Thank you! Before I started making pixel art I mostly did digital painting so it was easier for me to transition by starting with larger images. I'm still learning to work on a smaller scale!

I started with a rough sketch and just put more lines and colors on top until I was satisfied with it. I don't have a recording of the process but here are the separated layers from the image I posted:

"Hell Hound"

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eye strain sketch #pixelart

I think it was over 100! I wasn't really paying attention to the palette size while I was working so I went a bit overboard. For example, I wanted particularly smooth gradients on the face, so there are about 15 colors used there and nowhere else in the image

A medieval nobleman in a swaggy outfit.

Same but on a fresco.

Had to do a little drawing of one of my favorite bits of medieval swag. Byzantine-style robes with what appears to be a Mongolian cloud collar over them. The dude's name is Jovan Oliver (an honest to God John Oliver), and he was a mid-14th century nobleman under Serbian emperor Stefan Dušan.

Torrent (wip) #pixelart

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Thank you!

"Giants' Forest"

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Study of 'Vanity' from January. This is the largest and most complex study i have finished to date (resolution 300 by 460 before scaling) #pixelart

Gauntlet study from May #pixelart

Reposting everything. Shishkin study from July