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LoopyPickleHead @loopypicklehead.bsky.social · 18h

baba yaga I'm doing cryptids and fantasy all October! follow along and watch some creepy stuff happen! #mariopaint #pixelart #snes #nintendo #pointillism #cryptids #fantasy #babayaga #creepy #spookyseason #horror

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LoopyPickleHead @loopypicklehead.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

bombchu girl smoke break Never posted this one. I wasn't satisfied with it back in 2024 because I thought it looked flat. I come back to it now and enjoy it much more. #mariopaint #snes #pixelart #pointillism #nintendo #LoZ #oot #majorasmask #smokebreak #neon

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LoopyPickleHead @loopypicklehead.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

These last 2 years of relearning and redefining #MarioPaint has been personally uplifting. I didn't come to it with extensive 2D skills. Through studying, I'm a lot more comfortable conveying form, mixing color, and rendering textures. It's very fulfilling to do it in a difficult medium.

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LoopyPickleHead @loopypicklehead.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

3) Contrast. Desaturate the palette and realize that much of what you can mix will make your paintings grainy if not careful. That grain foils any kind of focus we can get. So single-pixel work is crucial to reclaiming that focus. Sometimes it's outlines, other times it's suggestions of outlines.

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LoopyPickleHead @loopypicklehead.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

2) Palette limited to 15 colors. The pixel space is large and "zoomed out", so we can place pixels next to eachother to create the illusion of unavailable colors. This gets hairy because of the subpixel color mixing. Skin tones and purples are the most difficult to get right, but they're possible.

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LoopyPickleHead @loopypicklehead.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

1) The pixel space is very odd. 168 x 248 is just a little too small to get curves that feel continuous. It's also much larger than the traditional 32x32 or 64x64 pixel spaces. Classical pixel art sprites would fill only a fraction of the canvas, and lends to an unconventional pixel art experience.

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LoopyPickleHead @loopypicklehead.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I've found that there are some massive hurdles when it comes to painting in #MarioPaint. Here's what I encountered as major challenges, and how my style mediated them.

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LoopyPickleHead @loopypicklehead.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The difficult part was developing the technique. This isn't the way Nintendo envisioned the program to be used. This style uses the stamp tool's alpha channel to mix colors.

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LoopyPickleHead @loopypicklehead.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

No, I'm playing on my SNES. I run it through a rca -> usb dongle, and I view it in OBS.

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Strong Bad @strongbadnofoolin.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Todayborday, I'd like to wish alla y'alls a Mario Paint Labor Day!

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zupiz @zupiz.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Baltimore oriole (𝘐𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘭𝘢) 🍊 #avianaugust2026 / day 23 #birds #birdart #illustration #avianaugust

A drawing of a Baltimore oriole perched upside down on a thin branch, drawn on the Hobonichi techo page (Japanese edition) for August 23, 2026. The bird is rendered in their distinct bright yellows and oranges with black head. The background features three bright green watercolor swatches, and the bottom right reads “Baltimore oriole.”

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Zach Bussey 🍁 @zachbussey.tos.gg · 12/08/2026

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LoopyPickleHead @loopypicklehead.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I'm caught up on my backlog of timelapses! There's still so much to explore in #MarioPaint, and I'm going to continue experimenting. As a result, not every post will have a timelapse. But if you want to watch the process, can find timelapses on my page or follow me on twitch. #snes #retrogames

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LoopyPickleHead @loopypicklehead.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

In fairness, I've been using Mario Paint for 12 hours a week for 2 years.

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LoopyPickleHead @loopypicklehead.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

komodo dragon this one was a joy to paint i had done many of these paintings in less than 3 hours. i gave myself 6 hours to do this one and figure out some new textures/techniques. #MarioPaint #snes #pixelart #pointillism #speedpaint #art #reptiles #lizard #wildlife

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LoopyPickleHead @loopypicklehead.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

lol absolutely! when i read that it's intended use was to give your eyes a break from your work, I was like "this might be useful".

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