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    Here is another progress video of the one of the new features I am working on for the next release of Make Pixel Art.

    You can now drag isometric boxes in any direction to create 3D boxes with only two gestures.  The boxes automagically shade themselves, so all you’ve got to do is fill in the details to create isometric buildings and other objects.

    posted 1 month ago on Jan 18, 2012 | Permalink | 8 notes

  2. Make Pixel Art is also being featured on the FRONT PAGE of the iPad app store as a “New and Noteworthy” app!  Hooray for pixels!

    Make Pixel Art is also being featured on the FRONT PAGE of the iPad app store as a “New and Noteworthy” app!  Hooray for pixels!

    posted 2 months ago on Dec 1, 2011 | Permalink | 7 notes

  3. Edward Scissorhands! I watched the first half of this movie last night on Netflix and it reminded me why I originally fell in love with Johnny Depp: he looks great in makeup and leather.

    Edward Scissorhands!

    I watched the first half of this movie last night on Netflix and it reminded me why I originally fell in love with Johnny Depp: he looks great in makeup and leather.

    posted 2 months ago on Nov 26, 2011 | Permalink | 9 notes

  4. vectorgato: More fun stuff made with www.makepixelart.com which is now in open beta GO TRY IT. I have always found the Sherwin-Williams logo and slogan to be unnecessarily creepy. Do what this guy says.

    vectorgato:

    More fun stuff made with www.makepixelart.com which is now in open beta GO TRY IT.

    I have always found the Sherwin-Williams logo and slogan to be unnecessarily creepy.

    Do what this guy says.

    posted 4 months ago on Oct 14, 2011 | Permalink

  5. prostheticknowledge:

    Make Pixel Art - iPad / Online App for Making Pixel Art (via Digital Tools)

    Currently in beta (which you can sign up for), a very impressive and comprehensive pixel art editing tool.

    MPA is an iPad app that also magically works in browsers, thanks to the fact it was built using HTML5 and Javascript.

    The iPad app will be in the app store soon, and has several additional features not present in the free beta.

    Once you have created something, you can save it online or locally, tweet it or share on Tumblr.

    Here is a link to try out the online browser BETA version

    posted 4 months ago on Oct 11, 2011 | Permalink | 47 notes

  6. My real life pixel art show is officially open.  Here’s the page I put together about it. As regular readers of my blog know, I’ve also been working on a pixel art app called Make Pixel Art. Since I really want the things I make, online or offline, to be interactive and get people to play together, I’m inviting people who come to see my show (and also everyone else) to join in the process of making pixel art with me using the free beta version of the app I’ve been blogging about for months. Click here to start a new drawing in Make Pixel Art. Works best fullscreen in Chrome, Safari and recent versions of Firefox. Full version coming soon for iPad + Chrome.  If you draw something cool, post it to your tumblr or on Mlkshk, or tweet @makepixelart so we can check it out. I should mention that the beta comes stuffed full of reusable pixel stamps that you can use in your own drawings, including totally radical stuff from the very talented and tumblr famous lulinternet, and our pals who make robots at Bleep Labs!  Oh, and an embarrassingly large number of things I drew myself. … At this point its not exactly clear to me whether I built the app to make the art, or whether making the art required building the app, especially considering that since pretty early on, I’ve been using the app to build the app.  But now there is art and an app, and hopefully people will enjoy both.

    My real life pixel art show is officially open.  Here’s the page I put together about it.

    As regular readers of my blog know, I’ve also been working on a pixel art app called Make Pixel Art. Since I really want the things I make, online or offline, to be interactive and get people to play together, I’m inviting people who come to see my show (and also everyone else) to join in the process of making pixel art with me using the free beta version of the app I’ve been blogging about for months.

    Click here to start a new drawing in Make Pixel Art. Works best fullscreen in Chrome, Safari and recent versions of Firefox. Full version coming soon for iPad + Chrome.  If you draw something cool, post it to your tumblr or on Mlkshk, or tweet @makepixelart so we can check it out.

    I should mention that the beta comes stuffed full of reusable pixel stamps that you can use in your own drawings, including totally radical stuff from the very talented and tumblr famous lulinternet, and our pals who make robots at Bleep Labs!  Oh, and an embarrassingly large number of things I drew myself.

    …

    At this point its not exactly clear to me whether I built the app to make the art, or whether making the art required building the app, especially considering that since pretty early on, I’ve been using the app to build the app.  But now there is art and an app, and hopefully people will enjoy both.

    posted 4 months ago on Oct 10, 2011 | Permalink | 7 notes

  7. This is my first test of LULINTERNET+MAKEPIXELART. I’d say the results unbelievably promising.

    This is my first test of LULINTERNET+MAKEPIXELART.

    I’d say the results unbelievably promising.

    posted 4 months ago on Oct 7, 2011 | Permalink | 42 notes

  8. I was finally able to do a test hanging of my monolithic wallpaper pixel art.  This is what 1/2 of the 16x8 foot stone tile wallpaper looks like when hung in the whiteboard zone. If you want to see it in person, it’ll be hanging in full form at Once Over Coffee in Austin, TX starting THIS MONDAY.

    I was finally able to do a test hanging of my monolithic wallpaper pixel art.  This is what 1/2 of the 16x8 foot stone tile wallpaper looks like when hung in the whiteboard zone.

    If you want to see it in person, it’ll be hanging in full form at Once Over Coffee in Austin, TX starting THIS MONDAY.

    posted 4 months ago on Oct 6, 2011 | Permalink | 7 notes

  9. I just drew the entire team here at XOXCO for the Make Pixel Art “about” popup. 

    I just drew the entire team here at XOXCO for the Make Pixel Art “about” popup. 

    posted 5 months ago on Sep 23, 2011 | Permalink

  10. This is the new “busy” spinner for Make Pixel Art, which is getting REALLY CLOSE to being finished now.  Click through to sign up for the beta, going on right now!

    This is the new “busy” spinner for Make Pixel Art, which is getting REALLY CLOSE to being finished now.  Click through to sign up for the beta, going on right now!

    posted 5 months ago on Sep 22, 2011 | Permalink

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Right now, I am working on a pixel drawing app for the iPad called Make Pixel Art, hence I am posting tons of pixel drawings! I also contribute to Bitnauts. Prepare yourself for the low rez revolution.

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