Ghibli Pixel Characters

Yesterday evening I had some fun with this lovely pixel characters.
Do you know them all?

Preview: My next post will be about 'material design'... I got up that early today just because of this idea :D Stay tuned if you wanna know what this will be!

Pixel Zombie Apocalypse Game

Do you remember my screens of some zombie apocalypse character designs? This is the way the game could look like.

I'm not sure yet if I prefer a survival game where you get hungry and cold or just a nice jump n run game where you can either sneak or burst through. What would you prefer?

Zombie Apocalypse Pixelart

The last days I created some pixel characters of my most favourite genre: Zombie Apocalypse.

Have a look at two of them. A main character - which could be the hero in a game - and a zombie.

In addition you can see a video of how i created the Zombie in Photoshop in a time lapse.
  

During the illustration phase I had so much fun that I thought about developing a game in this kind of style...

Celebrity Fridays - Harry Potter Pixelart

Today I made a pixel artwork of Harry Potter with Marauder's Map. 

Because creating pixel artworks is really fun I think there will be a lot more in the future! Hope you like it.

Purple Spectacle Pixel Art

Do you remember Purple Spectacle? A character of my game called Wranglers?

I tried to give her a pixel look and I really like it! 

How to create Pixel Artworks - Sheldon Cooper

Today I'll show you how I create pixel artworks with Adobe Illustrator. 

1. Find your own patterns or think about what you want to create exactly. 

Because this is my first pixel artwork I decided to get some patterns. And because I love the Big Bang Theory, my patterns were Sheldon Cooper and his apartment.

2. Make sure your grid is visible (view>show grid) and snap to grid is activated (view>snap to grid) and think about how many details you would like to have. I wanted to have a 1080p image, so I made my pixels 9px wide and 9px high.

3. Now begin with your first object! Go on pixel by pixel and take care about some shadows to get some depth in your artwork. Your artwork will look boring if it is too flat.

4. Now it is just a case of time how your image will look at the end. If you want more details you are not able to just copy and paste your pixels.

5. Make sure that you group your objects. If you don't group them, it will be annoying to select one of them :)
I have about 30 groups - but it could have been more to get a better workflow.

This is how I created my Sheldon Cooper artwork.