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Sable Zobel
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Game developer. Currently working on Nine Sigils to Midnight.
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I spent like 16 hours drawing the grass and now I'm not sure if it looks too crude at higher resolutions lol. What do you think? Criticism VERY welcome.

#pixelart
A screenshot of a video game. Daytime. Summer. Buildings rise from behind a lush hill. The grass is vibrant, the sky is clear, the clouds are gentle white. Alongside more familiar structures like condos and factories stands a glass dome, a massive obsidian cube, a shattered castle, and a thin glass tube reaching ever upwards, enclosed by floating triangles. A world like ours, but distinct. Below, an amethyst frame surrounds a starry sky. In it, pearled runestones of varied colors, bearing varied designs. To the top left, a portrait of an orange-haired magician and a dashboard with numbers and icons.
April 1, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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So, how do you prevent Bluesky's image-scaling algorithm from messing up pixel art? Try as I might, I can't prevent blurring, but other people seem to manage so there must be a way.

Any help would be appreciated. Please and thank you.

#pixelart
A pixel art image depicting two figures standing in front of an otherworldly city. Bright colors, blue skies, green grass. To the left, a creature comprised of "IV" bags and tubes. Organs float freely in the churning fluids. Nerves and eyes and brains and more. Two tentacles hold ray guns. To the right, a red-haired woman with heels to match, wearing a blue dress and a ribbon too. A brush tinged red is gripped firmly in one hand, and a cocktail glass in the other. In the background, the city. Skyscrapers striped with glass windows stretching across floors. Factories and glass domes and a great black cube, featureless. Barely noticed are the little houses near the bottom, dwarfed by peers. A text box reads: "Wish you were here".
September 6, 2024 at 4:37 PM
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Kant triumphantly reveals an Uno card reading Duty To Oneself (+4!) as Seto Kaiba recoils in shock and awe, having lost the duel.
September 6, 2024 at 1:40 PM
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Spreadsheets are their own form of (dark) art..
Spreadsheets on top! Spreadsheets to the left! Sigils in the middle 'neath a red star?
June 21, 2024 at 10:39 AM
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The minor arcana. Wands, grails, pentacles, swords.
Made using this wonderful palette: lospec.com/palette-list...

#pixelart #gamedev
A pixel art drawing of four cards, each bearing an occult symbol. A red wand, horned and winged. A blue grail, emanating spirit. A yellow pentacle, emblazoned with a black star. A green sword, shining like an emerald.
June 2, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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A certain cowboy wizard from a certain mysterious game..

First time trying selout. A bit messy, but not too bad for a beginner, I think. I used Kerrie Lake's beautiful Resurrect 64 palette, so color credit goes to her.

#pixelart
A pixel art drawing of a cowboy wizard
April 29, 2024 at 3:11 PM
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The duality of poster.
A recent post that reads: "Hey, at least here on Bluesky, no one has to deal with the April Fools disappointment of seeing video game developer/publisher accounts posting really elaborate, "y'all put way too much effort into this" joke tweets about potential games people would really want but will never exist."
April 1, 2024 at 11:00 AM