I've been wanting to do more pixel art for a while, but I procrastinate a hell of a lot. I know I haven't got the time to sink into a large project right now, so I've decided to do a mini challenge for myself.

So here's the challenge.
-Make at least 1 tile a day.
-Keep it simple! ( I always try to go big and then never finish what I'm working on )
-Choose a colour palette as a base, but don't confine to its limitations, be flexible where needed.

The most important thing for me is to enjoy what I'm creating. So I've decided to make a small fantasy mockup of a house interior with 1 Character in it ( A bear :) ).

Here's the colour pallet I chose: LOSPEC500
https://lospec.com/palette-list


Day 1

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Here's a basic floor tile. Its comprised of 3 separate 16x16px tiles that in turn tile as a set. I don't think I'll make variations of this as I'm happy for the mock up to look like there is a noticeable pattern in places. So yeah, its just some really simple floor boards on top of a joist. Initially I was going to split the joist into segments, but that doesn't make sense, so its just one continuous long slab of wood.

Here's how it looks in the mockup so far. The dimensions of the mockup are subject change, I might make it vertically longer.

Kind of a wacky wood grain patten, but I kinda like it so I'm going to stick with it for now. Also I know the challenge is 1 tile a day, but I might find that I'm in the mood to do more, so I probably will make more than 1 tile on some days.

Always happy for any feedback btw.

Day 5

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Decided to take a break from doing the tiles for the house and shifted to creating a character.
Still trying to figure out how I want him to look. I'm sure he will change a lot through the process of making this mockup. But it will be nice to have something there for scale.

Thanks :)

Day 6

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So I did absolutely b$$$er all yesterday. I finished work for the week, got the beer out and then hopped onto Destiny 2. So not very productive art wise, but sometimes you just need to sit back and relax.

Day 7

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Today is another story. I've set sometime aside to do some art and maybe even a bit of programming, so should be a VERY productive day for the most part. So far today I've worked mostly on the Bear, to mostly look more like a bear. Also taking what Chonky Pixel said into consideration too, the bear was looking very flat when really he's a bit fat, so hopefully he's looking a bit beartter.<-- ignore me, I think I'm hilarious, probably not haha.


I actually uploaded this and have immediately made changes, his legs were a bit too long, so he's now 1 pixel shorter. Also main changes to how the lower part of his garment drapes. He will inevitably be changing constantly. Also I've names him Bearny Roark, again subject to change. If he has a partner I'd probably call her Ursa M Roark.

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Day 7 - part 2

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Made some small changes to Bearny.
I'm still not happy with the wood background, so I will rework that at some point. I don't know, I wanted to create perspective, so that the room looks rounder, but I don't know how to do that. I might just simplify it. Anyway, Instead of getting bogged down by that I've moved on to making a chimney. For the most part I think it works :hehe:

Wood grain on the background seems a bit random! Why does it continue between boards, and why is it so circular, rather than elongated?

This post was from 2 days ago on pixelation -Would have posted it here but apparently there were server issues. Appreciate the feedback and will definitely look that up SNV.

Day 9

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So yesterday I decided it was in my best interest to skip doing the tile a day. Mostly because I worked a whole day and then did some heavy lifting around the house, unfortunately hurting my back a bit in the process. So a bit of rest and tv was in order for the evening.

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Day 10

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Bit more productive today. Still trying to figure out how I want that background to look. Hapiel over at pixel joint rightly said that it looked weird with how the grain pattern moved from 1 beam to the other and that the pattern itself looked very random. I can't say I put much thought into it. Kinda had an idea and went with it, but clearly that didn't work. I still think I could make that look good if I put more effort and time into it. Decided to change it up to what I have above. It's actually inspired my something I've done in the past. Again could still be better, so feedback is always welcome.

Still need to do what I said I would from my previous post. A job for tomorrow I think.