I'm interested in pixel art, and have very little skill when it comes to art. I thought it would be fun to try and participate, and in the process, learn.
I saw some amazing pictures on reddit's /r/pixelart, by an artist who only did black and white.
Thinking that it was a good to follow that style, I started in photopea.
Laid out some ruler-layers to follow.
Then moved to to another editor. I was frustrated, as every time I used a brush tool, photopea automatically changes the pixels of the cells around the target cell. I just wanted white, but each time I used the brush or pencil tool on a selected area, cells outside that selected area would change into a gradient form black to white.
Also, despite setting the pencil tool to 100% opacity, I had to click multiple times for a complete white color to emerge. This was annoying.
Basic outline for our buddy Nyarlathotep.
One idea for Nyarlathotep. An Egptian style headpiece, dithered robes. But I don't like it yet.
This is more skeletal and monstrous. Cut the face up, add in some backgorund pieces, make the body missing its torso. Add a spinal cord.
Add in a lower portion.
Mirror the shapes of the bird thing that I made on the top corners to give the overall picture a sense of portioning. Added in a few more designs. I think this is as good as I can get it with my skill level right now.
So I brought it back to Photopea and scaled it x10, making sure to keep the selection on "nearest neighbor".
Here's our good buddy, Nyarlathotep!
