Another entry for a Pixel Joint weekly challenge. This time to create a 64x64 avatar that is a 'fantasy self portrait'. Started off with a quick line art of myself doing a bit of an evil grin sorta thing and then kept changing and adding bits til I got this gargoyle thing (I had Disney's rather fine tv show in my mind). Kept to under 16 colors even though there was no limit on colors for this challenge. Just wanted the low color practice so it came out at 14.

Shortly after I did the R-Type Mode 0 Amstrad CPC mock up I pixelled up a couple of rough sprite ideas of how a shoot 'em up designed specifically for the Amstrad CPC might look. A couple of days ago I reworked them and pixelled a complete mock up for them. Again chose to use the 16 color wide-pixel Mode 0 (as opposed to the 4 color regular sized pixels Mode 1) as it's best suited for the horizontal shooter format on the CPC, in my opinion.

Needed me a new 64x64 avatar as I've been using the same one (Howlin' Jack) for years now on various sites and am sick of it. This here be a fairly quick pixel of the Transformers G1 character Carnivac whose name I use in various places such as this site. He's an ex-Decepticon (Marvel UK comic plotline) hence why I gave him a scratched Decepticon insignia. Also tried to get a sorta Geoff Senior (Transformers UK comic artist that inspired me to draw when I was a kid) look to the face and use of black. At some point I might pixel the concept sketches I've done of this character using a more TF movie-like asthetics too. But for now I have new avatar... UPDATED FEB 2008. Restyled the picture with a helmet more closer to the toy version and some highlights and reworking of that stuff I wasn't happy with before.