ShaneHPixels
@shanehpixels.bsky.social
I love:
🕹️Video games, 🎲 Board games,
👾 Pixel art, 🍬 Snacks
🕹️Video games, 🎲 Board games,
👾 Pixel art, 🍬 Snacks
Yesterday's challenge on the Saultoons Discord was "moonlight". Looks like my reflection is a little off. I probably should have added something on the horizon line to better separate sky from water. Every mistake is a learning opportunity. I still like how it turned out. #pixelart
July 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Yesterday's challenge on the Saultoons Discord was "moonlight". Looks like my reflection is a little off. I probably should have added something on the horizon line to better separate sky from water. Every mistake is a learning opportunity. I still like how it turned out. #pixelart
#PixelArt challenge on the Saultoons Discord was "Dangerous Mountain". I also used the color palette (superficial35) and the canvas size (92x92) extra challenges. Gave myself one hour. I think I want to practice both mountains and skies a little more.
July 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
#PixelArt challenge on the Saultoons Discord was "Dangerous Mountain". I also used the color palette (superficial35) and the canvas size (92x92) extra challenges. Gave myself one hour. I think I want to practice both mountains and skies a little more.
Mythical. The final prompt. I chose to depict Pandora releasing the previous monsters into the world! Scaling them wasn't too bad. Rotating them was a little harder. Thanks for reading! Stay tuned...I have plans leading up to #Septembit 2025! #pixelart
June 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Mythical. The final prompt. I chose to depict Pandora releasing the previous monsters into the world! Scaling them wasn't too bad. Rotating them was a little harder. Thanks for reading! Stay tuned...I have plans leading up to #Septembit 2025! #pixelart
The penultimate prompt for #Septembit 2024 required combining two previous monsters. I chose to combine my "Plant" pepper with "Ghost" to get...well, a ghost pepper obviously! The flame perspective is a little off, but overall I'm happy with it. #pixelart
June 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The penultimate prompt for #Septembit 2024 required combining two previous monsters. I chose to combine my "Plant" pepper with "Ghost" to get...well, a ghost pepper obviously! The flame perspective is a little off, but overall I'm happy with it. #pixelart
For the last three days of #Septembit 2024, the canvas size increased from 32 to 96 pixels square. The first of these prompts was to evolve a previous monster. Remember my poison apple monster? It grew up! #pixelart
June 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
For the last three days of #Septembit 2024, the canvas size increased from 32 to 96 pixels square. The first of these prompts was to evolve a previous monster. Remember my poison apple monster? It grew up! #pixelart
This was the last of the smaller canvas prompts. I kind of think this one is a thematic fail. It looks more like television static than anything "abstract". I just didn't have any other ideas. #pixelart #septembit
June 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
This was the last of the smaller canvas prompts. I kind of think this one is a thematic fail. It looks more like television static than anything "abstract". I just didn't have any other ideas. #pixelart #septembit
Day 26's prompt presented me with a bit of a conundrum. Most of my monsters were already "objects", so what to do? Fortunately, my day job brings the endless pain of tolerating JavaScript. Behold, the most terrifying object of all! #pixelart #septembit
June 20, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Day 26's prompt presented me with a bit of a conundrum. Most of my monsters were already "objects", so what to do? Fortunately, my day job brings the endless pain of tolerating JavaScript. Behold, the most terrifying object of all! #pixelart #septembit
I had quite a difficult time getting my ramen monster to work out, but I never wanted to do anything else. I guess it kind of looks less like the ramen is threatening you and more like it's...crocheting at you? Oh well, lol. #pixelart #septembit
June 19, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I had quite a difficult time getting my ramen monster to work out, but I never wanted to do anything else. I guess it kind of looks less like the ramen is threatening you and more like it's...crocheting at you? Oh well, lol. #pixelart #septembit
The "hobby" prompt stumped me. I struggled to come up with an idea for day 24 more than I did actually designing it once the idea came. I had some difficulty getting the layout of the analog sticks right, but overall I think it works. #pixelart #septembit
June 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The "hobby" prompt stumped me. I struggled to come up with an idea for day 24 more than I did actually designing it once the idea came. I had some difficulty getting the layout of the analog sticks right, but overall I think it works. #pixelart #septembit
Back in my day, sonny, we'd grab our favorite cassette tape and pop it into a "Boombox" to jam. Actually, I recently found out boomboxes that look like this still exist, they just take digital media now. I had fun with this one. #pixelart #septembit #90s
June 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Back in my day, sonny, we'd grab our favorite cassette tape and pop it into a "Boombox" to jam. Actually, I recently found out boomboxes that look like this still exist, they just take digital media now. I had fun with this one. #pixelart #septembit #90s
The "Light" prompt monster was another one that just kind of happened as I was painting. A candle became the monster early on in the process before I eventually gave it a power. I guess this one is a light-magic-wielding candle? #pixelart #septembit
June 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The "Light" prompt monster was another one that just kind of happened as I was painting. A candle became the monster early on in the process before I eventually gave it a power. I guess this one is a light-magic-wielding candle? #pixelart #septembit
This is another one I knew where I would go with it from the beginning, and another one where I don't love the final product. It's fine, but I think I could have done better if I hadn't needed to move on. #pixelart #septembit
June 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
This is another one I knew where I would go with it from the beginning, and another one where I don't love the final product. It's fine, but I think I could have done better if I hadn't needed to move on. #pixelart #septembit
I have a confession. It wasn't until this prompt that I realized this whole challenge was a sort of Pokemon thing. I kept the concept simple for this one. Inside the crystal ball? Upcoming monsters! #pixelart #septembit
June 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I have a confession. It wasn't until this prompt that I realized this whole challenge was a sort of Pokemon thing. I kept the concept simple for this one. Inside the crystal ball? Upcoming monsters! #pixelart #septembit
I struggled a lot with the "ghost" prompt. I had no ideas going into it. This was a case of sitting down at the computer and just letting something happen. It's supposed to be a figure coming out of a mirror. Does it work? #pixelart #septembit
June 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I struggled a lot with the "ghost" prompt. I had no ideas going into it. This was a case of sitting down at the computer and just letting something happen. It's supposed to be a figure coming out of a mirror. Does it work? #pixelart #septembit
I had this idea for day 18 from the beginning. It took a bit of trial and error, but I'm incredibly happy with the result. This is the one that made me realize most of my monsters have a bit of an "Earthbound" vibe. It's my favorite. #pixelart #septembit
June 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
I had this idea for day 18 from the beginning. It took a bit of trial and error, but I'm incredibly happy with the result. This is the one that made me realize most of my monsters have a bit of an "Earthbound" vibe. It's my favorite. #pixelart #septembit
The lava lamp monster idea came to me fairly early. That said, I did try to do an actual lava monster. It didn't work out, and ultimately I just had to try this. It may be quite the stretch for the prompt, but I really like this one. #pixelart #septembit
June 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
The lava lamp monster idea came to me fairly early. That said, I did try to do an actual lava monster. It didn't work out, and ultimately I just had to try this. It may be quite the stretch for the prompt, but I really like this one. #pixelart #septembit
For "ice", I originally tried to do an abominable snowman. I didn't like it. Then Saultoons told us all to be creative with our interpretations of the prompts. Thus, my ice cream cone snake monster was born. It's one of my favorites. #pixelart #septembit
June 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
For "ice", I originally tried to do an abominable snowman. I didn't like it. Then Saultoons told us all to be creative with our interpretations of the prompts. Thus, my ice cream cone snake monster was born. It's one of my favorites. #pixelart #septembit
Look, I don't know, okay? Over on Lospec, the June 10th prompt is "Knight" and the palette is "Heart4". I had the best of intentions with this heart themed Shovel Knight character, but I don't know what's going on here, lol. #pixelart #shovelknight
June 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Look, I don't know, okay? Over on Lospec, the June 10th prompt is "Knight" and the palette is "Heart4". I had the best of intentions with this heart themed Shovel Knight character, but I don't know what's going on here, lol. #pixelart #shovelknight
Okay let's wrap up this "three days of theater masks" so I can move on to the next three days, which ended up being my favorite. The best thing I can say about this one is that it kind of reminds me of the Super Mario Bros. 2 moon. #pixelart #septembit
June 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Okay let's wrap up this "three days of theater masks" so I can move on to the next three days, which ended up being my favorite. The best thing I can say about this one is that it kind of reminds me of the Super Mario Bros. 2 moon. #pixelart #septembit
The second of my three theater mask monsters. This sad mask cries some explosive tears. I guess. Honestly I just didn't know what else to do for this one. #pixelart #septembit
June 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The second of my three theater mask monsters. This sad mask cries some explosive tears. I guess. Honestly I just didn't know what else to do for this one. #pixelart #septembit
Here's the first of a three day stretch that I had absolutely no ideas for until I sat down to do them. I did all three on the same day. I ended up doing theater masks. No, I have no idea what the weaving string is on this one. #pixelart #septembit
June 8, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Here's the first of a three day stretch that I had absolutely no ideas for until I sat down to do them. I did all three on the same day. I ended up doing theater masks. No, I have no idea what the weaving string is on this one. #pixelart #septembit
Over on the Saultoons Discord, the prompt a couple days ago was "campfire" and featured the "beach bash" palette from Lospec. If I tried a second attempt at this, I might make the logs mostly dark with only a few highlights. #pixelart
June 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Over on the Saultoons Discord, the prompt a couple days ago was "campfire" and featured the "beach bash" palette from Lospec. If I tried a second attempt at this, I might make the logs mostly dark with only a few highlights. #pixelart
Obviously, this isn't an original concept, but I think my pixel art take on a poison apple turned out well. The required green colors and my chosen warm colors almost look like they were all chosen specifically for this prompt. #pixelart #septembit
June 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Obviously, this isn't an original concept, but I think my pixel art take on a poison apple turned out well. The required green colors and my chosen warm colors almost look like they were all chosen specifically for this prompt. #pixelart #septembit