Last Ludum Dare I made some fanart with a touchpad and Windows Paint 3D and it was kind of.... really bad. I've honestly never figured out how people can draw so good on a PC without a touchscreen or pixel art, I'm just so bad at digital art.... 😅 Major respect to those who can actually draw with a mouse or touchpad.

Recently I've been improving on my pixel art skills, since I've been working on pixel art for my upcoming PC game. Limiting one's self to merely black and white is a bit harder than standard pixel art because you don't get shading, you don't get color, etc. As is demonstrated by the fact I intentionally overscoped my Compo game despite using several mostly-untested tools, I like a good challenge. 😁

Part 1 of my fanart giveaways has begun!

---

"Thothev - VTOTV" -- Vast Trivia Of The Void, by @jorgegamedev, @moski, and @zachary-blystone

A present to Whales And Games for making the only Ludum Dare game I've ever played for over 6 hours! 😬😆 It's nowhere near as good as @moski's official art, but at least it looks like Thothev. (Also a bit of a "thank you" gift for @moski's mindblowing sketch of the protagonist of last Ludum Dare's game from Peace Of Cake Games)

(Oh, and the thing that's so blocky it's kind of hard to tell what it is is the Monetization Man playing piece, more or less. I love Monetization Man!)

---

"Dome Romantik" -- Dome Romantik, by @rongo-matane and @idinakloppstock

A "good luck with your post-jam version!" present for Bippinbits! The funny thing is, this image is roughly around the size of the actual original art, so it's basically a prototype version of Dome Romantik in only 2 colors. 😄

---

I'll be back with some more artwork soon! Just those two took a couple of hours (that's what I get for using a touchpad), so it'll be another 24 hours or so until the next batch is ready. 😴 Who knows, maybe your game will be the next one to receive a fanart, reader!