I Made A Waifu Tierlist Lmao

i'm sure you must get this a lot to the point of spam buttt just in case - you are exceptionally talented and from what i can see such a lovely person too! ily, i wish you eternal peace <3

aw this is SO sweet tysm ; _ ; you are such a kind soul! 💗

i actually never get messages so they're always such a nice surprise!

anyways i hope you have a lovely day/month/year/life ♥♥♥

I get that you want your art to spread, but isn't it really cool how people LIKE your art? What does it matter if strangers pin your art on their fridge

it's really cool and i appreciate it! but it doesn't help me further my goal of uh... being able to make money in order to eat. lol

it's my BIRTHDAY! 🎉🎉 i'm gonna eat so much carrot cake

extremely sick and bedrotting but enjoy these curled up cat paws

due to block & TOS tomfoolery, lots of artists have started to move from twitter to 🦋 bluesky 🦋

if you want to get started on bsky yourself as either an artist or an art enjoyer, there's a 'starter pack' feature where you can follow a curated list of people; it's a great way to find artists! you can either follow everyone with one click, or selectively go through them and decide who you want to follow.

here's some i've found:

women of the pixel art community by @ilta222 (me)

recommendations 1 & recommendations 2 by @tofupixel

cute/cozy art starter by @byjessicaelena

black artist accts BIG MIDDLE & SMALL by @titea-art

art merch artists by @zandraillustration

TTRPG artists & horror artists by @nheiraashford

art streamers by @shiinareii

there may be ns---fw accounts within here (i don't have time to check them all sry) so be aware of that!

omg, I love all of @ilta222 's pixel art, and when I saw their yarn golem oc. It looked like such a fun fuse bead pattern to work on!

give them a follow to see way more cool pixel art!

Hi! So I just found your page and how are you so cool??? This is amazing stuff omg?! Like w o a h💖💖💖

thank you that is so kind of you! 💐 super cute username btw!

i love customizing firefox 🥰 this is my new tab page!

Oooooh my goodness your art is beautiful!!!! As an aspiring pixel artist (+indie game dev) may I ask the generic questions "what program do you use?" "Do you have any tips for beginners" and "What led you to this art form?"

also how do you make/ where do you get your beautiful colour pallettes? :0

sorry if you've already answered these!

thank you very much!! you have blessed me, i love answering questions 🥰 it will probably be Long but i'm nothing if not thorough 👌 good luck on your journey & i hope this helps!

"What program do you use?"

i use aseprite! i don't think there's anything that measures up to it, when considering both ease of use when starting + depth for later. sure, you can start with photoshop, or clip studio, or anything else... but you will regret not picking up aseprite at some point. ESPECIALLY for game dev.

add it to your steam wishlist, it's on sale often for as little as $5, and you will get an email when it goes on sale again!

"Do you have any tips for beginners?"

answered here!

"What led you to this art form?"

i think it can be boiled down to 3 things:

-nostalgia; specifically, for the old internet + forums, where pixel art reigned supreme

-i have loved art my whole life, but generally disliked traditional art mediums and found them frustrating

-i also tried digital art many times, but disliked the 'unlimited' feeling? if that makes sense... i find comfort in the constraints of pixels!

"Where do you get/How do you make your color palettes?"

i make them all myself! i have a basic palette i use, and i generally go into a piece with a palette in mind and adjust my 'starter' palette to accommodate to the specific feeling i want.

i've been thinking of making a tiktok to go more in depth about this as it's a bit too complicated for text!

love this ethereal beast