Tower VI

Tower VI

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Tower VI



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Title: Tower VI
Pixel Artist: shm31  (Level 7 Baklava :: 12918 points)
Posted: 4/1/2025 05:03
Palette: 64 colors
Statistics:  36 comments    67 faves    0 avatars

Started it in 2023, finished it a few day ago. Took way more time than I thought it would. x)

  • Canvas size : 400x1680
  • Palette Size : 64
  • Frame Count : 16

Extras:

  • WIPs of some of the portraits
  • Past iterations of the "Tower theme" : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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shm31 (Level 7 Baklava) @ 5/19/2025 04:51

You're too kind Jackscru, thank you :)


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Jackscru (Level 2 Flatfoot) @ 5/16/2025 18:32

Incredible. It makes me want to know more about this world


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shm31 (Level 7 Baklava) @ 5/1/2025 04:23

ooh that's cool to hear, thank you LaquinArt ! ^^


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LaquinArt (Level 3 Nasturtium) @ 5/1/2025 03:18

Someone shared this on a group chat I'm in and we all were in awe with it. Truly a masterpiece! <3


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shm31 (Level 7 Baklava) @ 4/11/2025 06:15

You're too kind Tipleloop, thank you :)


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Tipleloop (Level 2 Quiet One) @ 4/10/2025 19:34
I don't have paragraphs to write, just amaze with this masterpiece...
and I'm honored to be able to see this

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shm31 (Level 7 Baklava) @ 4/7/2025 13:53

hahaha ^^ thanks Korban, glad you like it ^^


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Korban (Level 5 Artificial Intelligence) @ 4/7/2025 13:10

Jeebus, leave some pixels for the rest of us! This is seriously impressive work!


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shm31 (Level 7 Baklava) @ 4/6/2025 10:36

You're too kind SeDiceBisonte, thank you !


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SeDiceBisonte (Level 8 Spaceman) @ 4/6/2025 10:29

Incredible work! The attention to detail in every part of this is mindblowing.


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shm31 (Level 7 Baklava) @ 4/5/2025 05:42

Thanks Ruikaj, I appreciate it ^^


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Ruikaj (Level 5 Sunflower) @ 4/4/2025 23:22

it's a masterpiece beyond the mind boggling


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shm31 (Level 7 Baklava) @ 4/3/2025 06:03

thank you BleuPale ! :D


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shm31 (Level 7 Baklava) @ 4/3/2025 06:02

trawlixn thanks ^^ glad you like it


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BleuPale (Level 5 Mothman) @ 4/3/2025 05:58

Absolutly Breathtaking :0!! Masterpiece Indeed !!!


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shm31 (Level 7 Baklava) @ 4/3/2025 05:56

Slacky you're too kind, thanks !


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shm31 (Level 7 Baklava) @ 4/3/2025 05:52

Thanks ink, glad you like it ^^


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trawlixn (Level 4 Button Man) @ 4/3/2025 01:41

umbohr was right this is huge


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Slacky (Level 2 Labradorite) @ 4/2/2025 22:24

The passion, time and vision this must have taken is insanely admirable. Well done, you should be proud.


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ink (Level 6 Made) @ 4/2/2025 17:33

This is so cool


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shm31 (Level 7 Baklava) @ 4/2/2025 14:48

I don't know what to say man... warm my heart truly, and gives me some things to reflects about too ! thanks for the review ! <333333


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Umbohr (Level 7 Merfolk) @ 4/2/2025 12:39
Yeah, it's pretty cool...

Pretty cool?   no, you just don't get it.  But how do i explain?
 
Well, you may have stared at the piece and scrolled a few times by now, overflown by the many contradictory elements of such a piece. Pretty cool, you think. the pixel art is indeed immaculate.
But that's not enough.
You must start again, from the bottom of the tower this time, conveniently, and then slowly make your way up. At first you'll not pay too much attention to the carefully crafted elements overgrown by the sand and the molluscs, too absorbed by how beautifully rendered the moss on the stones is. It even feels slippy. The tower is falling apart, and as you climb your way up, you'll notice how the higher you climb, the harder it is to focus on the stairs, the harder it is to keep your balance.. That uneasy feeling of being watched, the strengh of the sea flowing towards you, the wind storming.. But then, at last, you find some respite. A beacon of hope. You're getting closer to the top. But why is it a hand? Was this mysterious, collapsed civilisation that the tower is maybre representing, reaching for something? How can the tree even grow from the bricks.. But you do it nonetheless, you climb on the artificialesque moon, hop your way through the floating stones highway, and then you see it. That lonely figure. The most readable yet smallest silhouette one artist might ever dream to achieve, standing in front of the moon. Maybe it's reminescent of the famous lyrics "Visez la lune, çe ne me fait pas peur", you wonder. You think it's the end, but behind it lays the scintillating stars, evoking that the journey is all but over.  and then the three welcoming, enigmatic portraits, in the intricate frame, overlooking from outside the canvas. Was this pantheon the goal from the start, doomed to be out of reach, you're left to wonder.

As you go on with your life, you can't stop wondering what meaning this tower holds. Is this one of the artist lonely journey, always on the verge of collapse, struggling to reach the evergrowing highs they sets for themselves? The engraved faces of the tower might very well be warnings, testimony of those who attempted the climb before, and failed. But you know that the making of art itself cannot be reduced to a climb... just like this masterpiece.
 
Pretty cool tower.
 

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shm31 (Level 7 Baklava) @ 4/2/2025 11:30

thanks Vsigos ^^ yeah it was a bit of a pain at times, I don't think I'm gonna tackle anything this big any time soon.


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Vsigos (Level 6 Aquamarine) @ 4/2/2025 09:40

Perseverance paid off; honestly I'd be intimidated tackling something this resolution. Most impressive!


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shm31 (Level 7 Baklava) @ 4/1/2025 12:22

thanks bluexel glad to read it ^^ 


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shm31 (Level 7 Baklava) @ 4/1/2025 12:14

ahaha thanks Squirrelsquid !! :D


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shm31 (Level 7 Baklava) @ 4/1/2025 12:12

Thanks AlexL ! glad you like it ! :)


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bluexel (Level 6 Tsathoggua (The Horror in the Museum)) @ 4/1/2025 08:27

impressive


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Squirrelsquid (Level 4 Rubbish) @ 4/1/2025 07:52

the prophecy is true.


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AlexL (Level 5 Irish Elk) @ 4/1/2025 07:42

Another master piece


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shm31 (Level 7 Baklava) @ 4/1/2025 06:17

Thanks for your kind words Irenaart, I'm glad you like it ^^


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shm31 (Level 7 Baklava) @ 4/1/2025 06:15

Thanks ArtfromtheArch, glad you like it ! :)


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Irenaart (Level 10 HP Lovecraft (Author)) @ 4/1/2025 06:13

This is sooo amazing!! Fantastic job my friend.. Instant fav..


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ArtfromtheArch (Level 3 Dryad) @ 4/1/2025 06:10

Wow this is awesome! 


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shm31 (Level 7 Baklava) @ 4/1/2025 05:28

Thanks gawrone I'm glad you like it, I got the same feeling when I looked at your latest pixel art too


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gawrone (Level 11 Pixeljoint) @ 4/1/2025 05:14

I just cannot comprehend this


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