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Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

TROUSERS! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just tap the link in the bio HERE: @etheringtonbros.bsky.social #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev

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Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

FORESHORTENING ARMS! To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) just tap the link in the bio HERE: @etheringtonbros.bsky.social #anime #manga #comicart #conceptart #gamedev

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Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

45 HOURS LEFT! The GIANT 10th ANNIVERSARY How to THINK BOOKS KICKSTARTER IS COMING on a SECRET DATE in EARLY 2027, ONLY WAY to get the books is to join the SECRET LAUNCH MAILING LIST in the next 45 HOURS! Send “Add me, Lorenzo!” to DrawKickstarter@yahoo.com joined our lists before?You’re on it!

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 19h

Hey @etheringtonbros.bsky.social you happen to have a tutorial centered around texturing/shading metals? Ever since my isometric lighter, I've been wanting to pick up more on the subtle details

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Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (including NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online)just tap the link in the bio HERE: @etheringtonbros.bsky.social PLUS! See us at @ThoughtBubbleuk.bsky.social on 14th-15th November and grab the LAST of the tutorials BOOKS!

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Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Our feature tutorial/artist today is this page on the FORMS of the PALM, by the talented @taco1704! Note how the MAIN PADS of the palm create a FLAT, TRIANGULAR CENTRE. Understanding this formation helps especially with FORESHORTENING, and OVERLAP at shallow angles! #manga #anime

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Jonathan Rey Trevino (Art Raffle Closed and Comms Open) @jonathanreytrevino.com · 23/09/2026

🍂The End of September Art Raffle Begins🍂 Y'all know the rules: Be a follower.👤 Like❤️ and Repost🔁. And drop your SFW character in the comments. Raffle ends on 10/1/26 that morning so good luck! ❗Details in ALT text.❗ #pixelart #animation #3dart #lowpoly #artraffle #freeart #giveaway #september

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Etherington Brothers @etheringtonbros.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

To get the FREE monthly How to THINK When You draw digital MAGAZINE, (with NEW tutorials, a YEAR before they appear online) tap link in the bio HERE: @etheringtonbros.bsky.social +See us at @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social on 14th-15th Nov for the LAST of the tutorials BOOKS! Table C1 REDSHIRT HALL!

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Remember when this came out and everyone was so crazy about it that they just bought licenses at random for people? (sadly, I missed out on it, but to be honest, I would probably be suffering trying to play it if people are right about the difficulty...)

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yk, Discord needs a feature where I can disable DMs/friend requests from accounts that are less than a month old, hell, maybe even a year old. I'm tired of all of these scams slamming my notifs there...

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This is mine on my phone. Admittedly, it's a little basic, but I need to look into making a version of my desktop for my phone background.

A starry shot of the milky way galaxy taken in the middle of a forest. Image credit unknown, I had this BG for years now lol

I got the bottom part cropped out because it has PII

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Without downloading any new pics, describe your gender

Pixel art of doom guy slamming onto the ground.

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You know, despite all of the qualms of AI going on still, there's one thing for certain, no image generation model would be able to generate this photo. The night sky looks like an ice sheet. If only I could manually adjust the exposure, but I don't have $3k for a camera...

The night sky. It looks like a sheet of ice overhead, while the moon cuts through the clouds, looking like the sun and ruining part of the shot.

Wish I could get into astrophotography, but light pollution ruins so much for any shot I want to capture...

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You know, looking back on this year, I hate how much I've went out to ask people about certain things and instead of being able to learn from them, they just respond with "just ask Claude, bro". But I don't want to ask the LLM, I want to ask a human being that understands something more than I do!

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

thinking about this again today, and not even in the context of procgen. The thing about systems design is that it's so easy to get excited about making little sandboxes for yourself that you forget the player needs insight into it, lest it simply appear the same as complete randomness.

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've finished up on this project by sneaking in that bond camera! #pixelart #JamesBond (Unfortunately, I can't do this IRL, the lighter caddy is too small for the 007 camera)

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Busy doing some isometric practice referencing a real flip-top lighter I have, as well as the James Bond camera that I plan on doing eventually

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

So, I'm finally fixing my biggest regret with Mario Royale back in the day, the Doomguy Mario skin I made. Now I gotta go through the brutal route to make it fit the NES restrictions. #pixelart #wips

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Alright, I'm attempting a Red Hood halloween cosplay again, but according to what I've budgeted, I need ~$150 JUST for the coat and mask (I can't handle latex masks, so I have to pay extra...), with a stretch goal of ~$200 for knee pads and holsters. So, tapping the sign, I'm for hire!

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So I finally dusted off my thermal printer I've had since June, and I just did my first #pixelart print on her. I've dubbed it, Shelfboi. #textmode #greenday I'm feeling a bit tempted to sell thermal prints now lol

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Bungle-era Halo games. I was drafted into my dad's fireteam back when I was shitting in diapers. (I got a baby photo of myself playing on an unplugged 360 controller lol) Of course, I'm the only remaining member of the team who still even plays. 343's management ruined something good...

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Tristan is painting spookily @tristanwelsh.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We made the computer compulsory to exist and then we made the computer evil and unobtainably expensive.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 19/09/2026

people are always saying anti-AI arguments don’t understand the full nuances of the technology. which is correct. but only because it stole everyone’s work, exists solely to get you fired, has made the entire internet unusable and has been forced on everyone without consent

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Good news! I was able to upcycle the model to render one of my designs in the Slimeguin catalog #PicoCAD2 #pixelart #lowpoly

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

So, unfortunately the project has been abandoned, since I can't come up with a good solution to the rotation animation problem, but I did take some time to make Slimeguin look like Tux in #picoCAD2 #pixelart #lowpoly

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Screenshot provided to me by another user. It appears that Sony's war against their userbase continues, as you must now PAY for a subscription to play a DEMO. Yes, that's right, the thing you now have to pay to decide if you want to buy something. Ubisoft's 100% frothing at the mouth rn...

A screenshot from PlayStation's website or app for the game Speedrunners 2. Towards the middle of the screen is a prompt which states
"Upgrade to PlayStation Plus Premium to play a 1-hour full game trial"

*ahem* [elder voice]
Back in my day, we got demos from magazines for free!
(Hell the 360 era gave us FREE digital downloads for demos)

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Especially considering the fact that those freaks think it's okay to not disclose their AI usage. In some cases, they have the GALL to get upset about lost sales if they disclose that shit. I'm sorry (well, not really), but I don't want to pay for something that had no fucking labor or love in it!

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

*sighs* so I am on the animation step with some placeholder textures, but it seems trying to rotate the body at specific angles is not something supported by #PicoCAD2 #pixelart #lowpoly

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Working on designing Slimeguin to be more streamlined for proper animations in #picoCAD2, not looking forward to testing everything though... #pixelart #lowpoly

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Man I hate we missed out on the wonderswan in NA

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Ever just get a random pic of your pet where you accidentally just got the goofiest face imaginable? Welp, it happened with Cleo, so I shopped the pic into what would look like one of those embarrassing school pictures

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Dusted off my PicoCAD 2 license, wanted to experiment with a few things in the tool, such as animations. P sure this is my first ever animated 3D model lol #pixelart #PicoCAD #PicoCAD2 #LowPoly

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Casually forging my own Bsky license because fuck it, why not #pixelart #wips

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Web dev hot take: <strong> was invented by idiots who whined about html dev accessibility, <b> is clearly the superior tag, since you don't have to load the damn HTML file to adequately proofread shit.

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Welp, YouTube thinks I'm a bot again, so I guess I'm streaming the entire Halo franchise soundtrack from my NAS @ home while on the bus. (NGL, PlexAMP's UI sucks and I wish I could install a plugin that made it look like WinAMP, because this shit doesn't whip the llama's ass!)

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I mean, I could probably make a scene that would be better than just a bunch of FF6-style player sprites (Hard part really is just designing an enemy sprite that would be period-accurate...)

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Trying to play catch-up with #Septembit this year, and I don't think restricting myself to this GBC palette is working out too well... #pixelart

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Ash @aerialdash.neocities.org · 03/09/2026

Hey everyone, I made a list with some upcoming small artists! be sure to check out, share and comment if you want in! let's improve the community as best as we can! 💖 go.bsky.app/8WEeqpR

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

It is depressing walking back in on the #pixelart feeds after a while, and we got grifters floating around claiming that what they had generated is pixel art. No, midjourney, chatgpt, and whatever else is on the market atm will NEVER be making pixel art.

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JamesTDG (comms open) @jamestdg.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

@sega-west.bsky.social Hey guys, I just found out about a sonic game I actually wanna try out, but you haven't localized it yet. Mind pushing it somewhere along the chain to re-release SegaSonic The Hedgehog?

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