oh I never saw these, what the cow

i feel the dark energy eminating from these scenes

DAMN !
So fu.... beautiful. :O
Great work.
 

<<33 Nice to see you still kicking man! Done a lot of foliage related things over the years so thats probably why haha

Thanks Ilkke! Yeah that's somethings thats very prominent in a lot of old side scrollers. If you're talking about detail and referring to "pushing some areas" in regards to the Opacus's convo, I think I mean maybe just tidying up some sloppy parts like some of the bird statue plummage on the last pic, etc.

Thank you so much again, I do spend a lot of time on colour so it looks like it's paying off 

No words... an awesome work as ever, my old friend ADM.

I love the forest/jungle bgs the most, but everything just looks in place; dig the lighting!

Great stuff.

IMO the old-school habit of cramming tons of detail into the background was detrimental to the game itself so less busy can be much better.

The colours and lighting and all is great, and that's what counts!

Defo understand, though I think you're a prime example of how pixel art doesn't have to be that. (Plus, it's not like I can never appreciate kitsch.) Hope you don't ditch it completely still because you've got some real talent :)

Yeah I totally feel you about how strict pixelart can be. That's the reason why I've taken a huge liking to digital painting and drawing and hope to ditch pixelart alltogether in future (at least not doing it frequently). Only hanging on it pixelart for freelance reasons

In regards to these though, I think I could defnitely push some areas a bit more but time restrictions and style differences with the rest of the game were sort of a problem with these bgs. Really happy you see the big strokes as a positive =) Thanks man!

Totally loving your painterly, almost lightly impressionist style. It's impressive how well you render with such seemingly loose strokes. There's a beautiful fluidity to it. It feels like a breath of fresh air with how rigid and overly polished, bordering on kitsch, pixel art can sometimes be. 

Thanks so much kristina! I'll see when I can post the rest of them, hope you enjoy the game <3

Awesome! Very happy to see some more backgrounds from EI on PJ courtesy of you  Godlike work!

And I didn't even notice you uploaded it until I saw a familiar looking thumbnail under weekly showcase just now lol

Looks like fools gotta step up his preview game now :^)

This is outstanding. I thought it was Fool from the preview but the scribble "plz click" really had me confused. The lighting is really great in this.

@jeffsturm

maybe a little bit of canadian in there too

@yaomon

@dimdim

nice avatar man

holy molly

Dude, you're just too good. It's annoying.

Pixel art skills level: Alien-Asian Hybrid 

Thanks again as always <333

Lmao Idk about that man, but im glad you think so. Thank you!

@kodh

Thanks 

Thanks a lot andy, nice to see you're still browsing this site 

@erico

ty sir

@bananaextract

thanks man, you kutgw too

@brullov

Likewise!

Yea for sure, the statues features aren't designed entirely by me so what can I say :^) Thanks so much man

@siikikala

diskjsmug

@christoballs

ty! Still got a lot of random stuff that I think is a bit better so we'll see whenever I get around to posting that 

best thing I've ever seen in the medium! 

Thanks homie!

@Irenhaart & Mr_laurent

Thanks you guys, glad to hear : )

New heights of pixel art man.
I agree with Cure about this feeling similar to Fool's work.
Crazy.

Well done

this is why I love you <3  lighting is on point

Complex pieces! Congrats, they look and feel amazing.

Amazing work, man!

Stunning and inspiring. Love your colors.

you madman

Your best work yet, by far. Awesome!

Xqcsmile

Lookin downright Foolish, great work.

I love it, good work !

Amazing pieces! Especially the first and the last one.

I clicked and I did not regret that.