#dooz's pixels

[doozclops]

I've been going back and forth on whether I wanted to keep doing sprite redesigns or move on to something else, but I do quite enjoy little sprites. I think they really encapsulate the impressionist aspect of pixel art that drew me to it in the first place.

Anyway, here's my re-imagining of the diamond from Stardew Valley. Obviously they're not found perfectly cut, so I thought a nice chunk would look more realistic. I think I did good with this one, especially since I used a real raw diamond as a reference and didn't struggle because I insist on it being super accurate to the source, even when that kind of detail isn't possible.

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[doozclops]

New shop item!

I really needed something other than 'practice' to do, so I decided on making Twitch sub badges as a project. I'm really happy with the result, so if you're an up-and-coming streamer and need some cute sub badges, consider buying these!

You can find them here on my Ko-fi.

I'm also thinking up some designs for bit/cheer badges too. 🤫

[doozclops]

While discussing the different gems in Stardew Valley, a friend lamented the amethyst design. Specifically the fact that it's so round, not very shiny looking, and doesn't really read as an amethyst.

Having a little amethyst geode chunk of my own, I thought I'd take a stab at redoing it. I used the same palette as the original for the crystals, and came up with my own for the rock part. I took some inspiration from the other in-game artifacts that are a bit geode adjacent, but I think it stands out enough to not be mistaken for an artifact instead.

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[doozclops]

As practice I thought it would be fun to make/re-design rings for Stardew Valley, naturally as close to the original design as possible.

The first is a big glow ring (imagine the glow ring but bigger), the reaper ring (vampire + soul sapper) and the prismatic ring (increases drop rate of prismatic shards from monsters? maybe?).

I'm happy with how they turned out, especially the middle one. It's the one I did almost entirely from my own imagination, since the other two riffed off something else that already exists (glow ring and prismatic shard).

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[doozclops]

I've been trying to learn more stuff involving landscapes, and I ended up finding a video tutorial that combined both what I'd been doing and what I wanted to get better at. I didn't copy it 1-to-1, and tried to do my own thing. Still not very good at mountains though. 😅

I have a Ko-fi by the way

[doozclops]

Did you know that aquamarine and emerald are both varieties of beryl? They're also specifically hexagonal crystals, so I thought I'd do a double feature with re-designing the aquamarine and emerald sprites from Stardew Valley. What do you think?

I will say, I'm definitely struggling to get them all centered together in these comparison images. 😹

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[doozclops]

I thought I'd work with lighter colours this time. I didn't do a gradient for the background at first, but then decided I wanted some kind of vignette. I made a radial gradient and didn't center it well at first, but it ended up looking more natural so I kept it that way.

I currently don't have any other art to share since I'm still sick, but hopefully this will tide you over for now.

(you can find the alternate version on my Ko-fi though)

[doozclops]

All of the Stardew Valley gem redesigns I did. I left out doing jade since it seemed pretty good as is. The ruby one stands out a bit, since I didn't technically redesign it, just changed it to make it look how I think it should.

Some parts I'm happy with, some parts less so. But it was just practice anyway and I think it did just that. Not sure what I'll move on to next. 🤔

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