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(Above: Previous Winners of the Event)

Pixel Dreams Follower Special

I recently reached 8,000 followers, so it’s time for another event!

1. Leave a comment of a concept you want drawn (via pixel art).

2. If you can’t think of one, then reblog this and share with people that you think will come up with something cool!

3. I will choose 4 from the comments (if there are 4 :P) and draw them up.

4. I will then give that person the photoshop file and a PNG of their image to do with as they please :)

Looking forward to the ideas, and for those not picked I will do this every 1000 new followers, so don’t worry!

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Luxumbra’s Pixelart Tutorial

There are many different ways to make pixelart; this tutorial is more of an explanation of my personal pixelart process. Feel free to experiment and develop your style!

The order of this will be from left to right on the images above.

1. First I choose a primary color for my background. All other colors will stem from this one color (but sometimes I’ll use a combination of colors)!
2. I start to lay out shapes for my foreground. Foreground elements are typically darker in color, and as you move towards the horizon you choose lighter and less saturated colors to show distance.
3. Now here you have to start thinking about what you want the focus of your piece to be. For me, I chose to create a large city in the background, with focus on a large central building. I also add some details to the foreground, mainly grass and some lines for the building.
4. With the focus of the image implemented, I start to detail out the background with buildings. Background elements typically will not have much detail, so I focus on the shapes rather than the textures. For foreground elements, you want them to be detailed to pull them away from the simplified background.
5. At this point I’m focusing back onto the foreground and adding more grass layers as well as more detail work to the building.
6. From here I move onto detailing the background buildings. Again, I’m not texturing them, but expanding on the shapes, adding bridges, ledges, etc. I decided that the middle section of the image would be a lake, so I added lines to mimic waves/ripples in the water.
7. The last thing I do is detail and polish. I add a few more elements to the foreground and create a reflection on the water using a transparency of the city upside down. I add some clouds in and then refine until I like it!

And that’s pretty much it! I draw pretty simple pixelart, but if you enjoy it, than this is how I make it! Feel free to comment on this post if you have any questions or if you would like me to explain something more! Thank you to everyone who has been supporting me, and I hope this helps you in your pixelart endeavors :)

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City in the Water. 

(I’m going to upload a tutorial on how I made this tomorrow, see ya then!)

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A Second Beginning. (This is actually what my previous post was supposed to look like, but I was lazy :P)

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Hey everyone, it’s been awhile since I posted, but hopefully you all had a great holiday season! Thank you for all of your support, and I look forward to making more pixelart in 2019 :)

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The Lost Prison.

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City Rider. Suggested by @thirddraftproblems

This is the final winner of my Follower Special! Thank you to all of those who left suggestions! If I did not choose yours, don’t worry, it’s very likely I will still draw it at some point in the future :) See you all in the next one!

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Frog Rain. Suggested by @screaming-jellyfish

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The Ancient City. Suggested by @fredymcfly

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Cabin in the Falling Sun. Suggested by @bumblrgum and @nicheaesthetic

I picked the winners of the Follower Special, I’ll start posting the rest throughout the week! Thank you again to everyone who left a suggestion! (Also this is what happens when I like two suggestions equally :P)