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Spectral Paws 89 (20M)
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20m, he/him, Autistic Atheist, Pro-Choice, Straight Ally To LGBTQ+ Community / Free Palestine, Ukraine, Congo and Sudan / Pixel Lover, Aspiring Game Dev into 2D Platformers / Love Thy Neighbor / 🚫 AI, NFT, etc.
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Check out this thing I found some time ago.
Hey! Reminder: Eskimo is a slur. It means “snow eaters” in Cree and is a slur against Inuit. Also don’t use “eskimo kisses”—it’s called Kunik. It’s a greeting mostly used by family. Kunik was how I’d greet my mom and grandmother as a small child.
December 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Off the top of my head…
Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Dig-Dug, Mappy, New Rally-X, The Tower of Druaga, Galaga, Bosconian, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Mario Bros. (see image for anyone thinking Super Mario Bros.), Arkanoid.
Mario, Luigi and 3 Shellcreepers (not Koopa Troopas) in Phase 1 of the original arcade version of Mario Bros.
September 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Happy 40th anniversary, Super Mario Bros.!
A custom sprite I made in Piskel of Small Mario idling. I plan to make a whole sprite sheet to submit to TSR (The Spriters' Resource).
September 14, 2025 at 4:15 AM
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Been practicing 16x32 sprites lately after doing at least a year of 8x16 character sprites inspired by Pico-8.
Been making a humanoid base to start, and just to clarify, not going for super-realistic here, just believable.

(Think I've almost got it down...thoughts?)
A WIP humanoid base with its arms at rest that I plan to use for both male and female characters. I aim only for readability and believability.
September 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Here’s some #pixelart of a #dagger I made. I’ve always liked these types of daggers! (Got into them as sub-weapons in #Castlevania and #GhostsnGoblins.)

(I know it’s at least a week late—here it is anyway. #pixeldailies)
A dagger I made in Freeform with squares. This dagger has a golden cross-guard and pommel, a brown handle and a white blade. (I love the shape of this specific type of dagger’s blade—it’s like a very thin, upside-down kite, if that makes any sense?)
August 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Roxie here gives her love to everyone in the LGBTQ+ community and every person of color this June.
My OC; “Mama” Roxie, wearing green boots with red socks, blue pants with her favorite orange shirt—which has a yellow heart on it—and purple digitless gloves on her 4-digit paws. Her expression is that of a gentle smile facing the viewer(s), and her legs are close together with her forepaws stretched out.
July 1, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Here’s mine.
May 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Just recognized yesterday was #PortfolioDay so here’s mine:
Hello, I’m an autistic pixel artist interested in being a game designer—my forte is 2D platformers and horizontal shmups.
I also have a considerable amount of experience w/ palettes.
(I have a lot of OCs—the majority are furry, by the way.)
My palette example (WIP) for Spectral 16, my own custom palette which I have refined a lot over a year. It measures 464x120, and possesses three game scenes. From left to right: - Rosewood Castle’s main hall, with King Rosario in front the rightmost torch. It is dark outside the castle and in the halls. - My fursona is jumping over a pit with a purple slime in front of it during a sunny morning. - The X-85 star fighter and 2 Drones are shooting lasers ahead of them and missiles that are heading for an enemy tank in the Dusty Landscape. My fursona’s idle animation in the Spectral 16 palette. He is wagging his tail with a confident expression. My whip-wielding monster hunter, Newman taking a walk along some tiles underneath the moonlight, with a full bar of health units and no sub-weapon. This animation utilizes the Pico-8 palette.
April 9, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Fur ID thing.
My fursona—a bipedal white domestic canine with brown eyes wearing blue pants, a green shirt and brown (I used orange—I only had a 9-color palette) shoes.
April 1, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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If you see this, repost a smiling OC!
Here’s my OC—her name is Roxie (I’ve had her for about 4 years now)!
My OC, “Mama” Roxie! She’s a 37-year-old domestic canine with white fur and black ears, black pupils, and a black, bristly tail. Roxie’s main outfit is a pair of green boots, red socks, blue pants, an orange T-shirt with a yellow heart on it, and purple digit-less gloves.
February 27, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Let me try this one GIF again. Made this in Piskel!
February 7, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Alright, time to give GIFs another test.
I’m practicing animations via character states, so here’s my sona in his idle animation!
February 7, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Something I found a while back.
Colonizer Jesus was/did: White, Christian, Patriotic, did justice through retribution, died for your sins, sends sinners to hell, silent in the face of oppression, condemned sinners, endorsed church and state,
February 5, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Here’s the (just about) finished example of Spectral 16, a palette that I’ve worked on for quite a few months now.

(I should probably change the gray and (maybe) the orange in the next revision…)
My “Spectral 16” palette example that I made in Piskel, inspired by the Pico-8 and MSX palettes. The example features three 128x120 game mockups to the right of the palette logo, which features the colors’ hex codes and a color map beneath it. Mockup 1: The scene takes place in the darkened halls of Rosewood Castle. The doors and windows are closed, and the only lighting at this moment are two torches illuminating the royal red carpet and its golden trim. Mockup 2: My sona is jumping over a pit about to land on a long patch of grass with a coin just above it, some flowers on it and a purple slime in front of him during a cloudless day. There are some mountains in the distance. There are also some flowers behind him. Mockup 3: A white, slender spaceship with a blue cockpit, gray engine and muzzle alongside 2 fighter pods all fire powerful lasers in the starry expanse of outer space. At the bottom of this scene is a HUD reading: 1-034100 (A score of 34,100 points), Ships-02 (3 lives left), Stage 2-1. To the right of the score and lives are some indicators, indicating how many more upgrades to the ship's pods and weapons can be acquired.
February 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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Here are some sunrise pics I took earlier this morning (I do this a lot as a night owl).
January 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Old version of my vampire OC I've had since 2023. (Image grabbed off of DeviantArt via clicking over the image on my desktop. I'll delete this post and redo it with the new image when/if I find it)
Countess Dracula is the 800-year-old queen of the night, mistress of darkness, and owner of the ethereal castle, Castle Ethera, where she lives with her son Adrian and his 5 sisters, her assistant Spectra (a phantomesque Death) Her abilities include super strength, speed, agility, endurance, enhanced hearing, night vision, hypnosis, teleportation, dark magic, shapeshifting, and the ability to control the weather to a considerable, yet slight extent. Her only weaknesses are silver, garlic (allergies), sanctified objects*, light magic and oak stakes. She can only be killed by first driving an oak stake through her heart, then cutting off her head, and lastly burning her body. She is very cordial to her staff, subjects, guests and relatives. She was once a mortal cursed by a vengeful and corrupt priest during her burial. Her favorite book is "Dracula," and she wears a black suit with a white undershirt and two gold buttons, black shoes, and a navy-blue cape with red lining.
January 27, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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I’m almost finished with my Spectral 16 palette.
I have 3 game mockups to the right of my palette logo, color map and hex code list. (I’m just proud of how it’s coming along already, and I really wanted to share my progress!)
The penultimate version of my palette example for Spectral 16. The far left section contains the hex codes for each color, the palette logo and a color map. To its right are 3 game mockups, each with a 128x120 resolution. Each one demonstrates the palette’s versatility. Mockup 1: Steelheart Dame Steelheart raises her shield to block a fireball cast from an evil mage in a purple robe. Behind her is a gravestone, and in front of her is a bush. It is a dark night. Mockup 2: Super Canine An anthropomorphic domestic canine (my sona) in a green shirt, blue pants and brown shoes jumps over a pit on a sunny day. In front of him is a flower, a gold coin and a purple slime. Mockup 3: Star Fighter A white and blue spaceship titled the X-85 soars across space firing a laser alongside two white pods that are firing light beams. Beneath the scene is a HUD that displays the following stats: 1-034100, Ships-02, Weapon Level (WPN) 2/3, Pods 3/3, Stage 2-1
January 26, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Check out this pic of a knight helmet I found online a while back.
A knight helmet.
January 11, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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This color’s index is 8.
The indexes for the whole Pico-8 palette. Includes color names and hex codes.
December 2, 2024 at 4:05 AM
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Still working on my ref sheet—I’m almost finished with the back side and then I’ll do the sides.
Just one thing—is just above the rear end where I put her bristly, black tail, or does it have to be higher?
(The little X is where I’m gonna put the tail—just wanna make sure this looks right)
November 25, 2024 at 11:15 PM
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Here’s Roxie (current) ref sheet as a whole.
(I think I’ve almost got her front side done this time—maybe I should elevate her crotch lines…)
November 22, 2024 at 10:01 PM
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Ok. One second…
I’m trying to give Roxie a believable hourglass figure.

(See the yellow swimsuit pic? I’m trying to make her waist a little thinner than the waist area of the swimsuit. I also want Roxie’s thighs and upper chest to support this body type.)
(1/?)
November 22, 2024 at 10:26 AM
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GIF test--made this one in Piskel.
Here is my OC, Newman. He is walking along a series of gray tiles under the stars and a full moon. In the upper left corner is a healthbar with red tile-esque segments, and an empty item box.
October 27, 2024 at 1:55 AM
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Here’s a palette example!
The palette logo, hex codes, and color maps are over to the left, while the scenario is over to the right. In this picture, we can see a valley with 2 mountains and a far-away and below pool of water. In this valley is my sona standing in front of three gold coins and a strawberry bush which is just above some spikes, while my OC Rockie can be seen shooting his rifle at a purple vampire bat whilst on a bridge. Above my characters are some hud elements: an almost-full healthbar and a coin counter reading 0247.
October 19, 2024 at 3:34 AM
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Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #5,196,805!
September 16, 2024 at 11:20 PM