On October 22nd this year (at 8:36 pm), I had the great pleasure of beating the original Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster game for the first time. A feat for the ages! I thought back to the iconic image of the four Warriors of Light, cast in shadows, overlooking a vast landscape while the text crawledContinue reading “Pixel Art #66-68: Silhouettes”
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Pixel Art #63-65: Pixel’d Pumpkins
Halloween is here, and pumpkins are in season! Here are a few of most recent pixel art projects to celebrate the occasion. The Trick or Treat Kid from Earthbound Pumpkin Zone from Super Mario Land 2 Punkin’ from Monster Party Thanks for stopping by to read my post! Have you played any of these games?Continue reading “Pixel Art #63-65: Pixel’d Pumpkins”
Pixel Art #62: The Humans
I hadn’t done any art since May, so it was time to create a new addition! It’s typical of me to try to create “sets” of three pieces so any art that I put on my Instagram fits to their standard grid. I had previously posted a picture from Commander Keen and then a pictureContinue reading “Pixel Art #62: The Humans”
Pixel Art #60 & 61: Ness & Mario
The markers came out again the other day. This time, in order to keep my Instagram looking symmetrical, I decided to theme my subjects around peace signs. Ness (from Earthbound) and Mario (from Super Mario World) fit the bill splendidly! Due to my slightly poor selection of marker colors, Ness got a little bit ofContinue reading “Pixel Art #60 & 61: Ness & Mario”
Easter Archives: Top Ten
Happy Easter! 🐣 I’ve got a new blog post in the works for May 1st, and while I couldn’t think of any new categories this year for Easter, I did the next best thing – a compilation! (If there’s a top ten list about videos games related to Easter that you’d like to see, pleaseContinue reading “Easter Archives: Top Ten”
Pixel Art #59: Secret of Evermore
While I never finished Secret of Evermore, I’ve always been intrigued by the vivid fantasy worlds that our main character visited and how each new location changed our canine companion. Dinosaurs and prehistoric plants filled the lands of the game’s first main area causing our dog to take the form of a hulking wolf, matchingContinue reading “Pixel Art #59: Secret of Evermore”
Pixel Art #53-58: April-December 2024
My time for art this year has dwindled slightly, but I’ve managed to squeeze in a few projects here and there. Posting them to WordPress, however, has not been a thing. So, here’s everything I’ve done since April (with maybe a few more coming this month)! See if you can guess the reason for choosingContinue reading “Pixel Art #53-58: April-December 2024”
Pixel Art #52: Ninja Turtles (NES)
The original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1989) video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System was known for its brutal difficulty and a deceptive jump where you can just walk over it. I owned this game as a kid and had nightmares just trying to get through the infamous water stage. While I’ve never beaten itContinue reading “Pixel Art #52: Ninja Turtles (NES)”
Pixel Art #50 & #51: Wario and Samus
Cover art from the Mario & Wario comic in Nintendo Power. Just a quick update on my recent pixel art! Below we have Wario as he appeared in Wario Land: Super Mario Land 3 (1994). I loved using the grays of my marker set to make it look like a screenshot straight from the originalContinue reading “Pixel Art #50 & #51: Wario and Samus”
Pixel Art #48 & #49: Duke Nukem & Commander Keen
Duke Nukem (July 1991) and Commander Keen (Dec 1990) were among some of the earliest games that I got into when our family purchased our first computer, an IBM that ran Windows 3.1. I learned a lot about computers that year. MS-DOS was required to boot Windows, so I was constantly exploring the command promptsContinue reading “Pixel Art #48 & #49: Duke Nukem & Commander Keen”
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