iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My animated segment for the Atom Anarchy Funhouse episode about ecology. I enjoyed drawing inspiration from 90s Capcom games #pixelart #gamedev

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

when ai leaves u behind

7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2:
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4:
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6:
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy.
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

TMNT point and click, April-controlling, mystery-solving game. Would you play it? #screenshotsaturday #gamedev

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I was looking for logo references for a commission, and searching Pinterest for "Japanese game logo" brought up my own Pengin logo! Fun. #art

Various quirky and colourful Japanese game logos, and my own!

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I was looking for logo references for a commission, and searching Pinterest for "Japanese game logo" brought up my own Pengin logo! Fun. #art

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

I don't often share my music, but here's a Pico8 chiptune cover of "Battle Field" from Golden Axe, to go with my Pico8 demake of Golden axe. castpixel.bandcamp.com/track/golden...

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

My art for Nitronauts. art direction, animation, vfx This is what I do for games. I'm a veteran game artist, with 20+ years of experience #gamedev #art #indiedev #pixelart

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

My 4 covers for the Read Only Memories comic book by IDW. I also illustrated 4 short stories inside. #pixelart #gamedev #art

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

15x15 icons for PicOS ( Pico8 OS ) [ #pixelart #gamedev ]

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Untitled Witch Game Pico8, 4 colors [ #pixelart #art ]

untitled witch on her broom discovers an inviting palace spire high in the clouds

untitled witch in her home, with her potions, books and cauldron

a bunch of assets. Untitled witch drawn large, for the game title screen, her selection of spells and a lot of enemies

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Cover illustration #art #pixelart

2 Black twins in sci-fi gear touching a hologram of the Globe in front of a bunch of glowing monitors. a tiny lego-like robot helper cheering on in the background. A guy in an airforce jacket is controlling a powerful mech to strike a victory pose

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Sarah Ford 🐍🎨🖥️ SleepyTime Holiday @angeloslh.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Hi! I'm a Freelance Concept/2D/UI Artist & UI Designer in the games industry Buy Pacific Drive! store.steampowered.com/app/1458140/... Wishlist Nightmare Operator! store.steampowered.com/app/2957360/... Poke me for projects big and small Portfolio www.saford.art Enquiries saford@outlook.com

Bsky calling card - Sarah Ford Freelance Concept - 2D - UI

saford.art saford@outlook.com

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Hi! I'm Christina-Antoinette, aka castpixel. I'm a veteran pixelartist, animator and indie gamedev.

illustration of the game Bayonetta as an older isometric style capcom arcade game.

demake of metroid in a game boy resolution

demake of thundercats roar as a capcom brawler

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Ousama Ranking (Ranking of Kings) as an rpg for the wonderswan. I kept the visual identity intact, despite such limited space and colors. #art #pixelart #gamedev

Prince Bojji and Kage running around in a dungeon, about to find a chest of gold

Queen Hiling looking stern during a cutscene

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Character Design #pixelart #gamedev

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

15x15 icons for PicOS ( Pico8 OS ) Getting readability by making sure pixel clusters are separated fully.

a bunch of 15x15 icons for a fictional OS

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

🎨I'm still looking for a paying project or a studio position. * I work remote. * I'm an expert on anything 2D, * classically trained illustrator * any style, realistic, stylized, and anything in between * world-class pixelartist * hands-on 2D sprite animator

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

For our Playdate game based on Firewatch, we wanted some collectible Forrest Byrnes posters with a creepy and threatening 60s-70s Smokey Bear aura. Scaring kids into not starting fires. So I made these.

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I made a tool that makes retro anime sound effects. Meet AnimeVox! I made it for a game, but it's free to use. I'm using the forgotten (but popular in 80s japan) Schroeder reverb algo, and some wobble. If you find it useful consider supporting me on itch :) castpixel.itch.io/animevox

the anime sfx-making tool!
It's called ANIMEVOX, in big letters up top.
Then there's the controls:

In vertical pairs:
Left:
Pitch Rise
Rise speed

Reverb
Room size

On the right:
Wobble Speed
Wobble Amount

Tone Brightness
Volume

Next is a row of keys:
Randomize - randomizes the sound parameters
UNDO/ REDO - go back to parameters you liked
Export Wav - self explanatory, it saves a copy of the latest sound to your hard drive.

Then the fun buttons, with cute art styles:

IMPACT, sparkle, beam, powerUP, PON, BOOM, slash, woosh

Each produces a preset sound, which then goes through the fx chain.

Hope you enjoy it!

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Hi everyone! I’m seeking a new role and would appreciate your support. I’m looking for Illustrator, Animator, Concept Artist, and Art Director roles. Anything with a 2D pipeline, I'm good at it, and I ship games. I have a classical painting background and 20 years of stylized art experience

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

A few years ago I made a small point-and-click adventure game for Nerd Monkeys and Felicia Day ( Voyage to The Stars) . I handled code, animation, music and game design. this is some of the animations [ #art #gamedev #pixelart ]

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

In 2021 I was asked to do NFTs. 4 weeks of work for a projected $1 million. I got harassed for months by cryptobros for saying "no" publicly as a high profile artist. The project went ahead without me and the offer was legit. NFTs were and are a grift, peddled by the same techbros as AI

a tweet from September 5 2021 that reads:

castpixel:
I just turned down a job making a bunch of generative pixelart NFT avis for $1000000

It was a hard decision, my stomach is in knots. But NFTs hurt the planet and create artificial scarcity.
If rich people want to give me money, hire me. I work for a living.

Please send hugs

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Mississippi Power commissioned this educational video that plays like an isometric game. I did art direction, animation and code on it. The child actors were adoarable. [ #pixelart #gamedev #art ]

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I'm no stranger to doing odd jobs. I've been a phonesex operator, a lesbian escort, a construction worker (cement mixing), secretary, magazine illustrator. I studied Medicine. But the one thing I know how to do well is game art. I have a passion for it and 21 years under my belt. I wanna work ❤️‍🩹

12 thumbnails of illustration from my portfolio, including work I did for Space Jam, Hasbro (transformers) and my little pony

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

my isometric #pixelart Chibi Metroid for the Game Boy. Explore a bunch of ruins. In 3D. #indiedev

chibi samus celebrating cutscene #pixelart

Samus' ship interior, from Metroid Prime

Samus at a cryo-preservation chamber ruin #pixelart

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I'm an experienced Art Director / Game Artist open to a new role. I'm best brought in early on during production. Fluent in any 2D pipeline, and I've shipped 7 games Let’s make something beautiful and fun. #GameDev #IndieDev

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

my Alphonse Elric #cosplay, yes I made it myself, and no I'm not tall. I wear his head like a hat. I used 8mm Eva foam, sealed it with a diy mix of acrylic sealant, black paint and water and rubbed silver rub n buff to make it shine #fma #FullmetalAlchemist

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

I made some fictional tarot cards (and remixed old ones). They're achievements for an unannounced game. 64x64 pixels each Names in the alt text. #pixelart #ドット絵 #gamedev

Pixelart illustrations of fictional Tarot cards

Names of the cards:

Row 1: the eclipse / knowledge / the oracle / the Truth / the Tome / The Magician

Row 2: the Sun / the Sword / the Coin / The Reaping / The Star / The Empress

Row 3: The Tower / Temperance / Tempest / The Comet / The Dunes/ The Shipwreck
The Garden / Justice / The Depths / Judgement / The Clover / Mercury

Row 4: the Sphinx / The Ankh / The Grail / Ouroboros / The Fool / Ace of swords

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

My animated segment for the Atom Anarchy Funhouse episode about ecology. I enjoyed drawing inspiration from 90s Capcom games #pixelart #gamedev

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

This project also inspired my chibi Samus run cycle

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

I'm a senior pixel artist, concept artist, animator and art director looking for studio work. I make your game look good. Reposts are appreciated.

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Gloria Steinem was an unrepentant anti-communist CIA agent, single -issue feminist, paid to keep feminism anti-Black and anti-classwar, a Zionist, and violently transphobic. I don't care if she softened her stance on trans shit, she was anti-Black and a Zionist, and sought no absolution.

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My Alphonse and the sound system I coded for him. My phone is sensing abrupt accelerometer movement and then plays back a few layers of metal clangs and noise, accordingly. #cosplay #fullmetalAlchemist

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I'm Christina I've been a professional illustrator since 2005 and a specialist game artist/ art director since 2009. I've worked for Mojang (on Minecraft), Netflix Games, WB Games I've been unemployed for 8+ months. I'm tired of rejection letters. Please help me find a paying project #gamedev

My cover illustration for the game Space Jam (on which I also did all the art and animation)

Bugs Bunny, Lebron James and Lola Bunny are posing in front of an enemy from the game, blending in as a star-filled sky.

a portrait of Otto Rehagel for Esquire Magazine

My terraria illustration for Lost In Cult's Deluxe Edition book on Terraria.

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Minecraft loading concept I proposed while working at Mojang

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

the Cave Story mockup that almost came out officially. I worked with the Cave Story publisher Nicalis for a few months developing a pixel art but higher resolution version of the game. Pixel approved! Here's also some upscaled sprites, showing options #pixelart

mockup of Quote the robot shooting bolts in the Bushlands. I upscaled everything based on the original

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Minecraft loading concept I proposed while working at Mojang

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It's been pointed out that I say the phrase "indies stick together" a lot. I hadn't noticed it, but I stand by it. It's a good catchphrase for indie gamedevs

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I'm not using AI. The thing that melts the planet and kills off jobs to appease capitalist greed. I came by a paid subscription to Claude for a month early on. Saw how crappy LLMs are at things I know how to do (code & art) and decided never again. I'm broke and still won't take an ai job

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Hey. It's my birthday today. It would be a great present if I was asked to art direct another game soon. I'm broke and desperate. My rates are standard for a senior artist, I'm fluent in all 2D art pipelines, and I ship games.

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

That one time I made an entire promotional sports game for Unifi Malaysia, in 3 weeks.. Here's the Track event. I handled all art, code, game design, music and sfx. You run by tapping your index and middle finger on the phone screen! #gamedev

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

64x64 pixel dungeon crawler. Pac-quest. Featuring Pac🟡Girl

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Another 64x64pixel game mockup. Pac-girl as a dungeon crawler. #pixelart #gamedev

title screen, finding a chest, intro (pac-girl in adventurer's clothing) an empty dungeon corridor #pixelart #gamedev

a dungoen map, an encounter (Blinky), a door with a horizontal sliding switch in the shape of pacman, the fairy from PacLand is a shopkeeper. Buy power pills to increase Attack or healing potions to recover HP

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

my Totoro and Mei animation <3 Totoro is distracted by a butterfly, then notices Mei tapping at his fur and smiles wide! Mei falls a bit, then gets back up, and the loop repeats. #art #indiedev #pixelart

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

An early exploration for a Steven Universe rpg pitch to Cartoon Network I remember researching the floor plan of the Temple for hours, as there weren't any direct references :D #pixelart #gamedev

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castpixel ⚧️⚢ @castpixel.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Garnet's Quest Steven Universe pixelart fanart 8 colors (CGA, both intensities), Game Boy resolution

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