phoenixsecretfire

[phoenixsecretfire]

“There are other forces at work in this world besides the will of evil.”

[phoenixsecretfire]

[phoenixsecretfire]

Aaahhh they made another one! My day just improved.

Cursed cats!

[phoenixsecretfire]

Having ADHD is so fun because sometimes youre looking for something that you use regularly and definitely put away in a smart and reasonable place and you have absolutely 0 hope of remembering where and finding it. And then other times ur like "hmm I need a some kind of small pointed object. I feel like i remember seeing a paperclip under the left couch cushion a month ago, i wonder if its still there" and it is

[phoenixsecretfire]

Oof. Being an indie dev I have a spare stylus just in case mine breaks and I have to wait for a new one to arrive.

[phoenixsecretfire]

OMG it’s the insulid phasmid from Disco Elysium!

the term "phasmid," meaning "stick insect," comes from a latin word meaning "apparition" or "phantom," due to the creatures' ability to hide in plain sight, and then move around and scare people.

the largest phasmids likely remain undiscovered; the longest insect known to science was a phasmid from a species that remains formally unnamed and undescribed, even since being captured for the first time in china in 2014.

a female specimen of the quasi-mythical australian species of gargantuan stick insect was sought by a curator of museum victoria for three years before he encountered one, also in 2014. upon realizing what it was, he says, “I started screaming."

[phoenixsecretfire]

This is a scientist who discovered 10 new elements, appended the periodic table so that there could be space for the actinides, and created unique isotopes for radioactive medicine. He’s one of the most amazing chemists in history, marking up the periodic table with the glee of a schoolboy.

His 3rd son wrote a paper about his life, which is a vibrant read!

Plutonium: Did you know?

Though it seems like the obvious choice for plutonium’s symbol would be Pl, Seaborg chose Pu as a joke, and it passed into the periodic table unnoticed.

Source.

[phoenixsecretfire]

The black areas represent the remaining natural dark skies in the United States

[phoenixsecretfire]

Tofupixel is providing a 30% off link to Pixquare, pixel art software for iOS that is similar to Aseprite. This is awesome because AFAIK there’s only one other good app for that (pixaki), but the interface does not resemble Aseprite and it still is missing some functionality.

UI maka me crazy

[phoenixsecretfire]

WHAT BEAUTIFUL MADNESS IS THIS?!

Here's Machinarium on my Game Boy Pocket! You can grab the .gb or the .pocket file on my patreon HERE for free! [Patreon] [Twitter] [Instagram] [Kofi]

[phoenixsecretfire]

Holy mother of metal this is incredible!

Animated scrap metal figures by Guillermo Galetti

[phoenixsecretfire]

This is the best tutorial for something I’ve always struggled with in pixel art! It’s really useful conceptually for painting in general.

🌿 How to draw simple grass for a game

Thank you kind asker I will make a tutorial below for grass. I'll do shrubs and trees in another one, because it's a different method and it got pretty long.

🌿 How to draw grass tiles: step-by-step

Each box is 16x16, the same size Stardew Valley uses. Make it tile (how to do it depends on your software) so we can see if our edges match up nicely.

Draw 1 simple blade of grass. Many options for shape but I like this one. Feel free to copy me directly

2. Give it a shadow. Wow !!!

3. Give it a highlight! OMG!

4. Add another grass

5. Do it over and over and over and over and over

Literally just do the same or similar blades of grass, give them all little shadows, highlight a few if you want and there you have it! So easy.

It looks really complicated like this, but its literally just a few steps, repeated over and over.

Many games use this technique and it would be perfectly serviceable for a base grass tile.

Personally, I prefer lower contrast grass. This tile will likely be used for large areas, so ideally you don't want it to be too busy or eye-burning to distract from the character.

🌿 I'll show you how to do a different type of grass now that is a little more complicated.

Midtone grass colour

2. Add some lighter and darker patches touching each other (not too high contrast!)

3. Use this shape (or your preferred, but this is how I did it) on the top edge of your patches. Colour them with the middle colour from each patch.

4. Do it again a lot (this is very tedious)

5. Add some highlights

6. Add some fun extra stuff

We're done! Have fun everyone, show me if you try it!

Pixel Art guide by me: link

[phoenixsecretfire]

Big Boss and Kaz riso, Costa Rica circa 1974☀️

[phoenixsecretfire]

Sanrio style date with kaz 🙂‍↕️

[phoenixsecretfire]

This is too cute! This line work is just so expressive too!

Snake! Not in front of the men! 😳

[phoenixsecretfire]

Reblogging because it’s an amazing guide and I live in rural food desert.

[phoenixsecretfire]

" In Space, no one can bother you Chill "

-Alien theme Lofi- .2024

IG: https://www.instagram.com/pixeljeff_design/