I really like Sonic, but this is the first time I drew him well as far as I’m concerned 😭 #pixelart #sonic

holy yapathon amirite? on a real note, critique that serves to destroy one's passions and remove their desire to do something isn't critique, it's called being an asshole. Maybe don't do that T-T

I’m doing Artistic Autumn (more info on @storynerdstudios.bsky.social) and forgot i have this account to share art so

Animating for Next Wave is making me remember how much I enjoyed animating back in the day. Might do some more animations at one point, maybe

To me, animation is the most draining part of game development. I love animation, and the final project usually makes me proud, but after three or four solid animations, the last thing I wanna do is make another one 💀 Next Wave is helping build my endurance for it though, so that's good!

Okay, now I'm done with daily art. There probably is more, hidden in some games somewhere, but I'll post those some other time, cause I don't feel like digging through even more, but I'll post more art when I have it!

Early blocking of the Next Wave title animation, gonna smooth it out much more and make the blue thing look more like actual water. Most of the work I'm doing in general is blocking/storyboarding, trying to have most if not all of the animation done by the start of July #animation #pixelart

Another Detective Liz idle animation (for some reason). Even though she doesn't have powers, Liz is incredibly smart, and designs some of her own technology, including her impact-multiplying gloves! They amplify her already-abnormal physical strength to match her foes. #pixelart

Detective Liz's idle animation (only plays once or twice usually). Detective Liz lives in a world where super-powered individuals are becoming more and more common, but Liz herself has no such powers. That said, relying on her own human ability, she takes on superpowered enemies. #pixelart

The character design for Detective Liz, a character I've been sitting on for a while, and one I already have some more concrete plans for. I have a few art pieces on her, so I can yap about her lore, but she was actually created during a writing class of mine. #pixelart

Only just now realized it uses white for the background of a PNG, my fault gang 💀

A soul warrior, a character in a game that I have no idea if I'll ever actually make. Basically the concept was a Christian fiction metroidvania with Souls-like combat, since I think the vast majority of Christian fiction games are kinda bad most of the time? Never got further than this. #pixelart

An old birthday gift for a friend when I was still learning animation and pixel art. I think it's very meh now, obviously can do better, but I'm not mad at it considering what else I was making at the time. My friend likes vampires, if it's not obvious. #pixelart

Speaking of old branding, this is a REALLY old PFP for my channel. Twas before the screen head was ever a thing, and back before I had grown out my hair too (I have dreads now0. This was also made pretty early into my foray into making #pixelart so it uh...it sucks to be honest.

The old intro to my YouTube channel, using the old branding and such. I was really proud of it initially, but I dunno, nowadays it feels really boring, not to mention most of YouTube moving away from intros for the most part. I still like intros but meh, the meta I guess #pixelart

Another old character I never actually used. Same as the last one, might use the design for something in the future, but no plans right now. #pixelart

A character I made a while back that's probably going to show up somewhere in some shape or form? I don't really know, as the original project they were made for has been long since canceled, but I don't hate the design so we'll see I guess. #pixelart

Even though it didn't win anime of the year (for SOME reason), I really love Frieren, and I made a comic crossing over with one of my favorite video games, Elden Ring! I hope there's some crossover between the fans of both of them though #pixelart

This is an old prototype of the CDawgVA game that I've been playing around with lately. I still kinda wanna do something with it, cause I found it fun, but I don't know, Punch Punch Punch and Next Wave are my focuses right now. Maybe it'll just be a free time project? #gamedev

The victory animation for the CDawgVA fangame. In all honesty, it was just attack animations chained together. Since I was removing the attacks in favor of more platforming focus, I wanted to use the animations for SOMETHING. If i ever come back to it, I'm probably ditching this tbh #pixelart

Been a big fan of CDawgVA for a while, and at one point, I was going to make a fangame about him. Ended up falling through, but I really like the animations I made for him, and I might use them in the future. This is his idle though #pixelart

Finally done with Demon Slayer fangame stuff, here's an old Sonic art. Honestly, I think it's cheeks, and I definitely wanna give it another go soon. I've always been a Sonic fan, and I definitely wanna make more fanart of the blue blur. Furries are just hard 💀 #pixelart

More Moku, now his twin hammer attack! His blood demon art allows him to create wooden objects whenever he pleases. I don't really have more lore for him to yap about, but I can answer any questions if you have them? Oh, his hair is made out of leaves though. #pixelart

Moku, THE Wood Demon. He's very buff, and has a very inflated ego. He was actually going to pose often, viewing his body as a piece of art, and he has multiple statues of himself throughout his mansion. That's part of why he's so mad in this stumble animation, he's better than this. #pixelart

One of the attack animations of the Wood Demon. Basically, it would shoot it's leg into the ground, and then a wooden spike would come up beneath the player. Lore: these demons were brought in by Moku as part of his family, and now they work for him, catching meals for him to eat. #pixelart

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The character designs from my now-canceled Demon Slayer fangame. The first is a lowly servant demon, very weak and frail. The second is a more normal leveled demon, and the last one standing by Tanjiro is Moku, the demon in charge of the others. All wood-based demons btw #pixelart

I always feel weird promoting the Patreon, especially for an event like Next Wave. That said, I want to financially recompensate anyone who helps with the show, and I just don’t have the funds for that on my own. That’s mostly what the Patreon is for in all honesty, still feels weird though.

Okay, time for me to get my yap out about #Nintendo, rising gaming prices, and why it's okay if you're upset but not okay to place all the blame on the upcoming Mario-Kart.

Yeah this pretty much sums up my thoughts (the whole thread i mean, not just this message; give it a read) #gamedev

A LONG time ago, I wanted to make a Demon Slayer fangame, and this is the only surviving piece from the original prototype, with Tanjiro using Hinokami Kagura, specifically I believe it's Enbu? I have more art from later prototypes, which I'll share since I'm not making the game anymore #pixelart

From a YouTube video actually, this is Mukoda from Campfire Cooking in Another World using, as you may have guessed, domain expansion from JJK. His domain is just Amazon shopping though #pixelart Here's the video: youtu.be/nPqtVjTV-RY?...

Akasa from Demon Slayer, namely because I love hand-to-hand combat in animation. He's also just generally a cool character, and I was going to animate him, but after drawing this, I decided I was too lazy and left it at that #pixelart

The one and only furry character I've ever made (so far) and it was for a DND campaign. His name is Zira, and I have no idea if I'm ever gonna do anything with him in the future. An older piece, but eh I think it's okay #pixelart

LICENSE ACQUIRED, I AM NOW LEGALLY PERMITTED TO CUT YOU OFF IN TRAFFIC 🗣️🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

Was gonna be part of an animation, but ended up never seeing the light. The character is an old friend of mine, Doodlebug, and although we don't talk anymore, I'm still proud of it in all honesty. #pixelart

Was going through a bunch of old art, and I have enough to post daily for at least a couple weeks, so expect a lot of art! This is a Komi one from Komi Can't Communicate, which I did with reference. Fairly old, back when I was trying to do bigger scale stuff #pixelart

A much older piece of fanart for the anime Don’t Toy With Me Miss Nagatoro! Found it while rounding up a bunch of other pixel art #pixelart

One of if not my favorite character I’ve made so far, O.R.A. She was an AI guide made for The Descent before it was canceled, and she’s definitely gonna return in some way shape or form. She’s such a fun character #pixelart

Back here finally, and with some art??? Made this for a friend of mine, came out way better than expected, so I'm pretty happy. #pixelart

Doing another early head count, I want to make a Glitch X / Nintendo Direct type show this summer showcasing upcoming indie games, with a super low barrier to entry and such. That said, my channel doesn’t have a crazy amount of traffic, so I’m not sure how many people would actually be interested

The movie looks like it'll be insane! I thought the Chainsaw Man anime was aight, the manga being better, but with this trailer, it looks like it'll be getting the JJK treatment of dialing it up to 11 1/2! Feel bad for the overworked animators though 😔 www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1n5...

Watched the latest episode of The Amazing Digital Circus, and I gotta say I think this episode was the worst one. NOW, LET ME SAY I think the episode was great! I love the series as a whole as well, but for me, it was definitely the weakest so far I feel.

Genuinely nothing saddens me more than AI seeping its cruddy little fingers into more creative arts out in the open. Like randos on the internet doing it is one thing, but ACTUAL companies show boating that around is next level insane

Guys, there’s this beautiful woman I’m trying to rizz up, but she likes hero shooters, so I gotta learn Marvel Rivals while it’s fairly fresh, give me tips 💀🙏🏿

I self-isolate when I'm not sick so I don't get sick. I self-isolate when I'm sick so I dont get others sick. The ONE TIME I'm not self-isolating, I get sick.

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I really wish Bluesky had a scheduling feature for the posts. There's times where I just posted something nice that I want to let sit for a second, but also something else comes to mind that I want to post before I forget. Scheduling it for later would work wonders fr

This is the design of an enemy I was going to add to my Demon Slayer fangame. I pretty much stopped development on it to work on original projects, but I still vibe with the design, so you might see it somewhere else eventually

Hello, I am the Story Nerd, and this is my personal account! I'm a game dev, but I'm also a big anime fan, a lover of animation in general, and I try to do art from time to time. I'm also a YouTube creator! If you wanna keep up with my game development, follow @thestorynerd.bsky.social!