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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Finished another big animation. This one was quite complicated. The idea is he sacrifices an ally unit to open a portal that will summon a powerful monster. #animation #pixelart #gamedev

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

www.artstation.com/artwork/vbnrJD Forgot to add, but here's the link to full resolution, without Bluesky eating up some of that crispy pixelated detail :P

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Animation: Orc Captain (War Banner), Vlad Lipinski

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Finally got around to finishing the VFX for this one. The action is basically him summoning a reinforcement #animation #pixelart #gamedev #aseprite

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Thank you thank you! Really proud of how it turned out <3

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Death animation for one of the enemies in our game. Especially loved making the drum roll :P #aseprite #pixelart #gamedev #animation

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Purely color choice, putting highlights at edges of bright areas, and softer lights on surfaces that the light is reflecting off of

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The quality after uploading to Bluesky is a bit iffy, in case yall wanna take a look at the sprite without loss of detail - I got a good quality upload on my artstation www.artstation.com/artwork/dLOBPe

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Orc Behemoth: Avatar of Fire, Vlad Lipinski

2 tile large monster design for our game.

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

art-lipinski.artstation.com/projects/Ezl... Here's artstation link with all the Gifs separated if you wanna take a closer look at any specific one

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UI animation: Stamina flames

UI animation: Stamina flames by Vlad Lipinski.

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Another UI animation, this one for the Blood (class specific resource for the barbarian). Used as cost of many different cards. #gamedev #aseprite #uiux

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

UI animations for Stamina points (used for basic actions such as moving, blocking, and attacking). At the end each turn all leftover stamina gets transformed into cards in Draw pile on the right. #gamedev #aseprite #uiux

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

#2 Now about a month passed, and they merged their company with some other bigger AI company, and through that merger - they wiped the data (I don't know how much) off of their old server, with no warnings, no grace periods whatsoever. So essentially all the docs we had there are permanently gone.

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

‪Been a while since I posted any more portraits, this one's not exactly new but somehow I forgot to upload it on socials :p for a succubus enemy in our game #pixelart #portrait

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Here's a landing VFX for this animation, just finished it today (don't mind the target dummies not flinching, haven't gotten to them yet :P ) #animation #vfx #pixelart #gamedev

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

This one is a two parter, this is the character's movement, there's also gonna be a VFX for him spawning another unit as reinforcement #pixelart #aseprite #gamedev #animation

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Almost done with animating this character. Here's how this fire casting piggy is animated to die #animation #pixelart #gamedev

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

An extension to a previous animation of mine. A synced up animation for a card transforming effect in my game. #pixelart #gamedev #animation

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

New animation! Mixing up the fire effects with spooky pink magic. This character always has a fire in his hand in the idle state, as well as uses it in most of its other moves, so figured it would be a cool idea to turn the fire into a needle 👻 #animation #pixelart #gamedev #aseprite #indie

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

With Idle out of the way, been animating an attack for this one. So many moving parts, hope you guys like it 🙃 #animation #pixelart #aseprite #indiedev

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Another animation that was due to post for a while, an ultimate attack for another enemy (hence the over-the-top VFX with yellow aura :D) #animation #aseprite #pixelart #indie

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

A freshly animated idle stance for another one of the enemies in our game. A lot of moving parts but I think it came together nicely in the end. All animated in #aseprite #animation #pixelart #gamedev #indie

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Felt like drawing a portrait for a giant rat this morning. Will post some more animations soon, hopefully 2026 is the year we can push this game to the demo state 🫠 #pixelart #gamedev #portrait

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Been awhile since I posted, but here's some fireballs for yall's feed 🔥🔥 Another attack animation for our game. #pixelart #animation #gamedev

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Not to mention that if you zoom out and look at the broader picture - adding in energy cost in this process and it costs an economy more to generate these shitty AI images than it would cost in labor and payments to use humans for it 🙃

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

If you think about it, instead of paying for a commission, they pay the company to steal the assets from multiple artists to then generate a commission, but hey, the company gives them the illusion like they are actually in charge. The only people benefiting from this system are those companies.

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Made a lil 64x64 portrait to the character I last posted animation showcase on. In our game every NPC/Enemy has a portrait to complement the sprite. Idk something about old RPG's from the 2000s and how every random dude had a portrait always impressed me :D #pixelart #gamedev #rpg #portrait #fantasy

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

This took so long but I'm happy with how it turned out. 🫠 How are you guys feeling about this new format of showcases? Since these are essentially animations I make for our game (yet to be announced), I figured might as well give a little game context 🙃 #pixelart #gamedev #animation #indiedev #rpg

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I see you guys liked my first animation showcase. Here's another common enemy from our game: Orc Scout. A little showreel for yall 🙃 #pixelart #animation #rpg #aseprite #indiedev

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

If the app can track it, highly recommend tracking fiber as well. For me it was the key missing daily nutrient lack of which made me feel worse on a daily

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Here's a little showcase of just some of the item icons I've been making for our game. Really enjoy finding that perfect angle and position for the item within confines of a UI icon. Took me some time to embrace not showing the full item for the sake of detail 🙃 #UI #UX #gamedev #pixelart #aseprite

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Since October isn't over, here's a spooky portrait of one of the bosses in our game. Will keep the details on that one a secret. 64x64, done in Aseprite 👻 #pixelart #portrait #rpg #horror #gamedev #spooctober

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

I think the lips are a bit too contrasting, how about this new variant with more smooth shading? Can't really make them much smaller at this low of a pixel count (they are only 6 pixels tall x_x)

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Pixel Vlad (Commissions open) @pixelvlad.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Sharing some #animation for an enemy in a game I'm working on. Love my angry piggies (they're orcs btw, we keep it oldschool in this household) #pixelart #gamedev #aseprite

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