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If you found yourself here, you either came from an old post or my recent pixel art. The latter is all you'll find here these days.

I'm still learning, but I'm always trying to improve. If you like it, consider following for more. I'm primarily inspired to make space-related art, so that's generally what you can expect to see.

For a quick look at my art all in one place, go to my Ko-fi.

For normal social posts, go to my Bluesky.

For gaming clips like I've posted here before, go to my YouTube.

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. 🤔

The last Stardew Valley gemstone redesign, the topaz. I struggled with this one a lot, since while there are plenty of decent looking raw topaz photos to use as reference, I had a lot of issues making it happen. I'm still not 100% happy with it, I feel like it looks like a sweet potato or some kind of chip, but it's good enough. I think sticking to the original palette was a big roadblock.

I'm not selling them or anything, it's just practice. So it's okay. 😺

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. 😹

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.

Did you know that you can support me and my art for as little as $3 USD a month?

I think it would be cool to make a living or having a career making it some day, but we all have to start somewhere. I've been building up some momentum lately and really feeling like I'm getting somewhere with pixel art, so that's why I'm advertising my memberships again.

I mainly have two tiers, a basic entry level one ($3 USD) and a more advanced tier ($10 USD) that gets early access and exclusive stuff I don't post anywhere else.

People always say to make it for yourself, but when you fight past all the other mental shit you have going on to make and then post art only for only your closest friends to care, it's hard to keep making more.

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.