Pixel art game concept

Tile based pixel art made for a assigment at The Game Assembly, 10 colors total and made in Aseprite.

Lavapotion team talked about the development of their adventure strategy game Song of Conquest with a classic feel of Heroes of Might and Magic.

Some pixel art photo studies. I wanted to convey some of the emotions I have when going overseas.

Art for game

Pixel art 4

pixel art samples for an art test

More of these on https://x.com/orb_3d Just some personal experiments with pixel art and lighting. I was curious if I could bring in a bit of what I’ve learned from 3D and AAA work to add more depth and physicality to pixel art, without losing the classic pixel perfect look. Most pixel art still uses flat lighting or blob shadows, so I started messing around with things like normal maps, PBR-style materials, and projecting pixel textures onto simple 3D meshes. At first, I tried staying in 2D…