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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Just a gender bent #Lufia 2 boss. Nothing to--- *sees the news*--- WHAT DO YOU MEAN RE-RELEASE OF LUFIA 1+2?!

A pair of clown girls designed off a Lufia 2 boss

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GlaireDaggers🍉🏳️‍⚧️🎄 @glairedaggers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Another day seeing an indie dev on Reddit asking for advice on how to stop people from ripping assets & making mods and so my advice to any other aspiring devs wondering the same thing: 1.) This is not really a solvable problem 2.) This is not really a problem worth solving

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Saw Coyote vs. Acme. Is good, would recommend.

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#megamanDO #Megaman It's clear a certain new RM in a certain trailer is going to have tons of new art today. I feel like joining in...but also its sort of spoilers until the games out or not? Might be useless but I'll treat it as a semi-spoiler for now. So I'll post the art in the reply to this.

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

#OC #pixelart Felt like getting another one of these done. Just need to make two more and my whole set is done.

Red-haired girl in an black and blue fast food-esque outfit, with orange trim on the apron. Has twin pirate hooks replacing her left hand, and her right arm is replaced with four tentacles. She also has a black sheathed katana stored in the apron strap/belt. Her expression is just done with it.

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

#OC #Pixelart I'm ever so slowly making reference images for those 8 characters. Gruntuar here is a bit more interesting to sprite in some ways, being the giant eyeball compared to a humanoid character

Gold colored spikey Alien Eyeball thing labeled Gruntuar

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

#pixelart Just a weird dog based roughly on another weird dog

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

The more I learn about genAI the more frustrated I get with those running it. It suddenly struck me, "wait, how are they polluting rivers and using so much water?". So I researched: "They evaporate most of the water, concentrating the pollutants in remaining water and then dump that back" 1/2

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

just another #pixelart background. This time a jail. Uses NES palette, but not actual NES rules. Probably make a higher bitage and quality version later.

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Almost forgot I was going to post this today. So, I make an old fashioned #spritecomic. And it's starting a new arc, so I figure it's time to expose it to greater audiences. You might notice a lot of the #pixelart I show off in it! lostgroundalieneight.thecomicseries.com

lostgroundalieneight.thecomicseries.com

Lost Ground: Alien Eight

Higmor: And Thus the Gate of Higmor's Future Began to Open

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Just a background. Trying to improve overall. #pixelart

A paved canyon path with an unusual inverted sky.

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Flashman85 @flashman85.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I'm playing Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals, a classic RPG for the SNES. While updating my party's equipment, I noticed some...odd...text mistakes. Hilariously, changing the name in an equipment slot doesn't fully replace the old name; it pastes over top of it. These look like verb conjugations!

Screenshot of the equipment menu from Lufia II for the SNES. The equipment list reads as follows:

Long knifed
Coath armor
Power brace
Headbandlmet
No equiping
Horse rock

Screenshot of the equipment menu from Lufia II for the SNES. The equipment list reads as follows:

No equipfed
No equipmor
No equipace
No equiplmet
No equiping
No equipck

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Got tired of waiting for an art challenge that I was interested in. Came up with one myself: "Put a random Kirby ability/Hat on my OCs and give them an outfit to match the hat". #OC #Kirby #pixelart

8 OCs in kirby hats, Aegria in Cupid with a angel toga, a very tiny Impunion due to Mini, Shrife in Spider kirby hat and a vest, Tani with Magic Kirby hat wearing a stage magician's outfit, Gruntuar just in paint Kirby's outfit, Garclaw with Whip in a cowboy outfit, MIstymai+ just in spear kirby's outfit and Higmor in a clown outfit and Circus Kirby's hat.

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

#OC #PixelArt Just some pose practice and useful poses.

Girl in a sci-fi jetpack suit holding a parking meter like a club in various poses, three of which are attacks.

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

#pixelart Just an background, inspired by the game Uninvited. (and a tiny bit of Shadowgate and 7th saga)

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Just a cool hit pose for a #OC, #pixelart Mostly just making sure I post new art at least once a month.

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Spriter Gors @gors.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

If you care about pixel art as a medium and want to learn more about how to detect if it is genuine or AI-generated, please refer to this writeup that I created with the help of the community. Read, download, share and support real creators.

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AI Pixel art and how to detect them.pdf

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Just a big weird bug thing, and the dummy that decided making a weird bug big was a good idea. #OC #Pixelart

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Art year in review 2025 Honestly, it felt like I had more, better art last year... until I actually compiled this and compared the two reviews. It's honestly about the same... just different months, and quality and size are allocated differently. #art #pixelart

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

It does not matter whether or not Gen AI can or can't be ethical. What matters is we can not trust neither those developing it nor those in the best positions to abuse it to even attempt to make it so. Any progress towards addressing ethic so far are only because we fought tooth and nail against AI

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

I generally don't like showing WIPs, but I want to at least show SOME art this month, and this massive thing has been most of what I've been doing art wise this month. There's some pretty heavy game inspirations on this, including Shadowgate, Uninvited, 7th saga, and a bit of Zelda. #Pixelart

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Day 31 Halloween: Hornet in Samus' style. Definitely wanted to end this with the #Silksong protag in Super #Metroid Style. #Artober #Pixelart

Hornet from Hollow Knight:Silksong in the style of the game Super Metroid.

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Day 30: Cream the Rabbit in the style of Lopunny. Well... actually a trainer, but eh. I probably should have chosen a better, more dynamic pose for Cream. #Sonic #Pokemon #Pixelart #Artober

Cream the Rabbit from Sonic the Hedgehog in the Style of Pokemon Diamond and Pearl

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Day 29: Gaomon in the style of Jon Talbain. Larger sprites styles like #Darkstalkers are tricky in ways smaller styles aren't, even more detailed ones. Gaomon's also on the smaller side, so I'm not sure my scaling's correct. #Digimon #Artober #Pixelart

Gaomon from Digimon in the style of the game Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Day 28: Agnea in #Shantae 's Style. Specifically Pirate's Curse. Honestly swapping #OctopathTraveler and Shantae style has been one of the more fun swaps on both sides to do. Even if they take a bit longer to make. #Artober #Pixelart

Agnea Bristarni from the game Octopath Traveler 2 in the style of the game Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Day 27: Solid and Liquid Snake in Mario and Luigi's style. I probably should have used a different one of Solid Snake's looks instead of the all black #MetalGear Solid look. Also I tried with liquids hair, I couldn't quite get a good reference in the angle I wanted. #Mario #Pixelart #Artober

Solid Snake and Liquid Snake in the style of the game Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga.

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Day 26: Paper #Mario in Giana's Style. At least its supposed to be paper mario specifically, hence the eyes not having whites. I could make it more paper by not shading it, but I feel that would defeat the point. #GianaSisters #Artober #Pixelart

Paper Mario in the style of the game Giana Sisters DS

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Day 25: The Knight in the style of Sir Grakul. I think my challenge has devolved into "make character in a pixel art style" But it's also Hollow knight, of course I'd bend the rules a bit for a character (or two). Sizing is guesswork though. #Castlevania #HollowKnight #Artober #Pixelart

The Knight from Hollow Knight in the style of the game Super Castlevania IV

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Day 24: Chuck D. Head in the Style of Popoi. Probably doesn't need the label, but it's still a headless guy. #DecapAttack #SecretofMana #Artober #Pixelart

Chuck D. Head from the game Decap Attack in the style of the game Secret of Mana

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Day 23: Gunstar Red in Zero's Style. Just like the other way, #GunstarHeroes to #MMX (3) is an interesting style swap given they handle limbs in opposite ways, #Pixelart #Artober

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Day 22: Catty in the style of Purse. Putting a #Deltarune character into #BackpackHero 's style was interesting. I don't have much practice with completely outlineless style, nor with spriting characters with Catty's body type. #pixelart #Artober

Catty from Deltarune in the style of the game Backpack Hero

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Day 21: Mr. Bright and Mr. Shine in the style of Elnina and Lanino. I've been recently informed my previous attempt at #Deltarune 's style was far too heavy on the anti-aliasing. This one might be too light on it, but it feels far closer now. #Artober #Kirby #Pixelart

Mr. Bright and Mr. Shine from Kirby: Nightmare in Dreamland in the style of the game Deltarune.

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Day 20: Primarina in Miss Mizzle's Style? Going to be honest, #Deltarune has like a half dozen styles, and just sort of does whatever, so I'm not sure I've matched it. Might have referenced my reference a bit to hard too. #Pokemon #Artober #Pixelart

Primarina from Pokemon, in a style that's supposed to be the same as the game Deltarune.

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Day 19: #DynamiteHeaddy in #Plok 's Style. Honestly harder than expected to get right. #Artober #pixelart

Dynamite Headdy in the style of the game Plok!

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Day 18: Harpuia in Tornado Man's Style. I've run out of pairs, so it's time to do some of the other side. I could probably improve this some tbh. #Megaman #MegamanZero #Artober #pixelart

Harpuia from Megaman Zero in the style of Megaman 10

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Day 17: The Queen of Ripple Star in Jazz Jackrabbit's style. Specifically the DOS version of Jazz Jackrabbit. This style uses SO many shades per color, which meant this took longer than I thought it would. #Kirby #JazzJackrabbit #Artober #Pixelart

The Queen of Ripple Star from the game Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards, in the style of the DOS version of Jazz Jackrabbit.

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Day 16: Fio in the style of Eve... I guess. The suggestion only specified Fio from #MetalSlug in #JumpUltimateStars style. That style used to be pretty popular, although this is my first attempt iirc. Its a bit rushed though. #Artober #Pixelart

Fio from Metal Slug, in the style of Jump Ultimate Stars

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Day 15: Lopunny in Cream the Rabbit's style. Sonic Advance 3's style kind of changes this pokemon's vibe... to somehow actually more pokemon in some ways. #Pokemon #Sonic #Pixelart #Artober

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Day 14: #Shantae in Agnea's Style. #OctopathTraveler 2's style is really nice, but pretty time consuming for it's size, especially tracking down colors for someone like Shantae. That said, this one I was really excited to try. #Artober #pixelart

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Day 13: Jon Talbain in the style of Gaomon. Yep. #Darkstalkers and #Digimon. More specifically the style is a Vital Bracelet LCD handheld style that Gaomon showed up on. But it looked more interesting that the other style I found him in. It had a max size limit, so small tail. #Artober #Pixelart

Jon Talbain from Darkstalkers in the style of a Digimon found on the Vital Bracelet BE.

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Day 12: #Mario and #Luigi in Solid Snake's Style. The actual suggestion was Solid AND Liquid Snake, but 3d Game, so we're using the MSX #MetalGear 's Style. Honestly, this one was fun to try. #Artober #Pixelart

Mario and Luigi in the style of the MSX Metal Gear

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Day 11: Popoi in Chuck D. Head's Style. Sorry if this is a bit lower quality. It's a bit rushed, but also going from #SecretOfMana 's style to #DecapAttack is just a huge difference. #Artober #pixelart

Popoi from Secret of Mana in Decap Attack's Style

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Day 10: Purse in Catty's Style With all the #Deltarune suggestions, I figured I should at least use Deltarune's style at least once for this. Also I wanted to make a giant backpack. #BackpackHero #Artober #Pixelart

Purse from Backpack Hero in the style of Deltarune.

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Day 09: Giana in Paper Mario's Style. Truth be told, the suggestion was just something from #GianaSisters DS with no pair, but the either Superstar Saga request gave me alt choice of #PaperMario, so I just used that here. I'm... not good at this style. #Pixelart #Artober

Punk Giana from Giana Sisters DS in the style of Paper Mario

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Draxian (Coms Open) @ndraxian0.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Lanino and Elnina in Mr. Bright and Mr.Shine's Style. I probably should have just stretched this over two days, but it didn't feel right to split them up. It was fun putting them in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land's style. #Deltarune #Kirby #artober #pixelart

Lanino and Elnina in Kirby: Nightmare in Dream Land's style

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