Frankie's Casual Pixel Shack
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Topic: Frankie's Casual Pixel Shack
Posted By: FrankieSmileShow
Subject: Frankie's Casual Pixel Shack
Date Posted: 10 June 2016 at 3:15pm
Hello to all Pixel Pros, Pixel Amateurs and Pixel-enthusiasts!
Frankie's Casual Pixel Shack is every Friday night at 8 PM EST! I start it on https://www.twitch.tv/frankiepixelshow - my Twitch Stream and then update this topic here. You don't need to join the stream for this or anything, but I think it's more fun to do this live. Whether you joined the stream or not, feel free to post your art in this topic here! I believe a great way to practice pixel art is to grab existing art someone else made and work with it. This is something I suggested many times to people asking me for advice in the past. Grab a screenshot from an old NES game and play around with it! It can really help new artists to get rid of the blank page problem, it gives people a reason to observe professional art closely, it provides context and inspiration, it gives the artist a color palette and a pixel art style to experiment with, and its also just a whole lot of fun! So let's get to it, I'm gonna try and make this into a weekly thing! If you are familiar with it, this is a bit like Pixelation's Commercial Critique challenge, just... casual. Don't feel like you need to mimic the style of the original perfectly, or improve on it etc, just have some fun. Of course, feel free to mimic the style or even improve on it all you like though. They will usually be 8bit games, but I might also dip into 16 bit occasionally! Yesterday night on my Twitch, I made a first little attempt at this using a screenshot from NES classic Faxanadu. 
It was a great success, many people joined in despite this being an impromptu little event improvised at the end of an unrelated stream. Here is the original, virgin screenshot and my few goofy additions next to it. Doesn't that look fun?  
I focused on monster sprites, but you could work on the tiles if you like. Some people on the stream modified the player character, too. If you participated in this yesterday, I invite you to post your Faxanadu pics here! I will do another one of these tonight, the first "real" Casual Pixel Shack. If you think this sounds fun, check out my twitch stream ( https://www.twitch.tv/frankiepixelshow ) or check this topic here later, I'll post the next screenshot here at the start of it. The next game is coming up tonight, 8pm EST. One of my favorite NES games, one of the first I ever played! Do you have the stomach to battle in the belly of the beast? |
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 10 June 2016 at 3:18pm
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Need a gallery news item? Submit it with a link to this thread ------------- |
Posted By: FrankieSmileShow
Date Posted: 10 June 2016 at 4:22pm
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I submitted it, but I'm not really sure how this works!
Just spent a little time putting together a good screenshot for the next game. Starting the stream soon, will be drawing a little logo for the event until it starts. |
Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 10 June 2016 at 4:54pm
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I am unable to edit so I posted as is and hope people get the news before it starts. If its a weekly thing then well post on fridays to remind as you have these events.
Hopefully another mod sees this and fixes the news items. ------------- |
Posted By: FrankieSmileShow
Date Posted: 10 June 2016 at 5:09pm
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Hahaha thats great, the news post with the "Oh jeeze I dont know how this works oh golly" bit at the end
The first official challenge has started! The image this week is from ABADOX! 
I will be doing my own edits on stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/frankiepixelshow Good luck errybody! |
Posted By: Scarodactyl
Date Posted: 10 June 2016 at 6:54pm
My contributions this round: A parasitic isopod ally, a big beefy arm and the deadly INSPLEENERATOR!!!!!! edit: added a guy above the inspleenerator. Maybe he operates it? |
Posted By: FrankieSmileShow
Date Posted: 10 June 2016 at 7:39pm
Here's mine, with a bunch of spooky faces and limbs in the walls!
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Posted By: FrankieSmileShow
Date Posted: 10 June 2016 at 8:33pm
Heres some entries from people who don't have a PJ account:
 By SwoodDude ( https://twitter.com/SwoodDude - https://twitter.com/SwoodDude )
 By unsilentwill
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Posted By: lagomorphball
Date Posted: 10 June 2016 at 8:37pm
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Posted By: FrankieSmileShow
Date Posted: 10 June 2016 at 9:00pm
 By Axolotine ( http://axolotine.tumblr.com/ - axolotine.tumblr.com )
 By thesquigglez ( squigglez.itch.io - squigglez.itch.io )
 By Kaiotama
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Posted By: FrankieSmileShow
Date Posted: 10 June 2016 at 9:12pm
 By Cerdus
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Posted By: MrTaters
Date Posted: 10 June 2016 at 10:05pm
My stuff from tonight and the other day
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Posted By: Haam
Date Posted: 11 June 2016 at 12:36am
this is only half done but I kinda got bored with it:
My idea was that you're a guy in an old diving suit and shoot fish and things with your harpoons. eventually it turns into body horror stuff like this as you go deeper |
Posted By: FrankieSmileShow
Date Posted: 17 June 2016 at 3:01pm
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The next Frankie's Casual Pixel Shack is almost upon us!
I started the live stream already for a pre-show of sorts. https://www.twitch.tv/frankiepixelshow - https://www.twitch.tv/frankiepixelshow I will be revealing the new screenshot at 8pm EST, so two hours from the time I am posting this. Good luck... |
Posted By: FrankieSmileShow
Date Posted: 17 June 2016 at 4:52pm
It's Time For The NExt PixelShacke
Here is this week's screenshot! 
Let The Pixelling Commence! I will be streaming edits of my own on my twitch here: https://www.twitch.tv/frankiepixelshow |
Posted By: FrankieSmileShow
Date Posted: 17 June 2016 at 7:09pm
Here is my entry! Tweaked just about everything, had a lot of fun with it. Changed two of the colors. Didn't care much for the tiling, probably broke every Nes display rule in the book. |
Posted By: Scarodactyl
Date Posted: 17 June 2016 at 8:57pm
 This took way longer than it should have, and yet it's still half-assed. |
Posted By: MrTaters
Date Posted: 17 June 2016 at 9:02pm
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Posted By: rhodox
Date Posted: 24 June 2016 at 10:46am
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Posted By: FrankieSmileShow
Date Posted: 24 June 2016 at 5:04pm
Its time for the next pixel shack!
This week's game is METROID on the NES! Here is the screenshot to edit: 
Add to it, change it, transform it, follow your heart. I will be streaming my own edits here as usual: https://www.twitch.tv/frankiepixelshow - https://www.twitch.tv/frankiepixelshow Have fun! |
Posted By: lagomorphball
Date Posted: 24 June 2016 at 6:44pm
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Posted By: oxysoft
Date Posted: 24 June 2016 at 7:06pm
didn't bother with the doors and samus, was only interested in playing around with the tiles really edit: woke up this morning and almost died when I saw the colors without F.lux. So here's an update 
looks more lush and has better depth now I think |
Posted By: MrTaters
Date Posted: 24 June 2016 at 9:12pm
Wanted to make something larger this time around, also I added in a few stalactites to the scene. |
Posted By: Scarodactyl
Date Posted: 24 June 2016 at 11:51pm
 Well, they can't all be winners. I was way off my game today, and despite my best derping around I couldn't get anything going on the tiles after I did the samus sprite. The pillars pictured were as close as I got before admitting defeat. Hopefully next week will be better for me! Fortunately everyone else did a great job this week. |
Posted By: rhodox
Date Posted: 25 June 2016 at 1:01am
 I wasn't able to start with the rest of the folks, but I am pretty happy with how this week's turned out even if it's nothing fancy. |
Posted By: FrankieSmileShow
Date Posted: 01 July 2016 at 3:06pm
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The next pixel shack is almost upon us!
This was my entry last week: 
Pretty happy with that crocomire! I started the stream for this week's event, will be unveiling the new screenshot at 8PM EST tonight. http://www.twitch.tv/frankiepixelshow |
Posted By: FrankieSmileShow
Date Posted: 01 July 2016 at 5:18pm
This week's game is RYGAR! Here is the screenshot to edit: 
http://www.twitch.tv/frankiepixelshow - Catch the stream here. I will start my own edits pretty soon. |
Posted By: MrTaters
Date Posted: 01 July 2016 at 7:21pm
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Posted By: FrankieSmileShow
Date Posted: 01 July 2016 at 7:29pm
My edits:
 
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Posted By: Scarodactyl
Date Posted: 01 July 2016 at 7:50pm
 Our protagonist, exiled king of his realm, seeks the wisdom of the ancient mystics in the Shadow Lands. Edit: one thing I'm definitely learning from this activity is that my pace of work is slower than I thought. I end up spending a lot of thing dithering over what to do and how to approach it. Still fun, but I'll definitely be trying to pick up the pace! |
Posted By: FrankieSmileShow
Date Posted: 08 July 2016 at 4:44pm
The next pixel shack is upon us!
This week's game is KARNOV! Here is the screenshot: 
edit it, improve it, transform it, follow your heart! I will be making my own edits live on stream here: https://www.twitch.tv/frankiepixelshow - https://www.twitch.tv/frankiepixelshow Tune in for inspiration and don't hesitate to show what you make in the chat! |
Posted By: FrankieSmileShow
Date Posted: 08 July 2016 at 6:35pm
Here was my edit this week:
Thanks to everyone who joined in the stream! |
Posted By: MrTaters
Date Posted: 08 July 2016 at 6:54pm
Tried to edit a little bit of everything this time (some environment, character and UI)
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Posted By: 7Soul
Date Posted: 16 July 2016 at 11:46am
A little late but here's Karnov :D
 
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Posted By: FrankieSmileShow
Date Posted: 16 July 2016 at 2:24pm
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Thats a great one Ails!
Heres the picture I showed yesterday: 
Heres my own picture: 
Just put in a big ol monster, based off the game's final boss. Drew it by memory at first, then tweaked the sprite with a screenshot later. |
Posted By: MrTaters
Date Posted: 17 July 2016 at 6:03pm
Tried to do a little more character/creature art in this one to mixed results, but I want to stop shying away from it in the future.
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Posted By: Pig_catapult
Date Posted: 29 July 2016 at 7:31pm
Added a few creatures in the bricks to get myself started, but then I realised the candles looked like eyestalks. Behold the candle-mimicking snail, with literal eyes of flame. |
Posted By: Cammymoop
Date Posted: 29 July 2016 at 9:09pm
Here's mine, green because why not :P
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Posted By: Scarodactyl
Date Posted: 20 August 2016 at 12:27am
This week was dragon warrior! Here are my two monsters: And the most dangerous by far:  |