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Freelance Pixel artist, Enthusiast for retro games, Dork .

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Hello! It’s been quite awhile since I’ve last posted! Lifes given me alot on my plate as of recently, though I’m taking the time to tackle through and wind up on the other side better than prior!  Anyhoo; This was a random blob test originally (Top sprite) where the only custom parts were the blobs (his) right horn and white glare in the eyes. c: I could see many possibilities! Could you? 

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Skolas! “Kell of Kells” This one’s headpiece and clay horn additions were fun to make! Really came out pretty well! Though i may try and add more detail from the ingame model onto the mega blok version. Pelt was originally all black til i dyed it to be brown! I used a red paperclip for his mouthpiece, haha. Creating these Kells, Mercenaries, Honchos, and Eliksni are my favorite thing to do! Fallen design is immensely aesthetic! 

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In d3 we’re getting Eliksni Guardians.  Joke aside, no character really developed yet with this dude, other than that yeah; he does look like a Hunter Eliksni. Headpiece, clay, and a black fabric was used to spruce him up. (clipped the ears as the last pic sort of shows.) The paint design i went with was “cyber” themed! (White, teal, and a bright light blue)

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Craask, Kell of Kings Did the headpiece with clay and utilized a sock for his pelt and cape, and painted the majority with his theme of colors! For funsies I also added little pieces of clay “hip guards” onto the sides of his legs, since the mega bloks captains dont have this specific little detail from the game. I’ve added this to a few of the Kells I’ve made.  Also, Ima throw out the theory that we’ll be seeing craask as a dreg in d3! They didnt kill him, thats just gossip going around for others to pressume Craask to be dead.

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New stuff by me! Left to right standing: Gold Visor Titan, Fallen Captain, Solkis (red) Skolas, Ramiiks (Tan w/red sash) and a hunter who was revived as a new guardian! I know it’s been nearly eons since I’ve made any post. But, I’ve been doing art like this for some time while I’ve been busy! I hope to continue more work like these guys and take better in-depth pictures of each guy! 

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Here’s four newer works I’ve done for the helluvait. Lifes been a bit busy. I’ll post every now and then. For the most part, I’ve been getting better at making some finer examples, and got to work on some pixel art work for Armada! (Famous Smash Bros. Melee player)   Chalk up another efamous person on my list, haha. (We’re at II)

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Okay, So I spent a good while on making this picture for a really awesome artist I admire. Names “Hummingbado” (If you follow her on fb its “HummingBird”) Kekokeko herself is 100% custom-sprited by me, and originally designed by HummingBado. Go on her page and have a look at the original design! I felt like overall I tried my best to keep to the color scheme and feel of the character. Especially with using a Megaman X background. Just seemed fitting to me. c:  EDIT: Heres a link to the blog! http://hummingbado.tumblr.com/ 

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Made another Sprite! Sorry I haven’t posted in so long. School and whatnots a major time consumer. Anyway, This things from an MMO I play from time to time. Runescape. It’s one of the cool new helmets they added in, called the Wildstalker Helmet (Tier 6) :D I really like how it came out. I may add a body later, I may not. Not entirely sure where else I want to go with the art. c: 

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Ere’s another pixel art! Sorry, been away for some time. Had to focus on some work, and other various IRL stuff. Anyhoo, This is Bowser, King of the Koopas. It took a bit of time working on him, mainy because he was a little bit tougher for me to work with as opposed to the normal DWM sprite art I do, *Which for nerds like me, the art comprises of a shape, main colors of the character, darker shaded background, and all that, but sharing really wacky colors.* I may add a recolor with Bowser, like I did for Mario and Luigi. c: 

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So heres another new pixel art I did. with Luigi. The reason theres a double is for me right now to test something out. Mainly sizing stuff on tumblr. One of these SHOULD be bigger than the other when you go to click on the picture. If you see this, May I ask you to message me, or just plain tell me which one of the two looks better upon viewing? Obviously the smaller is the pixel art. The second picture to the right, is just the same one x2. I just want to know if people would prefer to be able to see it on a bigger level. c: Edit; I think the 2nd is better. I may go with this in the future. 

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Another pixel art! Obvs Mario. Specifically from Super Smash Brothers. (Both colors) I play (and main) Mario, so naturally I’d want ot make an pixel art for him. c: I may make a bit more for him if i’m feeling it. Like a background or some such. Or I may move on, and just make some other characters as well. 

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Have two more quickies. Vampire Lord and a...  Well I’m not sure where I went with the Rock monster.  -w-

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Heres a random Pixel art thing! This ones in the style of DWM. One of my favorite video games, growing up. I made this in literally 10 minutes. It’s good considering I’ve been in a slump for creating monsters. 

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Throwback to an old thang I did back about a year ago or so. The first time I attempted to do 16-bit Snes-esque  Sprite art. I always did like Metal Warriors! Sir Adowyn, clad in huge jousting armor. 

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This is a "Free Roam" Project I did for myself. Meant to rest some things I can do with spriting here and there. So, I like how it came out. I only wish I made more accessories. Rather plain imo.  Plus swords were rushed.... But, it's pretty dang cool for the size i've made it. (It's about 700x bigger on here because I wanted people to be able to see it in a bigger scale) Here he is, The Chaotic Samurai! (To be named later.)

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I absolutely love every single piece of content you make. I just wanted to know what advice you have for beginner pixel artists such as myself. Anyways, you are fantastic at what you do, and I hope you have a great future.

> Look up games that inspire you

> Try to observe and learn from the game

> If you like a challange: imitate the style

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I absolutely 100% agree with Micha here.  Dragon Warrior Monsters is my favorite game as a kid growing up. Still is for the artstyle. Nowadays I can do any random sprite, custom sprite, and recolor (thats something anyone can do but hey) But, every now and then I gotta go back to my roots on gaming and attempt a similar design of Monsters.  Example being my background picture on this blog. >w^ All them styled like DWM to a science! 

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YOU GUISES, I FOUND OUT HOW TO UPLOAD ALL MY ORIGINAL CONTENT, WITHOUT HAVING TO MANUALLY CUT OUT THE WHITE FROM MICROSOFT PAINT, ONTO PAINT.NET. HAPPY SPRITER. All is done by me manually and is of my own creation. Except for Bowser. This was made by Nintendo for M&L;BIS. Recolored for Smash Bros. Brawl and Wii U/3DS. cx My favorite skin of him.