Throne. I really wish I could play as her, but I haven’t unlocked her yet. I’ve gotten close. :(

I used Dan Fessler’s HD Index Painting technique for the shading. I cannot understate how good automatic dithering feels. I’m still getting used to how to apply it to my usual brand of pixel art, but it’s a good first step!