tweaked the palettes a bit, here are three pixel-art computers so far

[gloriouscow@oldbytes.space]

tweaked the palettes a bit, here are three pixel-art computers so far

#retrocomputing #pixelart

[rye@ioc.exchange]

@gloriouscow what do you use to make your pixel art

[gloriouscow@oldbytes.space]

@rye these were made with blender, photoshop and aseprite

[thomasjwebb@mastodon.social]

@gloriouscow I can just picture standing in front of one, pressing A, and its screen lighting up and the surrounding area getting slightly lighter, and being excited that I might be able to finally unlock something... then find out I need to find a floppy first.

[gloriouscow@oldbytes.space]

credits for the 3d models used as a base reference:

pcjr and tandy 1000: freepoly.org
https://www.freepoly.org/portfolio-1/ibm-tandy-1000

https://www.freepoly.org/portfolio-1/ibm-pcjr-4863-computer

ibm 5150: denisstephane https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ibm-pc-xt-5150-556af16d476d4144bab11ed744a849e6

[gloriouscow@oldbytes.space]

@thomasjwebb well if you turn the first one on, you can always play around in ROM Basic!

[thomasjwebb@mastodon.social]

@gloriouscow oh yeah I was just thinking, it needs to actually present you with a prompt. Maybe after you find the floppy, you still have to change to A: and run the executable.

[gloriouscow@oldbytes.space]

@thomasjwebb I should make a little pixel floppy disk you can put in

[gloriouscow@oldbytes.space]

@rye

I take a 3d model of the computer in blender, with an orthographic camera at 60 degrees (this gives the 1:2 pixel ratio typical of isometric pixel art, but isn't actually isometric in 3d space, technically...)