Blog - SLYNYRD

Intro Simple on the surface, yet infinitely deep in its mastery of play, the shmup endures for its pure skill based design.

Intro A light breeze passes through the valley, carrying a sweet fragrance of wildflowers speckled among the hearty grass covering.

Intro The time has come for another venture into isometric pixel art.

INTRO I’ve got so much going on with my content these days, I find it hard to sit down and just make original art that isn’t part of a series, a game asset, or tutorial.

Intro In the simplest terms, any game that allows the player to run and shoot at the same time could be described as a run ‘n gun.

Intro It’s time to have more fun with minimalistic designs in a spiritual sequel to Pixelblog 47.

Intro Welcome to the 3rd installment of an interconnected series of top down character animation studies.

Intro Prepare to step into a world of swords and sorcery, where fabled creatures lurk in the lands seen from grand castle spires.

Intro In the last Pixelblog, we established a template for an 8-direction top down character with idle, and run animations.

Intro Guided by an innate desire to create, humans make things.

Intro Offering the perfect combination of function and aesthetic, the top down perspective is one of the most popular vantage points to employ in pixel art games.

Intro The consistent angles of isometric projection are a perfect match with the low res abstraction of pixel art.

Intro From first establishing basic proportions, It’s been a long journey to get these characters into fighting shape.

320x180px, 43 colors, Aseprite Intro I arrange tiny squares on a digital canvas to make images called pixel art.

These characters aren’t just standing around to chew bubble gum, they are prepared to beat up hordes of scumbags.

Intro Made in the image of God, it’s in the nature of mankind to create, build, grow, and influence with the power of flesh, and the will of spirit.

Intro Welcome to my first Pixel Diary.

intro After a thorough study of human anatomy using an 8 head model in Pixelblog 49, it’s time to walk the walk.

intro The ability to accurately depict humans is a high effort, high value skill.

Intro Throughout all of history, man has inevitably engaged in war, over and over again.