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TJ Trewin 👾 ❰ pixel artist ❱
@tjtrewin.com
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2025 goal: I'm building my pixel art animation portfolio 🏃‍♂️🚶‍♂️🧍‍♂️
Available for hire, commissions, and critique :D

https://tjtrewin.itch.io/

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I am *very* excited about what I can do with this 👀👀👀
Amazed commentator meme with four panels, each with an expression getting more mind-blowingly impressed. Text from top panel to bottom: 1: list view, 2: table summaries that count/total, 3: new HTML function and random function, 4: Bases API and official open source maps plugin
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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If you *just* want Knightwood, it's 25% off during the itch Halloween sale (which ends tomorrow!)

buuut if you want some extra fonts that pair well with it AND my paper scroll & ribbons tileset, you can grab the whole lot for 50% off! 🎉

full commercial licence, unlimited projects
go wild 🙌
Pixel art paper scroll tileset assets in use with Knightwood fantasy pixel font. A torn piece of paper that's been folded, slashed, slightly burned reads: "Bjorn, Meet me in the Raven's Wing at sundown and I'll fill you in on all the details about Capstone's vault." The name is obscured by a scorch mark, with only the clear letters ending "ly~" remaining. Example showcasing the box art text elements of Knightwood - you can make decorative borders, chains, ropes, and vines (with or without highlights) using just ASCII art :D Preview image of the pixel art paper scrolls & ribbons tileset pack included in the halloween sale bundle - with multiple rolled paper edges, corners, folds, cuts and tears.
November 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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A taste of what I'm cooking up for Knightwood fantasy pixel font ⚔️

itch.io/s/163869/tjs...

this is the cheapest price it will ever be 👀 lock in for free lifetime updates because the price will go up when I add new additions :)

#Font #PixelFont #IndieGameDev #GameDev #IndieGame
A sneak peek at the new styles for Knightwood fantasy pixel font in development: Knightwood Regular (check mark - complete!), Knightwood Italic, Light, Light Italic, and Monospaced (all work in progress). Available at tjtrewin.itch.io Knightwood fantasy pixel font | 250+ languages | bonus glyphs | 16px tall overall with 8px tall uppercase letters
November 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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not sure why the first two pics aren't showing so I'll try a reupload here:
Golden concert wristband for Linkin Park - PIT 1 View from the front of the concert with red lighting and a (paper) confetti cannon over the crowd
November 2, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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I hope you don't mind an interruption to the pixels for a brief moment, but seeing Linkin Park last night was absolutely incredible 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

#LinkinPark #BuenosAires #FromZeroWorldTour #LPU
Golden concert wristband for Linkin Park - PIT 1 View from the front of the concert with red lighting and a (paper) confetti cannon blasting over the crowd Mike Shinoda performing wearing a white tshirt with repeating prints of Emily Armstrong's face on a tomato Emily Armstrong performing in a Maradonna football shirt
November 2, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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Different colour variants include some greyscale options toooooo :D

Also I kept each variant to use only 4 colours to make it easier to adjust in case you want to :)
16 different colour variations of a pixel art mouse pointer/cursor with index finger extended. The first three are greyscale: dark grey, grey, and white. The rest are skin tones ranging from pale to dark in various hues. Text: .png .cur .svg 16 tones
November 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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hands are notoriously hard to draw, especially in pixel art 😱

but it's ok I saved you a bunch of time & frustration because these mouse cursors are ready to go!

itch.io/s/163869/tjs...

.svg .png and .cur
32px, 16 different colour variants :D

and they're on sale right now! 🎉

#Cursors #PixelArt
November 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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You can grab all three for 50% off during the itch Halloween sale 🎃

itch.io/s/163869/tjs...
October 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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I added a bunch of box drawing elements to my latest fantasy pixel font, Knightwood :D

tjtrewin.itch.io/knightwood-p...

If you layer things up you can even customise it to make different coloured patterns, borders, ropes, vines, chains, and UI elements!

#PixelArt #PixelFont #Font #IndieGameDev
Knightwood fantasy pixel font, 250+ languages, bonus glyphs, 16px tall overall with 8px high uppercase Text in a dialogue box made using the font: "TJ Trewin: Did you know that if you add box drawing elements on different layers, you can add shading & make unique patterns!" The examples show vines and ropes with optional shading, chains, and decorative border patterns. A pixel aesthetic indie game mockup "KrakenQuest", made entirely using elements from the font. Rope adorns horizontal black cinematic bars, framing an ocean and sky. The sky has a gradient made using shade character blocks. Kraken tendrils rise from it, made with border elements. The start menu UI buttons are also made from these elements, with text: NEW GAME, LOAD GAME, EXIT TO DOS. A mini game mockup of an Objectives screen or quest log at a tiny scale resolution. Text: "Objectives. Steal 100 loot (optional). Learn Benny's whereabouts. Travel to the bear pits. Continue (left right arrows)" The border elements show example use as checkboxes for incomplete, complete, and in progress.
October 29, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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oooOOOOooo it's my first sale 😱
and!
the release of my new fantasy pixel font: Knightwood ⚔

itch.io/s/163869/tjs...

Grab any of my pixel assets for 25% off (including the new font!) or swipe the bundle for 50% off everything 👀

#Font #PixelFont #PixelArt #GameDesign #IndieGameDev
Knightwood fantasy pixel font: 250+ languages, bonus glyphs, 16px tall A sample of Knightwood fantasy pixel font's characters, showcasing multilingual support across various alphabets, examples of diacritics (accents), and a selection of numbers and punctuation symbols. Sample text showcasing Knightwood fantasy pixel font with some words you may encounter in fantasy games, listed alphabetically: Antique, Blacksmith, Cauldron, Dungeon, Empire, Forest, Guardian, Halberd, Intelligence, Jewel, Knight, Lockpick, Merchant, Northward, Objective, Potions, Quest, Rusty, Shadow, Thief, Undead, Vestige, Wizard, Xylem, Young, Zenith. A showcase of numbers, brackets, and parenthesis are shown below in the context of a high score, xp, time, gold, progress percentage, and a four digit code. Non-English sample words showcasing Knightwood fantasy pixel font in various mixed languages: Antigüedad, Büyücü, Čarovnik, Diseñador, Élőhalott, Fängelsehåla, Gelijkheid, Händler, Ħalib, Icône, Jabalí, Købmand, Låsepick, Mērķis, Młody, Ñandú, Poções, Quête, Říše, Šešėlis, Temniță, Užduotis, Võlur, Wächter, Zuschließen, þakhæð. Below are listed 28 currency symbols in circulation.
October 27, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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⚠️ CW: this timelapse contains FLASHING IMAGES ⚠️

Here's the process! It took a lot of twists and turns 😅 I had a lot of fun with it though!

The extra challenge of it being 1-Bit and having the restriction on number of unique tiles was a nice puzzle to solve

(more thoughts & rambles in thread)
1/5
October 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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aand DONE!
submitted to the game jam with 34 minutes to spare 🤣

somehow I ended up with an Escher-inspired Tortoise & the Hare situation

185/192 unique 8x8 tiles! 🎉
tjtrewin.itch.io/gb-pixel-art...

I'll write up my process in a bit :D

#PixelArt #1Bit #Aseprite #GBPixelArtJam #MCEscher
1-Bit pixel art in black and white - a scene inspired by tiling animal patterns of M.C. Escher. Smug tortoise tiles intersect seamlessly with panic faced Hares between - with some blank patches for visual balance. A border adorns the image, coming from a battery icon in the top right. The tortoise tile in the bottom right has its front legs poking out over the border.
October 5, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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aaand I'm back on Swordtember progress :D

it was really lovely taking a good pause from it while my family came out to visit 🥰

jumping back in with "clock" felt appropriate to get things moving again

#PixelArt #Aseprite #Swordtember #Swordtember2025
64x64 pixel art of a sword inspired by the prompt "clock" for Swordtember 2025 - a thin, red blade with the design of a clock's red second hand. Instead of a crossguard, the needle-like blade tapers out to a kite shape with a hole in the middle. Hand drawn notes: "second strike!", "mysterious ticking noise"
October 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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take that, perfectionism, I finished another thing!! 😤

alongside Septembit & Swordtember, I've been chipping away at this lil 8px font that I've lovingly named Ochito :D

tjtrewin.itch.io/ochito-pixel...

it's great for teeny tiny text! 🔍

#PixelArt #Aseprite #Font #IndieGameDev
Ochito Ochito is only 8 pixels tall (including accents) and its name is a combination of the Spanish word for eight, ocho, plus the diminutive suffix -ito! Ochito is quite literally "little eight" :D It's perfect for teeny tiny text! I made this font so I didn't have to keep drawing all my words manually lol An example showcasing some of the glyphs from the Ochito 8 pixel font, including basic and extended Latin characters, punctuation marks, numbers, currency symbols, and Roman numerals from 1-12. 1-bit style pixel art mockup (using only two colours) of a fictional Zelda game for Gameboy to showcase the Ochito 8 pixel font in the UI. 1-bit style pixel art mockup (using only two colours) of a fictional Zelda game for Gameboy to showcase the Ochito 8 pixel font in the UI. Dialogue text as Link interacts with a gossip stone: "They say that there is a secret near the lone tree which is not far from the river in the northwest part of Hyrule Field."
September 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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And here's the tiles version pre-assembly and polishing :D
1-bit pixel art inspired by Zelda for the Septembit 2025 challenge
September 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Septembit 2025 complete!

I took a Zelda-inspired approach to my "city" :D
with inspiration from Oracle of Seasons, Link's Awakening, and Ocarina of Time

#PixelArt #Aseprite #Septembit #Septembit2025 #1Bit #Zelda #TLoZ #Gameboy
September 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Septembit week 2 progress!

I'm really enjoying the Zelda-inspired spin I'm putting on these prompts :D

the more I complete, the easier it is for me to get distracted & start playing around with layout ideas already xD

#PixelArt #1bit #Aseprite #Septembit #Septembit2025 #Zelda
1-bit Zelda-inspired pixel art in dark brown and desaturated lime green colours.
September 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Week 1 progress for Septembit :D

I've chosen to do mine in a Zelda inspired theme! 🔺

it's a bit all over the place because I'm making some extra bits but I'll put it all in place for the final prompt

#PixelArt #Septembit #Septembit2025 #Septembit25 #Aseprite #1bit #Zelda
A work in progress 1bit pixel art using just two colours: dark brown and desaturated lime green (on top of a faintly outlined template from the Septembit challenge). The pixel art style is inspired by top-down Zelda games such as Oracle of Seasons and Minish Cap. An ornate paper scroll horizontally adorns the top of the page with dithered shading and blackletter text that reads: "The Legend of Septembit 2025 - Art by tjtrewin | prompts by Saultoons". The completed prompts so far feature a character (Link, shown facing up, down, and right), a tree stump, an intersection of textures for both a path and a road, a sign, a minecart containing materials facing up/down and left/right, some minecart tracks, a patch of grass, a tile of water, two versions of park benches that I couldn't decide on (one facing forward, the other a side view), a wooden picket fence, aaand that's it! Hand written text in bottom right corner: "week 1 progress so far!" with a doodle of a triforce symbol beneath The prompt list for Septembt 2025 - "Mini City" by Saultoons, a 1bit pixel art challenge (recoloured using my palette of dark brown and desaturated lime green). Several prompts as described in the alt text of the other image have been completed and crossed out (some have used alternatives such as a tree stump instead of "traffic cone"). Remaining prompts include: 4 - factory, 9 - shop, 12 - construction, 13 - fire hydrant, 14 - restaurant, 15 - cash machine, 16 - statue, 17 - animal, 18 - streetlight, 19 - fountain, 21 - building, 25 - bin, 26 - hospital, 27 - bridge, 28 - park, 29 - skyscraper, and finally 30 - mini city (which encompasses all of the other prompts and involves positioning and filling in the 256x256 pixel square to complete a mini city).
September 7, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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what could possibly go wrong with using ancient bone fossils for the hilt of your sword? :D

#PixelArt #Swordtember #Swordtember2025
a 64x64 pixel art sword for the Swordtember 2025 prompt: fossil. A dark, rectangular chopping blade with sharpened edges and mysterious silvery runes inlayed. The hilt appears to be made of brown, ancient vertebrae forming the hilt, and a dark bone (maybe a femur?) tinged with red for the grip and pommel. Text: ancient creature remains / probably unpleasant magical effect.
September 6, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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When the bell tolls, best make a saving roll. 💀

#PixelArt #Swordtember #Swordtember2025
64x64 pixel art for Swordtember prompt 05 - bell: A sword that uses a large hand guard in the shape of a ship's bell. A red handle has a ring at the end with a flowing length of rope ending in a ball knot. Text: "DEATH TOLL - bit heavy".
September 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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🐍⚔️

#PixelArt #Swordtember #Swordtember2025
64x64 pixel art for Swordtember 2025 prompt: scale. A longsword with a wavy, flamberge blade and a red grip. A large, brown rattle snake curls its way around the hilt and onto the base of the blade - flicking its tongue and rattling its tail.
September 4, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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I think we skipped a stage in the tech tree from yesterday's prompt 😆

#PixelArt #Swordtember #Swordtember2025
A 64x64 pixel art sword for the Swordtember 2025 prompt: automaton. An angular, very sharp looking blade with a dark grey finish and bright, exposed sharpened edges. The blade is broad and flat, with one cutting edge that has a slight downward hook (definitely for chopping & cleaving). It has no discernable crossguard, but has a bright orange sci-fi looking metal handle that extends upwards onto the upper edge of the blade at the base of the sword. There's also an overengineered shiny steel geometric attachment that seems to serve no other function other than looking cool. The handle has three stripes of white tape wrapped around it. Text: "when did you last save?"
September 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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when you find a really cool stick that looks like a sword

#PixelArt #Swordtember #Swordtember2025
a 64x64 pixel art sword for the prompt "moss" - a sword shaped stick with short branches that form a crossguard. Patches of fuzzy grey moss cover the guard, but have turned grey since being removed from the woods (and is totally nothing to do with the fact that I'm using a limited colour palette for the entire prompt list this year and it doesn't have any green in it lmao)
September 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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⚔️ SWORDTEMBER TIME LET'S GOOOO ⚔️

I'm doing 64x64 pixels and a limited colour palette for the whole set this year :D

#PixelArt #Swordtember #Swordtember2025
Swordtember 2025 pixel art in 64x64 pixels. Day 01 - shell: a shiny sword with a metal scallop shaped pommel, a red grip, and a large swirling brown shall as a protective guard to cover the hand.
September 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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my body is ready 😤⚔
Empty Swordtember 2025 grid ready to fill with 64x64 pixel art. The layout shows boxes with question marks for the first 6 prompts: shell, moss, automaton, scale, bell, and fossil.
August 31, 2025 at 3:33 PM