@castpixel.bsky.social illustrator, gamedev, pixelartist. 🏳️⚧️⚢ Playdate dev! clients: @minecraft, @mojang, WB, Hasbro, Panic, SEGA, IDW, Unity
christinaneofotistou@gmail.com
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I've lost and quit games jobs because that was their understanding of what pixelart is.
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I just turned down a job making a bunch of generative pixelart NFT avis for $1,000,000
It was a hard decision, my stomach is in knots. But NFTs hurt the planet, and create artificial scarcity.
If rich people want to give me money, hire me, I work for a living.
Please send hugs
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My award winning Alphonse Elric cosplay from 2 years ago. I'm not tall, it's all trickery. My eyes are at the base of his neck, but everyone kept looking at Al's eyes. It was very cool. Al also got a lot of hugs ^-^
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So. I tweeted refusing to do NFTs, because *I* believe crypto is a grift and bad for the environment. My choice. Impacting nobody else.
( everestpipkin.medium.com/but… ).
Then a CryptoCobain put me on blast to 400k followers. Full day of dogpiles and harassment. This is a bad look.
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I made some fanart for #Jumanji in the style of Capcom arcade brawlers. @TheRock you warmed my heart.
#gamedev #pixelart #JackBlack <3
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Big corporations are extremely conservative and resistant to change. My team had fun with exploring these things, but ultimately it's not any one team's decision
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A Black Cuban trans sister was found brutally murdered here in Athens yesterday. Greek media still report her as a cuban man. We march tonight.
Her name was Anna.
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Organizing my game collection, so I made Genres logos. Hopefully identifiable enough and readable enough :) transparent .png so you can use them if you wanted
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Today I got rejected by the last job offer I had. I have applied to 250+ game art jobs, including ones way below my skill, and only got 2 interviews. I'm desperate. I want to take care of my family, I haven't stopped working in 20 years. This is killing me
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I was raped when I was 12. At 23 I painted this. Because it was 2003 I was one of the first digital artists as well. It used to be internet famous but without context.
It's called "look at me - the Rape"
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The korean language has at least 7 verbs that mean "to wear". You can get them wrong in my (almost done) tiny dress-up game. Wear gloves on your head, why not. 장갑을 쓰세요! ^-^ #gamedev #screenshotsaturday
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My Alphonse and the sound system I coded for him.
My phone is sensing abrupt accelerometer movement and then plays back a few layers of metal clangs and noise, accordingly.
#cosplay #fullmetalAlchemist
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So @ResistanceStdio just blocked me. I art directed their game, made all key art. They threatened me with legal action for wanting to leave, and haven't paid me *anything*, which violates even their extremely exploitative contract. Avoid.
@wingsfundme this is not a good look.
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#TMNT pixelart point and click game. Come on, Nickelodeon, you know we want one.
ALT Sewer. Donatello is standing, arms crossed, with a vexed expression. April is also standing near him, staring wide-eyed at a vat of Ooze on the tunnel floor. Her dialogue reads "This looks bad, Donnie!"
ALT Scene in the city. Raph is stretching on the parked pizzamobile. He looks shifty. April has an interested expression on, and is touching her glasses. Raph's dialogue reads "Uhh... Dunno"
ALT The game intro screen. The TMNT logo is in a style that combines the new TMNT mutant mayhem movie's logo with the original 90s cartoon's. The game name is in green, slimy, dripping letters and reads SHADOWS of SECRETS. nickelodeon logo and some copyright info at the bottom. The background is a NYC sewer cover rendered semi-realistically in pixelart
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Reminder, ΝFTs are a planet melting pyramid scheme with a horrible community and you don't have to participate.
I just turned down a job making a bunch of generative pixelart NFT avis for $1,000,000
It was a hard decision, my stomach is in knots. But NFTs hurt the planet, and create artificial scarcity.
If rich people want to give me money, hire me, I work for a living.
Please send hugs
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The harassment I got for refusing to do NFTs lasted a week. I'm ok now, but more informed than ever: NFTs are a Ponzi scheme, corroborated by many reputable sources. Also their communities are horrible.
🪙 piped.video/watch?v=xCHab0dN…
🪙cynicusrex.com/file/cryptocu…
So. I tweeted refusing to do NFTs, because *I* believe crypto is a grift and bad for the environment. My choice. Impacting nobody else.
( everestpipkin.medium.com/but… ).
Then a CryptoCobain put me on blast to 400k followers. Full day of dogpiles and harassment. This is a bad look.
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My #8bit #pixelart #demake of #Bayonetta #ベヨネッタ as an isometric arcade game. Die creepy Decorations
16 colors
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Hey! It's not pixelart, but my Alphonse Elric #cosplay won first place yesterday and qualified for Eurocosplay 2019. Arakawa-sensei this is for you!
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Samus Aran run cycles for my #pixelart isometric Metroid. Work in progress.
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Finally, some of the illustrations I've been doing for Minecraft are in the game. These are in the new How To Play section, which is a labor of love by the whole Player Onboarding team.
#pixelart
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The netflix game studio I worked for for about a week, last month, said "the art will not be pixelart. It will be pixel-like" then I said that's nonsense and they fired me
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So here's a bunch of my pixel fonts. Use them in any projects, no attribution necessary (but I'd love to see what you make)
Get them for free from:
patreon.com/posts/16897144
patreon.com/posts/39070970
#pixelart #gamedev #ドット絵
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reminder: making a pseudo-3D dungeon crawler using only 2D assets is not hard, just an art lost to time
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I designed, coded and art directed an old-school LCD handheld game. You can play it on itch
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Finally finished. You're welcome! Moana/ Maui #pixelart
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When people start calling you "dyke" and assault you on the street because of who you're holding hands with, by all means come give us a lesson on lived lesbian experience. Until then, the responsible thing to do is not center yourself.
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Hi, I'm Christina and I've been pixeling since 1986. Ask me anything about #pixelart and I'll do my best to reply to all
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reminder that 64x64 pixels is a *lot* of space to fill in #pixelart
My 64x64 rpg mockup "Night Pearl" which I still tinker with from time to time
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So yeah about Imagos Softworks, the makers of Starr Mazer. I worked for them for a month full of crunch back in 2015.
CW rape, misogyny
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I've reached the "you're overqualified" stage of job search 😮💨
"While we appreciate your impressive background" and "we don't think you would enjoy it here".
I've been doing this since 2005. I'm good. If anyone needs a principal artist/ art director or has any leads, lmk. ty!
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That time I was asked for a Steven Universe RPG pitch for Cartoon Network, found out we didn't get it, and that R.Sugar expressed disinterest in pixelart for this.
Stands to reason, for such a pretty hand-animated show <3 I'm still happy with my painterly pixelart direction!
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More art for my gameboy isometric Metroid. Samus' ship interior and exterior from Metroid M and a Chozo statue.
#pixelart
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Hi #TransCrafted
I'm Christina-Antoinette, a trans woman from Greece. I do illustration and pixelart for a living, and cosplay as a hobby
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As trans girls, neither I or my girlfriend were allowed to play with cute stationery.
So I'm crafting a brand called Lovely Bunny, and a series of stationery. (copyleft, free to print)
I'm taking it as serious as if I was hired as brand director and illustrator.
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🍓I'm looking for long-term work!🍓
Principal illustrator, art director and animator specializing in, but not limited to, pixelart. Past clients: Minecraft, Warner Bros, Panic Inc
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My cover illustration for Sonic The Hedgehog's comic book, 30th anniversary issue! I'm so happy SEGA trusted me with this. "I'll show you what true speed REALLY is!"
#pixelart
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Our trans sister was murdered a 15 minute walk from my home. I know I might be next. We all know.
I'm also one of the best pixelartists in the world right now. After I'm done with my contract for Minecraft, where could I work to promote trans excellence?
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Job search! Hi! I'm Christina. I'm an outstanding visual artist. I excel at art direction, animation and visdev. I deeply understand user experience and game production.
Senior UI artist at Minecraft/ Mojang until November. Hire me!
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this was a *blast* (haha) to make! animated on ones. RTs greatly appreciated as I'm job searching. ty!
#gamedev #indieanime #pixelart
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For the newcomers (hi!) here's my first 64x64px, 4 color pirate rpg concept :D
#pixelart
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It's my birthday and I'm doing what I do best: pixeling an isometric metroid action rpg for the original gameboy. chibi Samus is going to be adorable. Watch this space ^-^
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st George slaying a chocolate dragon. Reminder that #pixelart is a medium and not a style
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Um. I was commissioned to make a toiled-headed Boss, so I went with renaissance #pixelart
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Hi <3 I'm a pixelartist and indie gamedev. I work as a freelance illustrator and animator. I've worked for @spryfox @GirlsMakeGames @fullbright @nicalis and more
Ask me anything about pixelart and game jams
#girlsbehindgames #womenbehindthegames #pixelart
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Me and @FarbsMcFarbs started working on a pico8 game some time ago. Pilot a mech to kill enemies, collect bounties and upgrade.
Publishers were skeptical because it looks "retro". Would you play it? RTs appreciated!
#gamedev #pixelart
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Hey. I'm a pro pixelartist and lead UI artist at Minecraft. Ask me anything about pixelart and gamedev.
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Congratulations CN team, Studio Yotta and VAs for the new #ThunderCats show, it looks amazing! This is my interpretation as an rpg/ beat-em-up and it took 2 weeks!
#ThunderCatsRoar #pixelart #gamedev
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