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- πŸ–ŠοΈ Pixel artist (allegedly) - πŸ“œ Boston-based fiction writer and writing instructor - πŸ‘Ύ Creator of Ashen 16x for Minecraft Java - https://aim-boot.carrd.co/ #pixelart #pixel #minecraft

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Three images collaged together, from left to right: a seaside scene with a happy ghast wearing a blue harness; an indoor scene with five paintings; a black Enderdragon flying through the void

Three images collaged together, from left to right: a seaside scene with a happy ghast wearing a blue harness; an indoor scene with five paintings; a black Enderdragon flying through the void

Ashen 1.12 is live! Bringing support for the 1.21.6 *Chase the Skies* drop, long-awaited textures for Ravagers and the Enderdragon, spawn eggs, paintings, particles, & more! πŸƒ

www.curseforge.com/minecraft/texture-packs/ashen-16x
modrinth.com/resourcepack/ashen

#minecraft #gamedev #mcdev #pixelart

17.06.2025 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's just how I display sprites to avoid overscaling them and losing detail

02.06.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Three pixelated paintings on a grey background.

Clockwise from the top left, a column supporting a potted plant in front of a mountainscape; a Vermont landscape in autumn; and a still life with fruit and flowers

Three pixelated paintings on a grey background. Clockwise from the top left, a column supporting a potted plant in front of a mountainscape; a Vermont landscape in autumn; and a still life with fruit and flowers

Fairly simple #mcartday post this time around; three more paintings coming to Ashen in v1.12, releasing alongside Minecraft 1.21.6. As of right now, Ashen's only sixty-three textures (out of 3375!!!) away from complete!

#mcdev #minecraft #pixelart #art

01.06.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much!

16.05.2025 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

15.05.2025 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Six pixel-art food textures on a grey background. Clockwise from the top left: a chocolate chip cookie; a vanilla cake with white icing and berries on top, three cocoa beans; a pink-and-green slice of watermelon; two golden Glowberries with green stems, and a pumpkin pie.

Six pixel-art food textures on a grey background. Clockwise from the top left: a chocolate chip cookie; a vanilla cake with white icing and berries on top, three cocoa beans; a pink-and-green slice of watermelon; two golden Glowberries with green stems, and a pumpkin pie.

And another #mcartday post, this one for Wayward. I'm continuing to (very slowly) plug away at this little side project, and today I bring you six very sweet item textures!

#mcdev #minecraft #pixelart #gamedev

15.05.2025 21:18 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A pixelated seaside scene framed on a grey background.

The bottom half of the painting features rolling hills and a small farmhouse beside a solitary tree. Behind them, a high cliff occupies the majority of the scene, topped in rolling grasslands. Behind that is the sea, with clouds over the horizon.

A pixelated seaside scene framed on a grey background. The bottom half of the painting features rolling hills and a small farmhouse beside a solitary tree. Behind them, a high cliff occupies the majority of the scene, topped in rolling grasslands. Behind that is the sea, with clouds over the horizon.

It's #mcartday, and I'm not actually going to miss this one!

A couple posts to share today; first, another painting coming with Ashen v1.12 -- this time, a study of Gustave Courbet's "The Rock of Hautepierre," c.1869 πŸ–ΌοΈ

#mcdev #minecraft #pixelart #art

15.05.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
And Enderdragon from Minecraft, with custom textures giving her dark scales, purple wing membranes, and glowing spots. Two viewing angles, one from above and one from below.

And Enderdragon from Minecraft, with custom textures giving her dark scales, purple wing membranes, and glowing spots. Two viewing angles, one from above and one from below.

I missed the most recent MCArtDay, but I've still been busy!

First up, I finally finished the Enderdragon for Ashen, which I'd planned to leave as the last mob I textured for that pack. Almost six years later, she'll be flying with Ashen v1.12! πŸ‰

#pixelart #mcdev #gamedev #minecraft

04.05.2025 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you add <-ai> to your search terms, Google's nonsense hallucinator doesn't show up, which has honestly been a godsend

30.04.2025 23:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, it feels very much within the realm of possibility, especially given the apparent focus on less mechanically significant content changes

16.04.2025 22:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I would kill for a cold biome ambience update πŸ₯Ά need me some more than just powder snow and passive mob variants

16.04.2025 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much! πŸ₯°

16.04.2025 11:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Eight pixel art paintings: A portrait of a redheaded man, a wave crashing onto a shore, a Mediterranean villa on the water, a landscape of a field under pink clouds, and four abstract paintings representing earth, fire, water, and air, respectively.

Eight pixel art paintings: A portrait of a redheaded man, a wave crashing onto a shore, a Mediterranean villa on the water, a landscape of a field under pink clouds, and four abstract paintings representing earth, fire, water, and air, respectively.

And another #mcartday post πŸ˜Άβ€πŸŒ«οΈ; back to posting Ashen -- eight new paintings coming in v1.12! The top three are studies, the middle left is an original, and the four unused elemental paintings are references to a defunct franchise -- can you guess which one?

#pixelart #minecraft #mcdev #art #gamedev

16.04.2025 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Six pixel art powders arrayed in two rows of three on a grey background. Clockwise from the top left are Redstone Dust, Gunpowder, Sugar, Bone Meal, Glowstone Dust, and Blaze Powder

Six pixel art powders arrayed in two rows of three on a grey background. Clockwise from the top left are Redstone Dust, Gunpowder, Sugar, Bone Meal, Glowstone Dust, and Blaze Powder

A *very* late-in-the-day #mcartday post! This time around, another peek at Wayward, which I'm hoping to reveal more of in the near future. For now, all the powders I've made, plus a sample of my approach to the GUI. More to come!

#minecraft #mcdev #pixelart #gamedev

16.04.2025 02:49 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!!!

10.04.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

*Please* tell me the lupines have a chance of making it onto your InPrnt; I would kill to be able to hang that up, they're my absolute favorite flower and the way you've rendered them here is just *gorgeous*!

10.04.2025 00:49 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much! πŸ₯°

01.04.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A side-by-side comparison of eight items rendered in different pixel art styles. Clockwise from the top left: a piece of grey flint, a leatherbound book with a red bookmark, a golden apple, a blue diamond sword, a green, luminescent enderpearl, an ingot of purple netherite, a loaf of bread, and a bone

A side-by-side comparison of eight items rendered in different pixel art styles. Clockwise from the top left: a piece of grey flint, a leatherbound book with a red bookmark, a golden apple, a blue diamond sword, a green, luminescent enderpearl, an ingot of purple netherite, a loaf of bread, and a bone

It's #mcartday! 🎨

Introducing Wayward! This pack, still in its infancy, will be my next major project after I finish Ashen.

I started work on Ashen in 2019, and my style has changed drastically since. Here's a side-by-side to compare!

#minecraft #mcdev #pixelart #gamedev

01.04.2025 18:10 β€” πŸ‘ 52    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Three minecraft bees recolored to represent the Trans, Agender, and Nonbinary pride flags on a grey background, above black text reading "Happy Trans Day of Visibility"

Three minecraft bees recolored to represent the Trans, Agender, and Nonbinary pride flags on a grey background, above black text reading "Happy Trans Day of Visibility"

Wishing all my trans, gnc, and questioning homies a very happy and safe Trans Day of Visibility. Whether you're out or not, know that you're loved, and I hope you can spend time today with folks who see you πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

31.03.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I miss you LuigiπŸ’”

30.03.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

31.03.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Bionicle

29.03.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 5802    πŸ” 1130    πŸ’¬ 67    πŸ“Œ 10
A sheet displaying custom textures for several creatures in Minecraft. From left to right: Cold chicken, warm chicken, cold cow, warm cow, goat, cold pig, warm pig, pufferfish, tropical fish, camel, panda, zombie horse, illusioner, calico cat, and ocelot

A sheet displaying custom textures for several creatures in Minecraft. From left to right: Cold chicken, warm chicken, cold cow, warm cow, goat, cold pig, warm pig, pufferfish, tropical fish, camel, panda, zombie horse, illusioner, calico cat, and ocelot

And another showcase! This time, all of the mobs that shipped with today's 1.11 update (but only one of the Cat and Tropical Fish variants since I couldn't fit them all on one page) πŸ‚πŸ–πŸ“

#minecraft #mcdev #gamedev #pixelart

25.03.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Three images collaged together, from left to right: a desert scene with a camel, pig, cactus, and chicken; an indoor scene with four paintings; a forest scene with birch trees, yellow and pink flowers, a cow, and a river

Three images collaged together, from left to right: a desert scene with a camel, pig, cactus, and chicken; an indoor scene with four paintings; a forest scene with birch trees, yellow and pink flowers, a cow, and a river

It's that time again! Ashen 1.11, featuring support for the 1.21.5 *Spring to Life* drop, textures for Cats, Camels, Pandas, and more, four new paintings, new particles, and bugfixes, is live!

www.curseforge.com/minecraft/te...

modrinth.com/resourcepack...

#minecraft #gamedev #mcdev #pixelart

25.03.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

And now, one more painting coming with tomorrow's Ashen update. This time, it's a study of Caspar David Friedrich's "Winterlandschaft mitt Kirche." Excited to finally release 1.11 just in time for Minecraft 1.21.5! πŸƒπŸŒΌ

#pixelart #art #gamedev #mcdev #minecraft

25.03.2025 00:57 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Release 1.1.4 for Minecraft 1.20.5 Β· Mojang/slicer Upgrades to pack format 30 for Minecraft 1.20.5. The migrations automated here are not exhaustive, so some manual work may still be required. See the release changelog for more information. This ve...

I think what you're looking for may actually exist! Mojang put out this: github.com/Mojang/slice...

If you're looking to work with a spritesheet and then automate cutting it up into separate files, this is that tool. Can't work the other way, though, unfortunately

21.03.2025 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I almost suggested that until I saw that you'd said you grabbed it from the .jar; I still for the life of me can't figure out why they split every GUI element. Even with the automated converter Mojang put out, it's a massive pain trying to maintain both versions 🫠

21.03.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Are the new textures just not applying, or is the pack itself throwing a "Resource Reload Failed" error?

21.03.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tagging in that the goat scream isn't causing the failure to load; logs show that error even with just the vanilla pack (because of course they do πŸ™ƒ) -- likely some other spaghetti, like a wonky filepath or issue with your pack.mcmeta

21.03.2025 08:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Four pixel-art paintings; three depict stylized landscapes with mountains, and the third depicts a small vignette of peonies. Colors range from blues and greens to pinks.

Four pixel-art paintings; three depict stylized landscapes with mountains, and the third depicts a small vignette of peonies. Colors range from blues and greens to pinks.

Been too busy with thesis work to post here in a while, but I'm still kickin! Four new paintings coming with Ashen v1.11, which'll release with MC 1.21.5 πŸ‚

#pixelart #art #gamedev #mcdev #minecraft

11.02.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

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