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PastelZel
@pastelzel.bsky.social
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Indie game dev.
Pixelart and pixies pls
Developing... Something. Probably.
No AI. No NFTs.
(NSFW *only* in likes)

Constructive criticism always welcome.

they/she/he.

https://pastelzel.itch.io/
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A peaceful waterfall.

#pixelart
June 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Stone Gate

#pixelart #digitalart #ドット絵
Pixel art of a stone wall from an isometric perspective. It is intersected by a wide stone pathway passing through a large gate. The structure is ornamented with green stones and yellow trim. On the far side of a wall are a few village structures. A house with flowers in the windows and a fruit stand. On the close side of the wall are several autumnal trees with leaves scattered on the ground. The grass is dry and yellow.
May 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Some clouds and other quick practice pieces I did for no reason in particular.

#pixelart
Pixel art of several clouds on a sky colored background. Pixel art of a sunrise coming over a mountain, and large cloudy clouds. Pixel art of a slice of cake with strawberries baked into it and white frosting.
May 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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Dream Weavers

#pixelart #spyro #ドット絵
May 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
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Vocaloids, Voiceroids, and UTAUloids, oh my!

#pixelart #hatsunemiku #初音ミク
Pixel art of Hatsune Miku wearing a pink and blue dress. Pixel art of several vocaloid characters. GUMI, Yuzuki Yukari, Kizuna Akari, IA, Hatsune Miku, Kasane Teto, Megurine Luka, Kagamine Rin & Len.
May 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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RWBY

#RWBY #pixelart #ドット絵
Pixelart of Ruby Rose from RWBY. Weiss Schnee from RWBY. Blake Belladonna from RWBY. Yang Xiao Long from RWBY.
April 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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HUMAN ARTISTS!

Use one piece to convince people to follow you!

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Mock-up environment art for a game idea I have.
#pixelart #gamedev #indiedev
Isometric pixel art of a desert oasis environment. A small patch of shallow water connects a sandy beach on the left to a series of knee height stair-stepping waterfall cliffs off to the right. Two adventurers are engaged in combat against four monsters. One adventurer wears a white outfit and has pink hair, and is launching red projectiles towards a monster. The other adventurer seems to have 4 arms and is winding up a melee attack. They are wearing various colors in their outfit and have black hair. The monsters include: - One crab-like creature standing in the sand. - One cactus-ball creature standing in the sand near the shoreline. - Two water spirit creatures which look like bed sheet ghosts wielding 2 axes each. One of them is using a spinning attack, while the other is casting water balls from a distance.
April 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Some RPG (adjacent) icons and weapons that I'm proud of from the last few years.

#pixelart #gamedev #ドット絵
A grid of 20 pixel art icons. Going left-to-right/top-to-bottom: Lumber, Stone, Leaf, Bottle of Lime Powder, Stone Brick, Blood Splatter, Magnetite Ore, Iron Ore Powder, Charcoal Paste, Clay Brick, Shield Block, Overheat, Electric Chain Whip, Fire Spell Book, Green Maple Leaf, Cancel Shield, Gemmed Sword, Move Command, Healing Cross, Halo Pearl. Pixel art of 8 distinct swords each drawn at both a flat 0 degree angle, and a 45 degree tilt.
April 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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Autumn Plains.

Spyro 2 was one of my favorite games as a kid, and I loved the remasters. Even though it's not how it actually is, the autumn vibes always made me imagine the region as having orange grass instead of green... Even after hundreds of visits.

#pixelart #spyro #playstation
A 3/4 view perspective of Autumn Plains from the reignited version of Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage. A 3/4 view perspective of Autumn Plains from the reignited version of Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage, but with the grass colored orange.
April 18, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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I've pixeled trees in many different styles before. The best metric for judging them is what context they're in...

#pixelart
Pixel art of a tree with pink leaves and very spirally bark. Hanging from it's branches are a bunch of pixie houses, similar to bird houses. In the background is a cliff side with a waterfall and visible pink sediment layers. Pixel art of an aspen tree with yellow leaves. Its style highlights a large number of individual leaves, but leaves a large gap in the center. Skill is a part of style, too... Pixel art of many trees in a variety of styles and/or colors, all placed upon a washed out green, grassy background.
April 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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I love the Switch Zelda games, so I'm surprised this is all the fan art I could find in my files for these two games...

#pixelart #zelda #nintendo #botw #totk
Pixel Art of link from The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom free falling through clouds towards a yellow sky island peppered with trees and a pond. Pixel Art of Link and Zelda from The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Link is blocking with his shield and Zelda is looking at her sheikah slate.
April 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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Spoon

#pixelart #splatoon #nintendo
Pixel art of Pearl and Marina from Splatoon 2. Pixel art of Callie and Marie from Splatoon.
April 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Pokemon Trainers

#pixelart #pokemon #nintendo
Pixel art of each pair of playable characters from each mainline Pokemon game from red/green to sword/shield. ... Except for the trainer introduced in Pokemon Crystal. Maybe she'll get her own spotlight in a post soon...
April 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Some Nintendo characters. Specifically ones that I have mained in Smash Bros before.
Pixel art of Samus in her starting armor from Metroid Dread. Pixel art of Ike. Pixel art of Zero Suit Samus in her Smash Bros pose. Pixel art of Zelda making a pouting face.
April 12, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Creek

#pixelart #ドット絵
Pixelart of a cozy and vibrant creek with some small waterfalls and rocks lining its banks. A campfire has been set up near the water, and it casts a gentle glow on nearby rocks.
April 11, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Some iconic Nintendo controllers

#pixelart #ドット絵
April 4, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Just some doodles that have been sitting on my PC for a while.

A cupsnake and a suspiciously rodent-like bear.

#pixelart #ドット絵
Pixel art of a glistening, blue snake coiled up on top of a cupcake, mimicking the appearance of frosting. It has a small cherry at the top of its coil and it's head is slightly raised. Stylized pixel art of a chubby brown critter of indeterminable species. Intended to be bear, it's hard to tell because no other objects give its size context. It could also pass as a hamster, or maybe a mouse, especially with it's tiny, chubby arms. This was a quick drawing that I made on VC with a friend. I was working on another pixel art work, possibly clouds, I can't remember, and happened to make a series of shapes that my friend excitedly proclaimed: "that looks like a bear!" So I immediately took the face-like shapes and worked out from there to turn it into a "bear."
March 27, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Some planets.

I figure I'll start small with porting over my previous works, and probably sprinkle them in between my newest work.

#pixelart #ドット絵
Pixel art of a planet. Planet has saturated turquoise oceans, bright orange continents, dark purple mountains, and a wispy layer of clouds. Planet is encircled by a bright orange ring. Pixel art of a rocky, bright-red moon on a purple background. Pixel art of a gas-giant planet. It has green bands of clouds breaking up a saturated turquoise base.
March 20, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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My hiatus finally ends. I went on hiatus before the other site got a name change. Why? Because I was tired of sacrificing for the algorithm. Sacrificing joy, and productivity on larger projects.

In other words, I'll be posting infrequently, but this IS the end of my hiatus.

#pixelart #ドット絵
March 14, 2025 at 2:50 AM