February 19, 2018
Star Trek Discovery (Season 1), low-res pixel style!
It seems premature to draw this show’s characters when it’s not over yet, but eh, I like ‘em too much. It’s a good show, and a good Star Trek. Here’s the “main cast” of Season 1, plus a...

Star Trek Discovery (Season 1), low-res pixel style!

It seems premature to draw this show’s characters when it’s not over yet, but eh, I like ‘em too much. It’s a good show, and a good Star Trek. Here’s the “main cast” of Season 1, plus a couple.

Michael Burnham, Saru, Sylvia Tilly, Paul Stamets, Hugh Culber, Gabriel Lorca, Ash Tyler, L’Rell

November 10, 2017
Star Trek New Frontier, low-res pixel style!
I really love Peter David’s work on Trek comics over the years. His own subseries, New Frontier, is also great for characters and storytelling that are very Trek but also different and exciting. This pixel...

Star Trek New Frontier, low-res pixel style!

I really love Peter David’s work on Trek comics over the years. His own subseries, New Frontier, is also great for characters and storytelling that are very Trek but also different and exciting. This pixel art is a bit of a mishmash of characters (and their designs) from the comics Double Time and Turnaround. I mostly wanted to portray the main crew of the Excalibur plus a few hangers-on that were important to those stories.

Mackenzie Calhoun, Elizabeth Shelby, Burgoyne 172, Zak Kebron, Selar, Soleta, Mark McHenry, Robin Lefler, Si Cwan, Kalinda Cwan, Xyon, Morgan Primus, Katerina Mueller, Tania Tobias

November 7, 2017
Winnie the Pooh, low-res pixel style!
I pretty much played three Winnie the Pooh games on my stream just so I could draw the cast in pixel style. I think they turned out great! This is the Disney interpretation of course, circa The Many Adventures....

Winnie the Pooh, low-res pixel style!

I pretty much played three Winnie the Pooh games on my stream just so I could draw the cast in pixel style. I think they turned out great! This is the Disney interpretation of course, circa The Many Adventures. Minus the Gopher of course because he’s an unnecessary addition and non-canon and boo to him. Anyway, let’s go for a nostalgic journey back to the 100 Acre Wood with all our friends.

Christopher Robin, Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo, Owl

August 30, 2017
Monster World IV, low-res pixel style!
I was utterly charmed by this action platforming gem recently. Here’s the team of heroes of this generation: an inspiring warrior, a capable companion, and a lazy taxi.
Asha, the blue Pepelogoo, the genie

Monster World IV, low-res pixel style!

I was utterly charmed by this action platforming gem recently. Here’s the team of heroes of this generation: an inspiring warrior, a capable companion, and a lazy taxi.

Asha, the blue Pepelogoo, the genie

May 9, 2017
Yooka-Laylee, low-res pixel style!
The spirit of Rare and Banjo live on in this lovely new game from Playtonic. The writing is sharp, the characters are goofy and lovable, and playing it makes me feel like a kid again. Thank you Playtonic!
Yooka,...

Yooka-Laylee, low-res pixel style!

The spirit of Rare and Banjo live on in this lovely new game from Playtonic. The writing is sharp, the characters are goofy and lovable, and playing it makes me feel like a kid again. Thank you Playtonic!

Yooka, Laylee, Trowzer, Dr. Puzz (& Roysten), Capital B, Dr. Quack

May 2, 2017
Ocean dwellers, low-res pixel style!
Playing Ecco, Ecco 2, and Ecco Jr, I got to thinking about games where you navigate mostly underwater environments and where you play as an aquatic native. Being strict about these bounds made for a short but...

Ocean dwellers, low-res pixel style!

Playing Ecco, Ecco 2, and Ecco Jr, I got to thinking about games where you navigate mostly underwater environments and where you play as an aquatic native. Being strict about these bounds made for a short but interesting list, with several games that felt very different to play and were memorable for me (except the Little Mermaid, which I haven’t played but fit in the category).

Ecco the Dolphin, the bottlenose with a cosmic destiny. He’s joined in playable status during Ecco Jr by his friends Tara the orca and Kitnee the Atlantic spotted dolphin. All three games are very special and worth playing.

Ariel stars in several licensed games for the Little Mermaid movie. The most well-known are Capcom’s on NES and Game Boy, but the Mega Drive and Master System tie-ins are a bit more like cheap Ecco clones with their more exploratory theme.

The little squid Ikachan is from Pixel’s game Ikachan, which is loosely tied to his more famous Cave Story. It’s adorable and short, just like its protagonist!

Naija is from Aquaria, a game from early in the modern indie boom. Like Ecco, there’s lots of interaction with other aquatic creatures, a focus on singing, and a deeply mysterious world to explore.

April 28, 2017
Super Paper Mario’s villains, low-res pixel style!
Inspired by @altermentality and her love of this game and its characters, here’s Count Bleck and his little gang. Paper Mario games used to have such great characters!
Nastasia, Count Bleck, Mr. L,...

Super Paper Mario’s villains, low-res pixel style!

Inspired by @altermentality and her love of this game and its characters, here’s Count Bleck and his little gang. Paper Mario games used to have such great characters!

Nastasia, Count Bleck, Mr. L, Mimi, O'Chunks, Dimentio

March 18, 2017
Dragon Ball Xeno, low-res pixel style!
Continuing my Dragon Ball series (check the tag), here’s a bunch of stuff from the Xeno era, which is mostly told through video games (and associated manga and animated trailers). It’s a bit complicated, but...

Dragon Ball Xeno, low-res pixel style!

Continuing my Dragon Ball series (check the tag), here’s a bunch of stuff from the Xeno era, which is mostly told through video games (and associated manga and animated trailers). It’s a bit complicated, but it’s basically all set after the end of GT, with a lot of time travel back to other eras of the series. The story of the Time Breakers starts in Dragon Ball Online which extensively fleshes out the Dragon World around Age 1000. The Xenoverse games take a small part of that story and expand on it, then the arcade card game Heroes and its spin-off mangas later picked up on a lot of it and continued the story when it started having real plots. The latter is still ongoing, so this picture will be out of date soon enough! I also threw some Fusions stuff on there; although it’s not tied into the Time Breaker/Dark Demon Realm story it is set in the future and there is time travel.

The Time Breakers: The demonic android Mira, his creator/wife Towa, their child Fu, Towa’s brother Dabura (Xeno version), their father Mechikabura. Demons Saidevilman and Kyodevilman, founder of the Red Pants army (successor to Red Ribbon) General Bon, majin sisters Haru Haru and Shun Shun, Korin’s evil counterpart Chocolay, the evil dragon created by Dark Namekians Mr. Poko Poko, leader of the Dark Namekians Naraku, the Masked Saiyan and Black-Masked Saiyan (brainwashed Bardock and Vegeta, who help the good guys after they’re freed from mind control), possibly the leader of the Frieza forces remnant Ragul/Lagul, the Pilaf ripoff Paella, the souped-up clone/transformation of Cell Cell-X, leader of a band of pirates Captain Bacterian, the true leader of Red Pants Android 9 who is a giant reconstructed General Red, Demon God Demigra, and his ancient allies Putine and Gravy.

The Time Patrol and friends: The Supreme Kai of Time Chronoa, Xeno Trunks, Capsule Corp robot Hope!, Ace (the canonical-ish protagonist of Xenoverse 1, standing in here for player-created avatars of Online and XV), magical time bird Tokitoki, Xeno Goku, SSJ4 Gohan (he has a Xeno outfit too that looks just like Goten, but he gets SSJ4 in a post-GT Heroes scenario), Xeno Goten, Xeno Piccolo (as he appears in Age 1000), Mr. Buu’s female half/wife Miss Buu aka Majin Booby. The five members of the “Dragon Ball Heroes” team from the Victory Mission manga stand in for the player avatars of Heroes, who help the Time Patrol later on: the male Saiyan Hero Beat, the female Saiyan Hero Note, the Frieza’s race Hero Froze, the Namekian Berserker Kagyu, and the Majin Hero Kabra (accompanied in VM by the Neko Majin Abra/V).

Fusions characters: Tekka (the player character, here in his default male Earthling appearance), an Ultra Fusion (as initiated by a male Earthling), helpful robotic device Ziku, Ultra Pinich (a five-way fusion with Cell, Frieza, Pinich, and randos Wanta and Paprika), and the rival character Pinich.

February 28, 2017
Dragon Ball GT, low-res pixel style!
GT’s a bit maligned, it’s “non-canon”, it’s ridiculous at times, but I’ve got a lot of fondness for it, and I like how it advanced the world and the characters. Plus Super Saiyan 4 is cool as heck you guys. So...

Dragon Ball GT, low-res pixel style!

GT’s a bit maligned, it’s “non-canon”, it’s ridiculous at times, but I’ve got a lot of fondness for it, and I like how it advanced the world and the characters. Plus Super Saiyan 4 is cool as heck you guys. So here’s the goodies, the baddies, the dragons, and some characters from the 100-years later times of the final episode and TV special movie thing.

Goku, Pan, Trunks, Giru, Gohan, Goten, Majuub, Piccolo, 18, Goku (SSJ4), Vegeta (SSJ4), Gogeta (SSJ4), Luud, Rilldo, Dr. Myuu, Super 17, Baby, Super Baby Vegeta 2, Golden Great Ape Baby Vegeta, Ultimate Shenron, Black Smoke Shenron, Haze Shenron, Rage Shenron, Oceanus Shenron, Naturon Shenron, Nuova Shenron, Eis Shenron, Syn/Omega Shenron, Pan (adult), Puck, Goku Jr., Vegeta Jr., Lord Yao

February 21, 2017
Sonic & (Sega) All-Stars/Superstars, low-res pixel style!
Sumo Digital’s two racing games (and one tennis game) have a pretty varied mix of Sega characters. Too bad they had to cut some for Transformed; and then the PC version got really insane with...

Sonic & (Sega) All-Stars/Superstars, low-res pixel style!

Sumo Digital’s two racing games (and one tennis game) have a pretty varied mix of Sega characters. Too bad they had to cut some for Transformed; and then the PC version got really insane with weird additions—I ignored them for this art. Anyway, here’s the cast for those three games mixed together. Note that I just picked the default male appearance for the Mii, which also stands in for the Xbox Avatars.

Sonic, Tails, Amy Rose, Knuckles, Big the Cat, Shadow, Dr. Eggman, Metal Sonic, the ChuChus, Opa-Opa, Ulala, Pudding, Alex Kidd, Ryo Hazuki, Jacky Bryant, Akira Yuki, Joe Musashi, Gilius Thunderhead, AiAi, MeeMee, Amigo, Zobio, Zobiko, Beat, Gum, B.D. Joe, Mobo, Robo, Vyse, Billy Hatcher, AGES, NiGHTS, Reala, Banjo & Kazooie, Mii/Avatar, Danica Patrick, Wreck-it-Ralph

February 12, 2017
Dragon Ball Z spin-offs, low-res pixel style!
As a companion to my pixel art set of DBZ sagas, here’s all the so-called “non-canon” stuff relating to the Z portion of the franchise. Movies, OVAs, TV specials, video games, and Toriyama’s Neko Majin...

Dragon Ball Z spin-offs, low-res pixel style!

As a companion to my pixel art set of DBZ sagas, here’s all the so-called “non-canon” stuff relating to the Z portion of the franchise. Movies, OVAs, TV specials, video games, and Toriyama’s Neko Majin manga. Anything from Battle of Gods onward is under the Super umbrella and will be in a future pixel art. As before, characters with four-pixel wide heads (Wheelo and Hirudegarn) are not necessarily to scale. There is some overlap between spin-off manga, OVAs, anime filler, and video games so bear with me.

TV specials: Bardock, Future Gohan, Young Future Trunks

Movie/OVA good guys: Hire Dragon/Icarus (various movies and filler) Pikkon/Paikuhan and Gogeta (Super Saiyan) (Movie 12), Tapion (Movie 13), Tarble (JSAT special OVA/manga)

Movie/OVA bad guys: Garlic Jr. (Movie 1), Dr. Wheelo (Movie 2), Tullece (Movie 3), Slug (Movie 4), Cooler (5th form) (Movie 5), Meta-Cooler/Metal Cooler (Movie 6), Super Android 13 (Movie 7), Broly (Movie 8 & 10), Bio-Broly (Movie 11), Bojack (Movie 9), Janemba (Movie 12), Hirudegarn (Movie 13), Aka/Abokado (JSAT special OVA/manga), Chilled (Episode of Bardock manga/OVA)

Video game bad guys: Dr. Raichi (Ghost Warrior) and Hatchiyack (Plan to Eradicate the Saiyans game/OVA), Majin Ozotto (the arcade game DBZ V.R.V.S.)

Neko Majin: Neko Majin Mix, Neko Majin Mike, Neko Majin Z, Z’s friend, Onio, Kuriza, Usa Majin

February 1, 2017

Dragon Ball Z, low-res pixel style!

Here’s my pixel art series for the “Z” portion of the franchise, or chapter 195-519 of the manga. The colouring is mainly based on the anime, and includes the anime-exclusive Gregory, but new characters from discrete filler arcs are also in the movies, so they will be featured in an upcoming post based on Z-era movies and spinoffs. DBZ was such a constant for a number of years early on, so it’s been a blast getting back into it, and very fun to draw out all these characters. “Giant” characters who are wider are not necessarily to scale.

Saiyan Saga: Goku, Piccolo, Gohan, Krillin, Yamcha, Tenshinhan/Tien, Chiaotzu, Yajirobe, Enma-daiō/King Yemma, Kaiō-sama/King Kai, Bubbles, Gregory, Saibaiman, Raditz, Nappa, Vegeta, Ōzaru/Great Ape Vegeta

Namek/Frieza Saga: Bulma, Krillin, Gohan, Vegeta, Dende, Moori, Nail, Eldest/Guru, Porunga, Dodoria, Frieza (first form), Zarbon, Recoome, Guldo, Ginyu, Jeice, Burter, Goku (Super Saiyan), Frieza (fourth form)

Android/Cell Saga: Future Trunks, Vegeta, Piccolo, Goku (Super Saiyan), Gohan (Super Saiyan), Android #19, Dr. Gero/Android #20, Android #17, Android #18, Android #16, Imperfect Cell, second form Cell, Perfect Cell, Cell Jr.

Majin Buu Saga: Great Saiyaman, Videl, Mr. Satan/Hercule, Trunks, Goten, Kaiōshin/Shin/Supreme Kai, Kibito, Babidi, Dabura, Gohan, Old Kaiōshin/Old Kai, Kibitoshin/Kibito Kai, Goku (Super Saiyan 3), Vegeta (Majin/Super Saiyan 2), Gotenks, Vegetto, Majin Buu/Innocent Buu/Good Buu/Mr. Buu, Evil Buu, Super Buu, Kid Buu/Pure Buu, Uub

January 17, 2017
Jet Set Radio Future, low-res pixel style!
Great game, love the characters, some crazy designs here but so much fun. Give me more, Sega!
Yoyo, Gum, Corn, Beat, Combo, Garam, Soda, Boogie, Rhyth, Cube, Clutch, Jazz, Poison Jam, Rapid 99, Immortals,...

Jet Set Radio Future, low-res pixel style!

Great game, love the characters, some crazy designs here but so much fun. Give me more, Sega!

Yoyo, Gum, Corn, Beat, Combo, Garam, Soda, Boogie, Rhyth, Cube, Clutch, Jazz, Poison Jam, Rapid 99, Immortals, Doom Riders, Noise Tanks, Love Shockers, Pots, Roboy, NT-3000, Zero Beat, Gouji, A.KU.MU

January 5, 2017
Jet Set Radio, low-res pixel style!
As I said in my review, Jet Set Radio has a lot of style but suffers as a game, especially for me who grew up on the sequel. Still, I love the cast so here they are all blocky-like. DJ Professor K is uniquely...

Jet Set Radio, low-res pixel style!

As I said in my review, Jet Set Radio has a lot of style but suffers as a game, especially for me who grew up on the sequel. Still, I love the cast so here they are all blocky-like. DJ Professor K is uniquely playable in the GBA version.

Beat, Gum, Tab/Corn, Pots, Garam, Mew/Bis, Yo-yo, Piranha, Slate/Soda, Combo, Cube, DJ Professor K, Love Shockers, Posion Jam, Noise Tanks, Gouji Rokkaku

November 26, 2016
Dragon Ball, low-res pixel style!
Here’s the first of several Dragon Ball-related pixel arts I’m planning. This covers the “Dragon Ball” section of the franchise, or up to chapter 194 of the manga, plus the DB movies. The characters are grouped by...

Dragon Ball, low-res pixel style!

Here’s the first of several Dragon Ball-related pixel arts I’m planning. This covers the “Dragon Ball” section of the franchise, or up to chapter 194 of the manga, plus the DB movies. The characters are grouped by arc but I tried to do less duplicates so mostly just new characters in the arc plus Goku if his design has changed, and skipping various henchmen, one-offs, and alternate forms or costumes. Dragon Ball is cool! How can I not have got into it, being in the age group I’m in.

Son Goku/Pilaf arc: Son Goku, Bulma, Oolong, Yamcha, Puar, Master Roshi/Kame Sen’nin/Turtle Hermit, Turtle, Ox King/Gyū Maō, Chi Chi, Pilaf, Mai, Shu, Shenlong/Shenron

21st Tenkaichi Budokai arc: Goku (training), Krillin, Master Roshi/Kame Sen’nin, Lunch/Launch

Red Ribbon Army arc: Goku (Turtle school gi), Android 8, Arale, Upa, Bora, Karin, Murasaki, General Blue, Commander Red, Staff Officer Black, Tao Pai-pai/Mercenary Tao, Fortuneteller Baba, Grandpa Gohan

22nd Tenkaichi Budokai arc: Tenshinhan/Tien, Chiaotzu, Master Shen/Tsuru Sen’nin/Crane Hermit

Piccolo arc: King Piccolo/Piccolo Daimaō, Yajirobe, Kami, Mr. Popo, Piccolo/Ma Junior, Goku (adult), Chi Chi (adult)

Movies: King Gurumes (DB movie 1), Lucifer (DB movie 2), Minister Shen/Tsuru Sen’nin (DB movie 3), Goku, Bulma, Android 8, Black (DB movie 4)

EDIT: Tumblr shrank it a little; the full, crisp, beautiful version is here.

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