iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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noion • commissions open @noionart.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Crowtender (2024)

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DrSmey @drsmey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#aseprite #pixelartㅤㅤㅤㅤ Late Night Desert Factory (2023)

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Daniel Podgorski @thegemsbok.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Tomorrow, Oct. 1st at 6 PM PST, I'll be resuming my live challenge run of Dark Souls, streaming for anyone backing the Patreon at any tier. What better way to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Dark Souls than by bringing an underpowered character through Lost Izalith? www.patreon.com/cw/TheGemsbok

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Lizzy (borden 🪓) @ditherwitch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

moon over clouds for @waxingluna.bsky.social's #1bit0ref challenge. 37 minutes, timelapse in comments #pixelart #art #ドット絵 #neondawn

1 bit pixel art of a moon shining above fluffy clouds, with trees silhouetted in the lower foreground. 160x144px

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Carrion @cutlaska.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Another picture that will be available as print at Pixel Art Park! #pixelart

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zaebucca @zaebucca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My #pixelart entry for PSICOZINE, an italian fanzine! 124x180px, 22 colors I originally meant to animate it, but I am pc-less atm. Bronzong is one of my faves - I love bronzes from the Yayoi period in general. Recently, I also developed a huge love for the bronze art of Sangxingdui, Guanghan.

$A pixel art of the pokemon Bronzong and Bronzor. The steel/psychic pokemon is embedded in an intricate frame wall, perfectly shaped around him. Two Bronzor are located at its sides. The dark temple is lit by a bright flame contained in a horned urn right below Bronzong. This round brazier is shaped like the headpiece of the legendary pokemon Ting-Lu. The bright flame causes all sorts of reflections and color diffractions: from the warm light to the characteristic shades of oxidated bronze, with purple and cold reflections as well. Upon further inspection, the rich frame carvings reveal many historiated scenes: below bronzong there's a lunette holds stylized figures of Dialga, Palkia and Giratina. Above the two Bronzor, embedded in the frame, the silhouettes of Uxie, Azelf and Mesprit. On the higher part of the structure, right above Bronzong, the effigy of Arceus, lit by a cold light.$

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Cyan Worlds @cyan.com · 25/09/2026

33 years ago today, the Stranger stepped onto the dock of Myst Island for the first time. We can still hear the water splashing against the pilings.

The dock of Myst Island from the original version of the game. A wooden dock ends at a spiral staircase that leads up to giant gears on a hillside. A ship is sunk in the water on the right, and parts of buildings are visible on the left.

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Joakim "konjak" Sandberg @konjak.org · 21/09/2026

Thank you all for your immense support for my animation recently. I'm back to reviving this project now, and it feels great to do so. I haven't shown much of my improvement since Iconoclasts, but not just my animation has improved immensely. Here's another Pepperbee guy: #pepperbee

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Daniel Podgorski @thegemsbok.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

NEW VIDEO: Defense Grid: The Awakening, now nearly 20 years old, remains the greatest tower defense game ever made. In this analytical review, I articulate why that's the case.

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Why Defense Grid is the Best Tower Defense Game

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Daniel Podgorski @thegemsbok.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

EARLY ACCESS: If I am able to get the subtitle track and thumbnail finalized in time, my new video—explaining why Defense Grid remains the pinnacle of its subgenre 2 decades later—will publicly release tomorrow. But Early Access patrons can watch (and comment) right now!

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My new video, a 20-minute analytical review comparing Defense Grid: The Awakening to every noteworthy entry in its genre, is now complete. I

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g0m @g0m.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A world where a twist ending is repurposed as a video title. where a thing's climax has been removed, leaving an advertisment for the gap where it used to be. such things are commonplace in. the twilight zone

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Spellbrush's Tactical Game @spellbrushgame.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A little look at the furniture from our 70s-inspired burger joint 🍔 #ScreenshotSaturday #pixelart #ドット絵

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DrSmey @drsmey.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

#aseprite #pixelartㅤㅤㅤㅤ Blackhole Staff (2022)

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CoinCrown @coincrown.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Baking ingredients 🎂 #ドット絵 #pixelart #aseprite

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Pixel Hoo @pixelhoo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Onion Knight (Dark Souls) ⚔️ Rest at bonfire? #pixelart

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Daniel Podgorski @thegemsbok.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My analytical review contrasting the tone and design of the single-player campaigns of Portal and Portal 2 has just become the 4th Gemsbok video ever to reach 100,000 views! Thank you to all who have watched it.

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Why Portal is Better than Portal 2

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Olive @livvyglizzy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

critterfest part million #pixelart

four pixel art characters:
cat slime queen
bounty hunter in a poncho
big guy shaped like a T
cultist of some sort looking at his orbs

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Daniel Podgorski @thegemsbok.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This month, privately, I'll finally be starting one of the most commonly recommended games from comments on my channel. Next month, I'll likely be writing about it. But which game? Folks with voting power over on the Gemsbok Patreon get to choose: Blue Prince, Disco Elysium, Outer Wilds, or SOMA.

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Poll: Force Me to Start a Highly Requested Game by Daniel Podgorski on Patreon. Join Daniel Podgorski's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Deceiver @dmitrydeceiver.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

(2019)

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Cicada Games @cicadagames.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Hello BOILS and GHOULS! ANNOUNCING our newest game: SPOOKY LAND DEFENDERS! A spooktacular strategic monster defense roguelite. Protect your haunted house from corpo real estate investors with horrific monsters, dreadful decor, and terrible traps. store.steampowered.com/app/5103900/... #indiegame

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To_august @toaugust.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

This one was abandoned for quite a while. Finally got a bit of inspiration to finish it. #pixelart #art #украрт

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The Traveler [COMMS OPEN] @ekvitki.art · 04/09/2026

Technically a repost but i've only ever posted this once on reddit and no one liked it so here it is again #pixelart #art #ドット絵 #ピクセルアート

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Pixel Hoo @pixelhoo.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Leyndell, Royal Capital (Elden Ring) #pixelart #ドット絵

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may @maysuser.name · 01/09/2026

gamers will tell you that video games are art and then treat video game remakes as replacements for the originals and consider any amount of friction they don't personally enjoy to be outdated and fundamentally flawed

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DrSmey @drsmey.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#aseprite #pixelartㅤㅤㅤㅤ Not Friendly! (2025)

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elesrech @elesrech.itch.io · 29/08/2026

Pumpkin man!!! 🎃 #pixelart

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vic-or-squeak!! ᓚᘏᕐᐷ @gizmouse.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

bad news oomf. they just announced a new remake of you at the latest game conference. yeah you got that unreal engine 5 sheen and everything. they changed your entire voice direction and its flat and quirky now. they updated your mechanics. theyre gonna kill you if it doesnt sell one billion copies

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Daniel Podgorski @thegemsbok.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

One week from today, September 1st at 6 PM PST, I resume my permanently cursed and egg-burdened live run of Dark Souls. Access to the stream (and to all VODs of the run until this point) is available to anyone backing any tier whatsoever of the new Gemsbok Patreon: www.patreon.com/cw/TheGemsbok

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Jan Willem Nijman @jwaaaap.com · 25/08/2026

the thing about indie games is that if someone designs one single game I love, I’ll get whatever they make for the rest of their lives and pretty much always have a good time. people are so attached to ip but imo you really gotta know the creators.

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Kinsane Pixels @kinsanepixels.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Frozen in time. Ig www.instagram.com/kinsanepixels/ . . . #pixelart #conceptart #gamedev #animation #pixelartist #notai

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FemboyPixelart @femboypixelart.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Practicing some isometric art #pixelart

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Daniel Podgorski @thegemsbok.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Squares aren't rectangles, but rather squares. They're a type of polygon that always has all sides the same length. As a supposed square, I am HORRIFIED at the idea that I would need to be a square to be a rectangle. I don't be a square with my angles; I do it with my side lengths.

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Frosty @frostyrabbid.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Mushrooms, spices, eccentric fruits #art

Wax gourd, fig, lemon, fiddlehead fern, chanterelle, blusher, glistening inky cap, chicken mushroom, shaggy mane, shiitake, apricot, peach, salmon berry, tea leaves, durian, cinnamon, clove, rosemary, star anise, star gooseberry, kiwano, vanili, golden berry, pistachio, cashew apple

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