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July Schedule 2023

Hey folks! The calendar looks a little light this month, but I strive to pack the scheduled items with value. Truth is, I've got a lot going on lately, including home renovation projects. Hyper Echelon has come back to the forefront of priorities, as we endeavor to create an awesome bundle of merchandise, along with the physical copy of the game. Can't disclose anymore at the moment, but will keep you filled in on the progress of this project, and you might even get to see some behind the sce...

Devlog - 23

Dropping a little dev update before rolling out the July Schedule. Started building out the upper area around the temple, designing new buildings and details. The wall around the temple was surprisingly difficult to keep consistent proportion and convincing perspective for all orientation of blocks. This kind of 3/4 top down projection isn't real perspective, but so long as everything follows the same rules and looks consistent, the illusion of depth is maintained. One thing the town is still...

Man Outruns His Own Shadow

Here's a gif version of the animation loop. Please give a view on Youtube for the plus audio version. https://youtu.be/iWzZvxmQ_Bs  

Drifters - Complete Gallery

Here are the final Drifters in all their lofty glory. It was a pleasure to focus on some of my favorite subjects, which are flying machines and cloudscapes. Also kept on Slynyrd brand with my typical skewed side view projection. While the elements stick to my familiar tool kit, it was still a good challenge for me to come up with unique variations that are all consistent in form and style. In a few cases, I took inspiration from nature, but for the most part I was purely playing with geometry...

Drifters - 9 - Veloflock

Speed, reliability, and great views on this flight. Please remain seated until final touchdown. Complete gallery incoming soon.

64x64px(canvas) 128x128px(frame)
22 colors
Photoshop

Pixelmotion - 32 - Man Outruns His Own Shadow

Hey hey, anybody remember the concept album project I was working on early 2022? Well, I finally took it off the shelf and gave it some love this month. The static artwork was pretty much done for this scene, so my recent work includes all the animation. As for the music, I had a solid composition, but I had to bust my audio engineering chops to get the many instruments in balance. I'm far from pro in this department, but I learn new tricks and improve with each track.

This would have...

Devlog - 22

Polished up some final details on the town, and put together a little animation to show some steps in the process from the initial vector draft. Thanks to the precise grid based draft, I was able to focus on the details of the pixel art with much of the design and layout already established. Look how close I stuck with the plan! I wasn't so sure about this approach after spending over a week just on the vector draft, but it's made the pixel portion a pure joy, and most importantly, I'm happy ...

Drifters - 8 - Mantastream

Head in the clouds, never want to come back to earth.

64x64px(canvas) 128x128px(frame)
18 colors
Photoshop

Devlog - 21

Getting back into the grind with another coat of details to the town layout. Added some minor decorative structures in the form of a gateway and columns. Livened up the pub with more details and color. Peppered the grass and dirt textures with more variation. Added age and wear details to the hospital. Made some revisions to a couple of the trees so they fit better in the 16x16px tile map. It's best for them to fill out to the edges of the tiles as much as possible to avoid gaps or odd overla...

Drifters - 7 - Delta Rize

My goal with Minis is always to make a consistent series, while balancing variations to make each design stand out on its own. It's like a puzzle where each design informs the other on what shapes and colors can compliment without being too redundant. Color choice is perhaps the most impactful to the overall feel of a piece. Notice how the designs share many of the same colors, but all have a distinct palette with a different main background color. You can also see this approach in other Mini...

June Schedule 2023

Hey folks! Swinging into another month of pixels with gamedev back at top priority. Along with regular devlogs, I will also be finishing up the Drifters series this month. I'd love to slip in a long overdue episode of Pixelcast, but the schedule is pretty full. If no impromptu this month I'll have to officially schedule something in July. At the moment, Beast Planet is my main drive.

Thanks always for the support of my awesome Patrons!  

Tutorial - 124 - Conifer Tree

Just like building an artificial Christmas tree. You got this!

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Tutorial - 123 - Leaf Styles

Any kind of leaf style seems to work well with this method. What other styles can you come up with?

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Tutorial - 122 - Deciduous Tree

Return of the modular method.

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Top Down Trees Source Files

This download includes tutorial 122-124 psd files.

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Top Down Trees Assets Pack

This download includes all the assets featured in the tutorials of Pixelblog 44. Assets are png files in native resolution.

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Pixelblog - 44 - Top Down Trees

Tree hugger special. Top down style.

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Our System Cross Stitch Patterns

You can now recreate the terrestrial planets from Our System one stitch at a time! Thanks to Adina Feinstein for creating these stellar patterns. Jovian planets maybe coming later.
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