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Retro 🎨🕹️🎮 Pixel Art Academy

@retronator.bsky.social

Developer of Pixel Art Academy, editor of Retronator https://pixelart.academy https://www.retronator.com

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Retro 🎨🕹️🎮 Pixel Art Academy @retronator.bsky.social · 3mo ago

A new landscape, as usual, Atari 2600 palette, 90s vibes. #pixelart

Pixel art view of Zlatni Rat beach. The curved sandy spit extends from the right into blue-green water. Tree branches hang in from the upper left, foliage frames the right side, and hills sit on the horizon under a partly cloudy sky.

Retro 🎨🕹️🎮 Pixel Art Academy @retronator.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Art made the old-fashioned way. 😅

Retro 🎨🕹️🎮 Pixel Art Academy @retronator.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Independent Games Festival happened last night and I looked at all the pixel art finalists for the blog: retronator.com/post/8109083... There are even a couple of winners in there too!

Retro 🎨🕹️🎮 Pixel Art Academy @retronator.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Inspired by my trip to the north of Sweden, beyond the polar circle. After a week of enjoying auroras in the sky with no sun in sight, on the day of our return, sunshine peeked out of the mountains and it felt like a warm hug of a friend you haven't seen in a long time.

This is a pixel art landscape depicting a winter sunrise over a vast, snowy wilderness. The scene has a serene, cold atmosphere rendered in a predominantly blue palette.
In the foreground, bare deciduous trees and scrubby vegetation poke through patches of snow, their dark branches creating delicate silhouettes. The middle ground rolls away in undulating, snow-covered hills blanketed with dense blue-toned brush or low forest.
In the distance, the land meets a large lake whose surface catches and reflects the light of the sun. The sun itself peeks out of the distant mountains, glowing with warm pinks and greens that contrast against the cool blues dominating the rest of the scene.
The pixel art style gives it a nostalgic, retro video game feel — reminiscent of 16-bit era landscape backgrounds — while the composition and color work are quite painterly and atmospheric. The contrast between the warm horizon glow and the cold blue tones of the snowy land creates a quiet, contemplative mood.

Retro 🎨🕹️🎮 Pixel Art Academy @retronator.bsky.social · last yr.

After a long time a new ZX Spectrum work. 6 colors, no bright mode. Drawn in Pixquare and dithered in GIMP.

A pixel art depiction of a vibrant sunset landscape rendered in a retro, limited-color style using the ZX Spectrum computer limitations. The scene shows a peaceful ocean reflecting a colorful sky filled with clouds illuminated at dusk. Silhouetted trees and bushes frame the image, while rocks and vegetation protrude from the water, creating a serene and dreamy atmosphere. The distinct pixelated style contributes to a nostalgic, digital aesthetic.

Anna E.@queergermangirl.bsky.social · last yr.

A new track of mine has been added to Pixel Art Academy! ⭐ In his new devlog, @retronator.bsky.social shows how he makes sure the music stays dynamic and adapts to the player's experience. Check it out to hear the new track:

Pixel Art Academy: Learn Mode devlog 22

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Retro 🎨🕹️🎮 Pixel Art Academy @retronator.bsky.social · last yr.

A quick one, clouds practice #4.

The image is a pixel art depiction of a colorful sky over the ocean. The sky is filled with clouds in various shades of purple, pink, and gray, creating a dreamy and atmospheric scene. The colors transition smoothly, giving the impression of a sunset or sunrise. The ocean at the bottom reflects some of the warm hues of the sky, particularly near the horizon, where a subtle red glow suggests the presence of the sun. The pixel art style uses a limited color palette and blocky shapes to form the clouds, giving the image a nostalgic, retro video game aesthetic.

Retro 🎨🕹️🎮 Pixel Art Academy @retronator.bsky.social · 2y ago

Clouds practice #3, this time from my own reference with colors mostly picked plein air at a different sunset with similar conditions (Atari 2600 palette, as always).

Retro 🎨🕹️🎮 Pixel Art Academy @retronator.bsky.social · 2y ago

Sunsets are happening faster than I can paint them, so here are a couple of IRLs instead.

Retro 🎨🕹️🎮 Pixel Art Academy @retronator.bsky.social · 2y ago

First artwork of 2025. I tried to retain the expressiveness of my pixel paintings but also clean it up and make the clusters at the edges reminiscent of impressionistic painting where there are abstract blobs of color that slowly get representational towards the center.