Happy pixel day.

It's crazy that this is the 10th Pixel day and even crazier that I didn't make anything big for it.

I don't know how much that matters for other people, but it feels odd for me, considering I've been making animations for over half of them.2018, 2019,2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024 I think.

I really love pixel art and appreciate this yearly acknowledgement. I've already see some really cool stuff being posted for this year and I'm glad pixel art seems to be both timeless and constantly evolving.

Despite being a community day Pixel day has also been both a personal challenge and validation. It's a reminder that people do like the stuff I make beyond the obviously popular stuff as well as acknowledgement that that art is also worth something. I often feel like any other attention I've gotten online was from piggy-backing off of fanart. Regardless of the validity of that though it has skewed my perception of my own art. The first Pixel Day showed me that I could make stuff that's original that people like and my idea's have some merit. I'm still not as good as I want to be but it's always nice knowing that time spent on rad radishes weren't wasted. It also became a challenge. I would try to also make any music or sounds for the animations myself to differing degrees of success. I got to try new things I wouldn't have otherwise because the deadline and prize pushed me to finish instead of leaving more ideas to die.

I had a lot of family stuff going on the night before 2021's pixel day and I couldn't finish my entry. I felt like a failure even though I'm the only one expecting something out every year like that. Luckily I was able to bring it back and finish more stuff. Now I feel like I have to make stuff for Pixel Day. It feels like my thing. I don't feel pressured to any negative degree, but I feel the urge which makes me slightly upset I couldn't get to any of the idea's I had between other things. It's nothing like 2021 though so I'm glad I can feel ok with not making something. I really want to plan better though for next year.

funny rat from last year

*different rat

Newgrounds art

I have still been making a lot of art, but much of it has been in the form of Youtube stuff (which I usually don't feel like is quality enough to post to Newgrounds) or work related stuff I can't post for a long bit. I'm happy I was able to hit milestones like the Halloween animation. My hope is that I'll be able to post more this year, because even if it isn't expected by others, it feels so odd to look at my gallery and see such a gap in posts from the last 2 years. I honestly could have probably posted a lot of stuff I made to some degree but that twitch in my brain said nah.

I don't think I had anything particularly important to say. I just wanted to express/word vomit what this day has been for me over the years. I have so many idea's, so hopefully I can get around to doing one of those this year or by next pixel day

Thank you for always taking the time to look at the silly things I make. I hope I can make better/sillier things.