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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 07/09/2026

Hi pixel friends, it's been a while! Been busy with PhD stuff. Finally got to a point where I can slow down a little, so thought I'd do a #pixel_dailies. For the #broccoli prompt, I drew a guy with a broccoli haircut. Curly hair is tricky!

Pixel art of a young man with dark curly hair and a big smile

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 11/02/2026

I really like the contrast between Swerve and Prince Nana. The combo of a serious, intimidating wrestler with a silly dance shouldn't work, but it's one of my favourite entrances. University's gone back, so this will be the last of these I do for a while. #AEW #pixelart

Pixel art of Swerve Strickland and Prince Nana from AEW. Swerve looks serious, Nana is mid-dance.

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 04/02/2026

My next game is too early in planning stages to tell you anything of note, but I do have plenty of cat pictures. Hope you feel better soon.

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 01/02/2026

Just a quick one for the #lighter prompt. I made the flame slightly transparent, but I think several layers of transparency might have worked better if I had more time. All good practice! #pixelart #pixel_dailies

Pixel art of a lit wooden match with a large flame

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 31/01/2026

Here's a late one for the 4 colour #flowerbed prompt. This was tricky! I'm used to using a much larger pallette. The final result isn't much like the succulent from the garden, but it is identifiably a plant at least! I left the background transparent for extra contrast. #pixelart #pixel_dailies

Pixel art of a succulent spilling out of a flower bed

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 29/01/2026

Poor Zelda seems to end up in a #forcefield no matter where she goes! #pixelart #pixel_dailies

Pixel art of a blonde woman trapped in a purple crystal forcefield

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 27/01/2026

Pixel art practice continues with another AEW wrestler, Toni Storm. I don't think I got the hands quite right, but her expression was a lot of fun to draw! #AEW #ToniStorm #pixelart

Pixel art of the wrestler Toni Storm posing with her hands flared around her face and a maniacal gleam in her eye

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 26/01/2026

For the King II has some fun creature designs, including this wizard #crab. #pixelart #pixel_dailies

Pixel art of a chunky crab with a grey beard and wizard hat

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 21/01/2026

The mini boss in Majora's Mask's Woodall Temple pairs a #HighDefenceCreature, the Snapper, with a speedy Gekko. What a team! #pixelart #pixel_dailies

Pixel art of a frog-like creature riding a turtle-like creature

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 21/01/2026

I tried to go with a fairly simple design for #band, but this one took a while. So many colours are needed to make a convincing gold, and the transparent stone was also tricky. #pixelart #pixel_dailies

Pixel art of a golden ring with a red stone

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 20/01/2026

Since I replayed Ocarina of Time recently, Majora's Mask was next. Enjoying it so far! There's so many little quality of life things in the sequel, like much faster text and better item management. Just finished the first temple and had to draw the Deku Princess. She's so cute! #pixelart #zelda

Pixel art of the Deku Princess in Majora's mask. She's a shrub-like character with glowing eyes and a big leafy hairdo

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 20/01/2026

My cat is nicknamed 'The Empress', so my husband got a #customised portrait of her. #pixelart #pixel_dailies

Pixel art of a tabby cat wearing elaborate royal dress

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 18/01/2026

Here's a late one for #neonlights . I don't think she ended up looking much like the stock photo model. Amazing how much a single pixel can change a face! Good practice all the same. #pixelart #pixel_dailies

Pixel art of a woman wearing futuristic transparent glasses against a brightly lit background

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 15/01/2026

Post a game you remember playing that no-one else remembers. Sonic 2 on Master System was only released in PAL regions, and is different from the Mega Drive version. It isn't the most obscure game I've played, but it was really foundational- a game I completely fell in love with.

Cover art for Sonic 2 on Master System. Sonic is flying in a hang glider and giving a thumbs up, while Tails runs alongside.

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 15/01/2026

You might have played a spiritual successor. Bioshock's pipe game would be the most mainstream example. Yeah, I typically use a palette with one orange ramp and one green one, but the title and outfit looked muddy. I lightened the title and flipped the outfit to green for better contrast.

In-game screenshot from pipe dream, showing in simple graphics a green pipe spiralling across the screen

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 15/01/2026

For the #pipes prompt I tracked down the cover art for Pipe Dream, which was pre-installed on the family computer in the 90s. This was a tough composition! Everything is orange and green, which made it hard to get enough contrast to be readable in pixel form. #pixelart #pixel_dailies

Pixel art of the cover for Pipe Dream, which has a cartoony man using a wrench on an orange pipe, with green slime spouting from pipes in the background.

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 14/01/2026

I drew Luchasaurus from AEW. The tattoos were tricky and the composition looked better without them, but it wouldn't be authentic to leave him bare! I'm trying out canvas sizes for my next game and I might go smaller. This looks nice but took a long time! #pixelart

Pixel art of Luchasaurus, a professional wrestler who wears a dinosaur mask, has a bright green beard, and has lots of muscles and tattoos.

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 12/01/2026

I have a nasty cold and ended up playing through all of Dispatch over the course of two days. Fun game! I really liked the mix of telltale style storytelling and the dispatch minigame itself. This is Sonar, the best kind of bat man. #pixelart

Pixel art of Sonar, a man with a bat-shaped head

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 12/01/2026

Been a while since I tried some animation, so my #bellsprout is going for a walk! #pixelart #pixel_dailies

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 10/01/2026

In the original version of Alex Kidd in Miracle World, there was a #rice ball at the end of every level. Later releases replaced it with a hamburger! #pixelart #pixel_dailies

Pixel art of Alex Kidd looking at a rice ball.

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 10/01/2026

For the #marble prompt, I drew a scene from Super Monkey Ball. This was a tricky one! I had a whole background drawn out but it looked too busy so I got rid of it. I probably should have reduced the number of platforms too! #pixelart #pixel_dailies

Pixel art of Super Monkey Ball. Aiai is sitting on a platform with a bunch of hovering platforms and bananas ahead of them.

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 09/01/2026

I always found the warrior #dice from #DiceyDungeons quite charming. Trickiest bit was trying to get the circles right on his head! #pixelart #pixel_dailies

Pixel art of the warrior character from Dicey Dungeons

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Amy Davidson @amy-davidson.itch.io · 08/01/2026

Just finished my replay of Ocarina of Time. It came up as inspiration for a few pixel art pieces, so it was time to play again. For a long time this was my favourite game, and I still love it dearly. It's a modern fairytale. It was the game that made me want to become a game developer.

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