2024
Eagle Nebula - 27 April 2024
Today's piece of pixel art is based on the Eagle Nebula. It was going to be pink and purple like the reference photo I used, but I've used pink and purple twice in space art, so I decided to go with blue instead.
This took 1 hour in Clip Studio Paint.
Spiral Galaxy - 20 April 2024
Today's doodle. Yes, it's a doodle; it only took 30 minutes. Drawn in Clip Studio Paint as usual.
I tried to reference Messier 77 for this, but it ended up taking on a life of its own.
Ultra-Dramatic Campfire on the Lakeshore - 23 March 2024
I originally wanted to draw the Milky Way over a lake. Once I had all the base colors laid down, that wasn't what the piece looked like at all. It looked like - as the title says - a campfire producing a ton of smoke.
This took around 1.5 hours in Clip Studio Paint.
Bubbly Nebula - 2 March 2024
This weekend's piece of pixel art is something simple since I'm recovering from a cold: a bubbly nebula. The actual "base" of a piece like this doesn't take too long: around 20 minutes, with each color on its own layer. Then I merge all the layers and spend the rest of the time is spent on details (stars and smaller "bubbles") and cleanup.
This took a little over an hour in Clip Studio Paint.
The Stars Over Your Cauldron - 24 February 2024
I had a couple of ideas for Alan Wake 2 fanarts, but I knew I wanted to incorporate both Bright Falls and the Dark Place was well as the triangles into them. I settled on "an hourglass showing the water from Cauldron lake turning into rain in the Dark Place" but that didn't quite look good - thus the lack of rain.
I didn't have good enough screenshots of the Oceanview Hotel and surrounding areas, so I improvised quite a lot of that section. I intended to put in streetlamps, but they were removed once I decided not to show the road. I did end up liking the sprite quite a bit, so I saved it in its own file:
Once Cauldron Lake and the Dark Place were done, I realized I had no idea what to do with the sides of the triangles. I considered drawing the Writer's Room and Mind Place, profile portraits of Alan and Saga, and manuscript pages. Eventually I decided on the very first manuscript page of Return (Saga's part), and some text from the first murder site of Initiation (Alan's part).
The title comes from Dark Ocean Summoning by Old Gods of Asgard (Poets of the Fall). This took a little over 8 hours in Clip Studio Paint.
Aurora Over Lake - 15 February 2024
This started out as a solar eclipse seen from outside the Earth's atmosphere. That wasn't working, so I switched gears to something simpler: an aurora. Why isn't it reflected in the water? It's too high up! Also I couldn't figure out a good way to do the reflection.
This took around 1.5 hours in Clip Studio Paint.
Purple Planet - 11 February 2024
This is based on a digital painting I did back in 2012. The planet originally had rings, but I couldn't figure out a way to make it look good.
This took a little over 2 hours in Clip Studio Paint.
Pink & Purple Milky Way - 4 February 2024
Would you believe that this started as a sunset over the mountains? I thought the sky looked a little boring and added some stars. Then I added some hints of the Milky Way behind those stars. Then I realized it would be better to focus on the Milky Way itself.
This took a little over an hour in Clip Studio Paint.
Cumulonimbus Clouds - 28 January 2024
I love drawing fluffy clouds. I was a little iffy at first at having three different shading styles in one piece, but it turned out fine, I think. This took 2.5 hours in Clip Studio Paint.
Pixel Galaxies - 22 January 2024
I've been thinking about doing something like this for a while! The center galaxy went through multiple revisions. My initial idea was for something like the Sombrero Galaxy, but it wasn't working and I decided on on a face-on spiral instead. This took a little over an hour in Clip Studio Paint.
Astral Plane - 13 January 2024
I've been wanting to draw the Astral Plane from Control for a while. I originally planned to use more colors, but decided on a light/dark contrast to keep it simpler. This took around 1.5 hours.
Lake Sunset - 1 January 2024
A quick pixel art scene. 100% inspired by the views around Cauldron Lake in Alan Wake 2.
2023
After 13 years, I've gotten back into pixel art!
Pixel Moonrise - 3 December 2023
Sort of a redo of an acrylic painting I did in 2019. This took about 1.5 hours.
Pixel Sunset - 24 November 2023
Trying out a new shading style here. This took about 1.75 hours.
Sailor Moon Pixel Icons - 6 September 2023
Pixel icons of some of the Sailor Senshi. There were going to be a lot more characters on this, but I wanted to get it done and move on to other things.
Tropical Island - 12 August 2023
Some tropical art, based on an old lineart I drew in 2019. I always intended to color that lineart, and never got around to it until now.
Fluffy Clouds - 11 August 2023
There were a lot of fluffy clouds in the sky today, and I felt like emulating some of my old oekaki art. It took forever to figure out what I wanted to do with the background. Took ~1.5 hours.
Arizona Sunrise - 11 February 2023
Just felt like drawing a typical Arizona sunrise.
2008-2010
Unfortunately, I only have dates for one of these: the propellor hat cat (8 December 2008). The three animated icons here were done in GIMP, and the rose was drawn in MS Paint.
I'm pretty sure I drew those animated icons at 50x50 px so I could use them as deviantART icons.
