I hope you're having a nice day. If you were keeping an eye on my post, you'll already know that I want to start in the world of PixelArt, a world that has always caught my attention but I didn't feel able to face.

After my first attempt, an almost lizard, I realized that the best way to start will be an intensive 30 days dedicating two hours of my time to this activity. On YouTube I found some very good tutorials, where with a challenge of 15 different activities, from less to more complicated, they guide you step by step.

The theme of day one was to make an apple using a preset color palette and with dimensions of 16x16px. I still find it difficult to understand the measurements and proportions.

To be honest, I found the challenge a bit difficult. Above all, the shape of the apple, which is not quite round, complicated me a lot, so many times what I got was a little tomato. But well, I tried with the best of my energy to complete the challenge and make several variations.

Also, I wanted to make some simple animations to present my pixelart. I know that for the moment I shouldn't focus so much on animating and instead focus on polishing my style, but animating pixelart is a process that I really enjoy and it's very simple.

In the end, I got so excited that what started as a simple drawing of the apple, ended up being my own bit representation of René Magritte's famous 1964 painting "Son of Man", perhaps one of the most representative works of surrealism.

For being my second time facing pixelart, I'm quite happy with the final results and, from a general perspective, I know I need to practice a lot and master even more concepts and tools, but I think I'm on the right track and with a lot of energy.

Without further ado, I hope you enjoyed my learning process and this post as a progress report. Thanks for getting this far and for sharing with me, as well as all the support. As always, I will read all your opinions and suggestions in the comments. Best regards and best wishes for success.

Article first published on my personal blog at HIVE.

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