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Gem Cusworth
@gemcusworth.bsky.social
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Gem | Lvl 24 | Concept Artist 🎨| Pixel Artist 👾| Indie Dev 🎮 | Streamer 📹 | Creatures 🐻| Characters | D&D 🧙| Commission slots: OPEN ✨
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Gem Cusworth @gemcusworth.bsky.social · Jan 15
I wanted to make my first post of the year something more reflective to take off the pressure of making some crazy new piece to kick off the new year 😅There's a couple pieces in here you haven't seen yet, made in December, I'll post those next week! #artvsartist
Art VS Artist grid with 8 pieces of artwork and a photo of Gem. Top left to bottom right: A pixel art piece of a goblin with pink hair and 3 blue eyes, she's in a playful fighting pose with spiked knuckle dusters and a black crop top. A pixel art pumpkin (32x32) Art of an alien creature with similarities to a buffalo or cow with large horns, backed by a sunset Art of a blue skinned and blue haired elf woman A photo of the artist, a white female with long blonde hair, she's smiling and wearing headphones and a scarf Art of a red headed vampire in a nuns outfit, her pointed teeth poke through pursed lips. Art of an alien creature, similar to that of a flying squirrel but with long ears and unique blue/cream fur patterns. This one is very fluffy. He is perched on a branch A pixel health (red) potion in a spherical bottle (32x32) A pixel art piece depicting red riding hood and the wolf, they stand a monochrome forest, making the red colour pop from red riding hood's coat and the wolf's eyes. Below the grid reads: Art VS artist Gem Cusworth 15/1/25
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babeandoak.bsky.social
ALT Text benefits everyone

Alt text helps with accessibility, identifying/explaining elements you might not get to in your posts and makes your posts/work more discoverable - Make sure to toggle it on to “require alt text” in your settings
Writing alt text infographic “WRITING ALT TEXT - IDENTIFY WHO - EXPRESSION - DESCRIPTION - COLOUR INTERESTING FEATURES “A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head”
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
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fredable0.bsky.social
I forgot I had an account here. Time for lots of art. But first of all any Mononoke fans around?
#pixelart #mononoke
November 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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jitterbuggames.bsky.social
Just make it exist first, you can make it good later

#Gamedev #Gameplay #Indie #metroidvania
November 11, 2025 at 11:26 AM
gemcusworth.bsky.social
Not to brag, but I know some of the awesome people making this game, and from knowing them, I can tell you it's got a lot of love going into it! You should definitely give them a follow so you can keep up to date on their game, Sinweaver!
jitterbuggames.bsky.social Sinweaver @jitterbuggames.bsky.social · 22d
Our game is so close to 200 wishlists on Steam! We're just starting out on Bluesky so all support is appreciated🙏 We're trying to make a metroidvania that's a bit different, if this interests you drop a follow or wishlist!

Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/3559990/...

#gamedev #indiegame
October 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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jitterbuggames.bsky.social
Our game is so close to 200 wishlists on Steam! We're just starting out on Bluesky so all support is appreciated🙏 We're trying to make a metroidvania that's a bit different, if this interests you drop a follow or wishlist!

Wishlist here: store.steampowered.com/app/3559990/...

#gamedev #indiegame
October 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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castpixel.bsky.social
I'm a senior pixel artist, concept artist, animator and art director looking for studio work.

I make your game look good. Reposts are appreciated.
September 19, 2025 at 1:37 PM
gemcusworth.bsky.social
Hey guys!!
It's been a while - my son turns 6 months on Sunday!
I just wanted to post a quick update to say I'm still here, I'm loving life and looking forward to making more art and streaming again.
I'll try post the odd update where I can and give you a time for my debut return lol
September 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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neoriceisgood.bsky.social
1.000 WATER CREATURES! #pixelart #fish
tons of sharks and whales and stuff. tons of river fish tons of ocean fish tons of other seacreatures like crabs and squids
September 14, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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hby.bsky.social
#pixelart #artpost
July 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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noppixels.bsky.social
Final montage of the hexatile collab we hosted in the discord server on the theme : mediterranean
July 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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chlowski.bsky.social
any artistic job offer mentioning the use of "AI assisted ideation" or similar bullshit can go straight to hell
June 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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vashperado.bsky.social
mermaids but BIG
May 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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deadpixel-art.bsky.social
1-bit crow
#1bit #pixelart #ドット絵 #art
A small two-color 1-bit pixel art piece of a crow on a branch
April 16, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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xeleph.bsky.social
Bordeciel (Skyrim in french), 2023
#art #pixelart
March 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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haykira.bsky.social
Bunny sprites but they get progressively smaller.

#pixelart #aseprite #dotpict #ドット絵
5x2 bunny pixel art sprite sheet. Each line consists of a bunny in a different pose. Top line the bunny is sit/standing in a 2D 3/4 perspective, facing right. Bottom line the bunny is lying down in a 2D 3/4 perspective, facing right. Each column corresponds to a different size, making him smaller as we go to the right. Left-most column starts at a relatively correct size and gets progresively small until it's absurd (2x3 sprite for the 1st line and 3x3 sprite for the bottom line) Background is in a desatured purple.
March 19, 2025 at 5:03 PM
gemcusworth.bsky.social
Lack of streams this week :( I have a bunch of appointments which fall in line with my streaming hours! Hopefully, we can still have some fun though >:)
A pixel art scroll with a quill dipped in ink and some leaves. The scroll reads: Gem's Stream Schedule Mar 10-15 [Twitch logo] Mon - Offline Tue - Art Stream 2-5pm GMT Wed - Offline Thu - Offline Fri - Game Dev 2-5pm GMT Sat - Offline
March 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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noppixels.bsky.social
Always a good day to repost a Big Frog Portal™️
March 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
gemcusworth.bsky.social
This week's schedule! I'll be going LIVE in around 10 mins - really cutting this one fine 😅
Remember to keep an eye out here though as this schedule has the chance to change at any given moment 😅 #streamschedule #streamer #pixelart #gamedev
A pixel art scroll with a quill dipped in ink and some leaves. The scroll reads: Gem's Stream Schedule Mar 10-15 [Twitch logo] Mon - Offline Tue - Art Stream 2-5pm GMT Wed - Game Dev 2-5pm GMT Thu - Art Stream 2-5pm GMT Fri - Orb Tower 2-5pm GMT Sat - Offline
March 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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crisppyboat.ca
Happy Mario day :0) Byahoo
March 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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tofupixel.bsky.social
@spriters-resource.com will soon be revealing its site revamp!!!
- i can personally vouch that many of the new features are veryyyy sexy and will be super helpful in the pixel artist workflow

Join here on March 22: www.twitch.tv/thespritersr...
and follow @dazz.spriters-resource.com too 💕😎
An image showing information about The Spriters Resource website revamp on: March 22 2025 3pm EST // 9pm BST on twitch.tv/thespritersresource
March 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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rappenem.bsky.social
More resprites for my texture pack
#pixelart #Minecraft
March 9, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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localthunk.com
I've had parts of this written down for a while - but I thought it was about time to document the detailed version of what happened during Balatro development

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The Balatro Timeline — LocalThunk
It’s been approximately 3 years since I began work on Balatro - and in that time I have personally documented almost nothing about the journey. This is something that has bothered me since the game la...
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March 7, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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alisdaiross.bsky.social
Hey @yungkhan.bsky.social
I saw your dog and had to draw it.
March 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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haykira.bsky.social
Enjoyed @finjico.bsky.social's TUNIC a lot. The fox's design inspired me to make some sprites. :)

#pixelart #aseprite
Five pixel art sprites of the video game TUNIC's main character sorted in two rows. Game is made by Finji Co. and released in 2022, a favorite game of mine. All the sprites are facing left in a 3/4 2D manner. Two sprites are displayed in the top row. Three sprites are displayed in the bottom row. First sprite is a fox wearing a sword and shield in a default standing idle pose. Second sprite is sit a fox reading what appears to be a manual and is scratching his head. Some gears are there to put some emphasis on the thinking part of the sprite. His left eye is closed. Third sprite is a sit fox looking at a manual while raising is hand to its chin. A question mark appears at the top of his head, questioning himself on what he is reading. Fourth sprite is a sit fox sleeping. He appears to have fallen asleep reading the manual. His head is tilted back and a snoring bubble coming out of his nose, the letters "zzz" are written above his head. Fifth sprite is a sit fox looking at a manual and got a lightbulb above his head. His tail is raised, as if he figured something out.
March 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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alisdaiross.bsky.social
I have a few more studies left, but I'm always looking g for more. So if you have a silly picture of your pet, please share it with me?
March 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM