Posts Tagged ‘8-bit’


10

May

CrunchyCo

POSTED May 10th, 2010 by James in Web Sites, Work | No Comments »

CrunchyCo is an independent “chiptunes” record label in Seattle. CrunchyCo’s ultimate goals are to produce and promote independent artwork in various forms of media, build a community of artists and their supporters, provide artists with an outlet for their work, encourage creativity, and assist in the breaking of mainstream media trends.

Say This Say That was hired to redesign and redevelop the web site using WordPress as a content management platform for its back-end. We designed a more modern look for the site and also added a slew of functionality. This includes blogging, an online store, music catalog, integrated forum, and comic portal.

Say This Say That loves helping out the local media scene. We hope that the new site developed for CrunchyCo helps grow into a nice community for Northwest chiptunes artists.

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05

Oct

A handy pixel art tutorial

POSTED October 5th, 2009 by James in Art | No Comments »

Even though pixel art isn’t used much in the world of branding, I still find it to be an interesting artstyle. For those looking at getting into video game development, this is also a handy tutorial.

The Pixel Tutorial by Derek Yu

The author, Derek Yu, presents a few things that will help polish up your pixel art skills. This includes dithering, aliasing, and light sources for outlines. There are programs created specifically for pixel art, but this tutorial is mainly for users of photoshop.

Below is a time-elapse of the image used in the tutorial. It gives you a good idea in the process involved in this.

lucha-evolution

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