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Written by datarama on 2024-08-14 at 17:35

This has been the hardest subject so far. Especially because I haven't been able to find a side view of a П-36, so I worked back from the photos I could find. I've never seen one in real life, either (but I also never travelled in any of the countries that once made up the Soviet Union).

My friend just gave me the prompt "train"; I overcomplicated it because I like how the П-36 looks. It was the last Soviet steam locomotive; they switched to diesel and electric trains after that.

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Written by datarama on 2024-08-14 at 17:40

As a footnote: I've mentioned before that I haven't spent any serious time making pixel art for about 25 years (where I also only did it as a hobby).

It's fascinating to me to feel all those little bits of practice and knowledge bubble up to the surface despite not having occupied any place in my forebrain for a quarter decade.

(The one thing I have apparently well and truly forgotten is lighting. Perhaps that will resurface on its own too, perhaps I will have to relearn it.)

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Written by Andy 🌎 on 2024-08-14 at 18:39

@datarama Nice work! I hope you keep it up.

My friend just gave me the prompt "train"

Are you taking challenges from random strangers?

• pizza

• stack of books

• toucan

• Big Ben

🙃

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Written by datarama on 2024-08-14 at 18:41

@asmaloney Me and an old uni mate of mine decided to take up pixel art, and we take turns coming up with prompts for each other. His so far was "C64" and "train", mine was "tree" (and tomorrow's: "grasshopper").

We're both total amateurs. 🙂

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Written by datarama on 2024-08-14 at 18:44

@asmaloney We won't be doing it every day; both of us are too busy for that - and also, we have an online gaming session with a third old uni mate every friday.

But on days with nothing else to do, pixel art it is.

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Written by datarama on 2024-08-14 at 18:50

@asmaloney (I can also reveal that I have "goat", "bronze age sword" and "lur" (the ancient musical instrument) on my own prompt stack at some point already.

Also, when I feel a bit more confident in my pixeling skills, I want to do some drawings of some places in my hometown that I feel ought to be pixel art works.)

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