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micro dudes (13×13x13x13)

Arno van Oordt — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:49:54 +0000

Drawing 169 micro dudes pixel-by-pixel is just great fun! Here is the result:

13×13 dudes, 13×13 pixels each – pixel – fireworks | download

I’m not sure what to do with these pixel fellas, but printing them on posters, stickers and shirts might be a cool idea…

micro dudes (13x13x13)

Arno van Oordt — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:59:10 +0000

justGREAT how much fun you can have with just a few pixels.

Inspired by all the cool stuff I saw at the OFFF (Lisbon) last week I decided to do some experimental character design. The guys turned out quite nice if you ask me…

13 dudes, 13×13 pixels each – pixel – fireworks | download

Expect some more of this stuff soon…

Game tiles experiment

Arno van Oordt — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:51:22 +0000

justGREAT! I start off designing some tiles just for practice and one day later I end up with a neat experiment

I was inspired by the graphics of Dofus Arena and decided to try and create some similar tiles… Spending half a day fooling around with Fireworks I ended up with this image:

Another half a day later I turned the graphics into an animated terrain generator: http://www.powerupmedia.nl/#/exp080302

The terrain is generated according to three small bitmaps (see top left corner). The first one determines the type of the tile. The second one is like a bumpmap and determines the elevation of eacht tile. The third bitmap determines where objects (plants, rocks, gold, etc.) should be placed.
In the future I might create an editor which can write the bitmaps.

Once I designed more versions of each tile-type (4 or 5 different grass tiles for example) the generator will be able to pick a random version of that tile. This way repetition in the structure should be avoided (at the moment the tiles are just mirrored at random).

My first pixel scenes

Arno van Oordt — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:24:23 +0000

Did some pixel art again in a long time and the result turned out just great (if I say so myself). These are actually my first finished pixel scenes ever…

owl on branch – pixel – fireworks | download

fishtank – pixel – fireworks | download

(Click download for a better view)