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Frost (Level 6 Serial Killer) @ 2/20/2023 08:44

Is it time to upload a bunch of pictures? Yes it is!


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Hapiel (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 2/10/2023 06:37

Nooo


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 2/9/2023 02:42

Hapiel, I've adjusted your social credit score down 17 points.


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greenraven (Level 2 Hired Gun) @ 2/8/2023 13:54

I dunno how much respect a broken tv can demand. Teleport over to the SNES and level up to MS-DOS and you'll have all the respect in the world. 


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slym (Level 8 CannelΓ©) @ 2/7/2023 10:44

Mathias out here on that ratings GRIND 


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Hapiel (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 2/7/2023 02:38

Dude... you're waste!


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 2/6/2023 15:27

* EverQuest 1 level up sound *

From now on, if anyone here is ever considering addressing me directly, please keep in mind I am LEVEL 7 now, and I demand respect.


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 2/2/2023 08:57

Deep Chicago style yeeeaaahhhhh


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greenraven (Level 2 Hired Gun) @ 1/31/2023 14:12

I've had some interesting pizzas over the years, BBQ chicken, alfredo sauce, caramelized onion and feta, anchovies and pineapple, but at the end of the day I like a good ol' fashioned pepperoni & sausage with olives on top. That and deep dish, regardless of what Jon Stewart thinks of it. XD


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 1/30/2023 17:46

just NO SQUID TOPPINGS or we gotta prollem


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 1/30/2023 14:27

no memes, I think canadian bacon/pineapple pizza is S++ tier, maybe even the GOAT.


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greenraven (Level 2 Hired Gun) @ 1/30/2023 12:34

Try eating an entire can of only heads and then we'll talk. XD

You know how sometimes orange juice says "only pulp"? I like sardines in tomato sauce and every now and then the can will say "only heads".


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Amorph (Level 4 Sea Turtle) @ 1/28/2023 11:49

Yeah sorry but y'all are really biased. Fish, squid, etc. are all delicious -- heads eyes and all. Eggy's got right. :D


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Eggy (Level 6 SWAT) @ 1/27/2023 12:59

Believe it or not, I actually love fried squid. It's by no means the only way I love it though - I've done stuffed squid, squid risotto, and marinated squid if memory serves me correctly. Really, as I mentioned before, it's hard for me to pass up on any dish that includes cephalopod if I have the option (and money).
I actually love fish and seafood in general as a matter of fact. As a kid, I went crazy over breaded crab claws and shrimp-shaped surimi, and anything I see in the store that resembles fish or seafood catches my attention more readily than other foods. The ironic thing is that I don't even live by the sea, and fish and seafood (especially salmon and cephalopod, my favorite kinds) are both more expensive :(


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Reo (Level 11 Sphinx) @ 1/24/2023 12:48

That is just for the black metal live shows. 


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greenraven (Level 2 Hired Gun) @ 1/24/2023 10:17

I don't mind if squid gets deleted off the menu as long as I get to keep my salmon. XD

And same. Not just fish, I don't like seeing the face of any animal I'm eating.

There's a grocery store by my dad's where they sell a whole pig's head, eyes, ears, and snout still attached. Not sure who buys it but I gotta respect that it's effient and doesn't waste any part of the animal.


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 1/23/2023 17:31

Eggy, just for you, we can keep the squids. But I ain't gonna eat it.

What's your favorite way to prepare squid?


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Eggy (Level 6 SWAT) @ 1/23/2023 01:58

Please don't delete squid. It happens to be my favorite food 
I'm not joking by the way. I actually love squid that much. Anytime I have a chance to have cephalopod, I never like to turn it down in favor of something else.
I do agree with fish heads though. Not because of the eyes or anything, I'm generally not fond of eating heads. Too different from what I'm used to. I generally only like the meaty parts of the meal, occasionally other parts if they're done well enough...


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 1/22/2023 04:48

@greenraven  I move to delete squid from the human food list.

@MrBeast  Almost positive it's just a search tag type thing, not affecting how your image is displayed.


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MrBeast (Level 3 Dryad) @ 1/22/2023 04:30

Does the "Transparent" checkbox in the submission window actually do anything or is it just placebo?


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greenraven (Level 2 Hired Gun) @ 1/21/2023 08:27

HAPPY BIRFHDAY TO DUMBOTRON3000!! 


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greenraven (Level 2 Hired Gun) @ 1/20/2023 07:51

I'll eat calamari as long as it's just the tentacle or suction cups, but I will not eat the whole thing even if it's fried.

Same thing with fish. I love fish but I refuse to eat the fish head. Those dried eyes just staring at you, it creeps me out.


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 1/19/2023 22:56

haHa ohhh, makes more sense now. But still . . .

Similarly, I also had a childhood calamari experience that turned me against all cephalods and their vile brethren. 10yrs old. Breaded and fried squid for dinner. One munch of the cursed rubbery concoction: Barfed. Never again.

Never again.


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greenraven (Level 2 Hired Gun) @ 1/19/2023 08:29

To be fair I was only like 12 and probably wouldn't have picked that today. XD


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 1/18/2023 15:34

Ok YOU WIN. I wouldn't have went for that one.


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greenraven (Level 2 Hired Gun) @ 1/18/2023 12:28

I had a similar experience many years ago at a Japanese restaurant when I ordered raw uncooked octopus. I took one bite and that's all I need for the rest of my life. XD

Still love trying weird new foods though.


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 1/17/2023 17:03

oh i see. It says "limited time" on the thing, didn't notice.

Aha so a fellow crazy food tryer. Most people I know prefer to eat the same things over and over. What's up with that.
I did recently regret it, though - in a Vietnamese pho joint, I ordered a bowl that contained "Soft Tendon". Read it on the menu and thought surely this can't be as bad as it sounds.
It was.
Yeah it was straight up . . . tendons in there. As advertised.
Public Notice: tendon = not food.


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greenraven (Level 2 Hired Gun) @ 1/17/2023 08:50

If it's still around. It was one of their limited time experiments. Though they did bring it back once or twice.

I always love trying weird new foods. I went on a roadtrip with my brother last year and we stopped off at Sheetz. I've never been there before so I picked the weirdest thing off the menu, the Dr Pepper BBQ burger, that was also... an experience. XD


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 1/16/2023 08:51

@greenraven   You gotta be pretty wild n crazy to order that one, sir. Looks like it's worth a shot; I should try it.

@CELS   I hope you're right.


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greenraven (Level 2 Hired Gun) @ 1/16/2023 06:23

I don't know about favorite but the ramen burger was.... interesting. XD

If you wait too long the noodles fall apart and you end up with steak and pasta basically. I'll give them an A for effort for trying something new and different though.


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CELS (Level 7 Lotus) @ 1/15/2023 08:31

Pixilart.com has mostly kid and teenage users, and yet many of its most popular uploads are just old school pixel art and could be uploaded to the PJ gallery without issue. As long as pixel art is about the aesthetics of pixels, some people will always just stick to pixels without NPA elements. Kids don't need adult supervision to figure out that possibility, or to see the beauty in it. Employers with bad taste is another matter. 


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 1/15/2023 08:26

cool thanks!

today's PJ complaint - you can no longer un-fave something? I just tried, as a test.

also, what even is "Buddies"? I've never understood what that feature even does. What's the point. Is it just "faves", but for user IDs? How cool would it be if PJ generated a page of just activity from users in your "buddies" list. a standard watch list.


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Morganne (Level 6 Tsathoggua (The Horror in the Museum)) @ 1/15/2023 04:10

I'll post one of my many examples in the discord <3


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 1/14/2023 20:14

@Morganne   I wanna see what you ended up with on that project. only if ya dont care though.

@greenraven   My favorite at Red Robin is the royal red robin (oMgggggg GET IN MY BODY https://i.imgur.com/4GItMu1.png). What's yours?


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Morganne (Level 6 Tsathoggua (The Horror in the Museum)) @ 1/14/2023 16:57

I really don't think making a piece pixel by pixel is an obscure definition of pixel art. Its like... literally in the name?


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specialmin64 (Level 7 Assassin) @ 1/14/2023 12:34

I like Pixeljoint's exlusive definition of pixel art, it makes me feel like a big man


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greenraven (Level 2 Hired Gun) @ 1/14/2023 10:59

I mean... Pixel Joint is dedicated to an obscure ritualistic interpretation of pixel art.

Most people see pixel art as a common McDonald's while PJ fancies itself a Red Robin. To the average person pixel art is not a $50 burger.


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Morganne (Level 6 Tsathoggua (The Horror in the Museum)) @ 1/13/2023 09:47

I got hired a few years ago to work on an avatar dress up forum. They said they wanted a pixel artist, and I submitted pixel art, but got it sent back because I "needed to work on my blending and shading". What they wanted was much like the example Mathias posted below. It was such a struggle to work that way. I tried so hard to tell them this is not pixel art without sounding like an elitist jerk 


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 1/12/2023 20:41

@Manupix   Yeepppp. We were discussing that on the PJ discord a day ago. Not sure what'll come of it, or if Yuriy even knows about it. Another big W for the cryptids, to the moon bro.


@Gecimen   'Newcomers rarely ask for help in understanding what is pixel art and they tend to assume they already understand'. Interesting. Sounds about right.
By the looks of it, what you see here seems to be what "pixel art" is now - https://www.pixilart.com/gallery

A very mixed bag. Imagine you're 15 and you're new to pixel art and wanted to get into it and this site was your primary resource for learning/inspiration. Because Pixelation and such have fallen by the wayside it seems like newbies are much more alone in their quest now. Then again, would they have the patience to earnestly engage with real comment&critique, anyway?


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Gecimen (Level 11 Sphinx) @ 1/12/2023 12:14

Poor palette control is one thing, but this is not remotely pixel art and I think PJs existence is a better reminder what pixel art is than active forums. Note that newcomers don't ask for advice about what pixel art is, as someone who teaches pixel art at uni for 3 years and made countless workshops, every young person I've met who is interested in pixel art think they know what pixel art is, just that 90% of the time they are wrong (I was there too) . First they need to see actual pixel art, then they may start asking questions. 


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Manupix (Level 11 Godzilla) @ 1/12/2023 12:12

Fool's twitter was hacked by craptobros (not posting the link, acct renamed to cr*ptogus98)


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 1/12/2023 10:31

[I hope big bad eBoy can't read this, here in the secret cool people club. just kidding. moving on.]

been wanting to hit on this for a while:
It's genuinely interesting to me to observe evolving pixel art trends - how (apparently) new pixel artists often default to a sort of "hybrid" pixel art style.
More and more, I'm seeing submissions here of very small pixel art that appears to have 12 colors but actually has 112. Little or no palette control and full color blurry backgrounds, etc. What seems reckless to me is just normal to others.

A well done example - this recent jorb post 
They need more of these done:

These must be hi-res paintings bilinear downscaled with pixel level touch-up on major edges. They look cool, but, imean. I got half a mind to try a real pixel pass on one of these just to see how it would look, with like 12-16 colors or something.

Where's Zizka when you need him. Zizka: Seek and Destroy!

But nah, it is intriging to see what is and what is not "pixel art" to others.
Not trying to gatekeep or any of that crap. But I wonder if in part the death of critique forums has contributed to this. There being far less "guidance" out there for newbz.
Jésus Christos im glad I had Pixelation back when I needed it. I remember not understanding manual dithering, let alone manual AA.

I also suspect that games contribute to pixel art standards relaxing. Specifically games that use pixel art and have dynamic lighting and tween rotation/scaling. We've all grown accustomed to seeing pixel art in games slathered in full color lighting/gradation and smooth blurry fx. So why not just draw that way, right?


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Gecimen (Level 11 Sphinx) @ 1/12/2023 08:49

@Eishiya I strongly disagree with your guilt by association idea, if that were the case anyone who used a currency would be guilty of all the evil deeds that the country that's the owner of that currency does. In essence, all forms of currency are ponzi schemes. That said, I'm removing said newspost in order to prevent any false assumptions about me or Pixel Joint.


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skamocore (Level 11 Dolphin) @ 1/12/2023 05:01

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1039676852232519822.webp?size=96&quality=lossless


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 1/12/2023 03:20

aint it great. new NFT coming right up, get ready to invest. gonna call it Blue Bomber  v2.0

just photoshop


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Hapiel (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 1/12/2023 02:54

really annoying when I want to check out the chatterbox on my phone, because it's a burden to login on my phone... :/


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DimWiddy (Level 4 Egg Tart) @ 1/12/2023 00:13
Whoa Mathias, that's some really cool pixel art, it reminds me of the good ol' Nintendo days XD
 
What program did you make it in?

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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 1/11/2023 23:30

@skamocore Roger. but it doesnt feel right. I would never leave The Blue Bomber like this. activating art skills to fix all artifacts plus some free visual enhancements, GO:



___

uh oh eishiya is annoyed.

But, that makes the chatterbox the secret cool kids club.


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eishiya (Level 7 Bunyip) @ 1/11/2023 12:59

Ugh, PJ is logging me out every time I leave the site today ._. If I disappear, assume it's because I was annoyed to death.

Edit: Huh, apparently the chatterbox doesn't display if you're logged out. That's a shame, it means users considering joining don't get to see that aspect of the community.

Edit 2: 3 days later, the issue seems to have resolved itself.


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MrBeast (Level 3 Dryad) @ 1/9/2023 14:32

Yes please I need the money.


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specialmin64 (Level 7 Assassin) @ 1/9/2023 14:28

*Mr. Beast voice* "We just called out a guy who color-reduced a Midjourney image on Pixeljoint! *whoosh noise* Now's his chance to win *cha-ching!* 2 million dollars!!!"


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MrBeast (Level 3 Dryad) @ 1/9/2023 11:52

Most people don't even notice when art suddenly has 9 fingers


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skamocore (Level 11 Dolphin) @ 1/7/2023 02:09

Don't worry about it, most people don't even notice compression artifacts :)


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 1/6/2023 20:43

mayday! significanté fidelity loss detected, sir! Please Advise!


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Amorph (Level 4 Sea Turtle) @ 1/6/2023 17:35

While we're complaining about PJ features, it would be awesome if more pieces could be displayed on the front page at the same time. I know this one has come up a bunch and is also probably gonna be a perpetual wishlist item, oh well.


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Amorph (Level 4 Sea Turtle) @ 1/6/2023 15:04

Instantly recognizable as pixel art


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Theoden (Level 11 Special Agent) @ 1/6/2023 01:03

This is the future of art.


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skamocore (Level 11 Dolphin) @ 1/5/2023 20:25

Don't forget to save as a jpg


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 1/5/2023 15:57

its time for 𝕃𝕒π•₯𝕖 β„•π•šπ•˜π•™π•₯ β„™π•šπ•©π•–π• π•π• π•šπ•Ÿπ•₯
hurry, post prescaled slightly rotated blurry megamans while the mods are asleep.



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king_bobston (Level 10 Capo) @ 1/2/2023 17:02

Impressive...


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 1/1/2023 15:30

Yep, it turns red when you favorite something. But then it forgets when page reloads I guess.


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eishiya (Level 7 Bunyip) @ 1/1/2023 14:50

I also think it used to indicate that you'd faved something (I think by turning red), but it's been so long that I can't remember.


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 1/1/2023 13:22

We made it!
How many pixels will I draw in 2023. Check back in one year.

First PJ complaint of 2023:
Am I crazy or didn't the favorites heart button used to indicate that you'd favorited something already? Doesn't matter if I disable FixelJoint extension or not.


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Amorph (Level 4 Sea Turtle) @ 12/31/2022 22:43

Happy new year, chatterbox denizens!


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king_bobston (Level 10 Capo) @ 12/31/2022 17:24

Happy new year!


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Hapiel (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 12/26/2022 12:04

Excited soon!


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skeddles (Level 11 Sphinx) @ 12/26/2022 11:29

Lospec Gallery releasing soon


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 12/25/2022 10:19

Here, something actually useful (maybe) - as a (former and sometimes current, unfortunately) web designer, part of the problem is clarity - it's them tabs.
Depending on how the tabs are scripted, a small CSS change could help a ton:
tabs

My edit makes it much more clear you're now suddenly viewing Faves, instead of Gallery.
I know there's multiple skins/themes to contend with, but I assume if one could be changed in this way, then they all could.


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Mathias (Level 7 Junk) @ 12/25/2022 10:01

Ohh ok, my bad, yeah. So it's even worse than I thought.
What a bummer of a glitch. Really messes things up.


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eishiya (Level 7 Bunyip) @ 12/25/2022 09:30

Yeeaaah the fact that PJ shows Favs most of the time is why I never link to my PJ profile :/ What's weird is it wasn't always like this, it used to work fine some years back.

And I don't often browse people's galleries very often because clicking pages has a tendency to show the wrong thing. One workaround for viewing other people's galleries is to not use the gallery tab, but instead use the "Search Pixel Art" option from the menu, e.g. https://pixeljoint.com/pixels/new_icons.asp?owner=34902&ob=search&dosearch=1. This also can get messed up if you're doing any browsing on PJ in other tabs, but I haven't noticed completely spontaneous goofs from it.




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