{"author_link":"\/users\/jeremy-ryan","author_name":"Jeremy Ryan","author_uid":"jeremy-ryan","comments":[],"epoch":1684557700,"event":"LD53","format":"md","ldjam_node_id":371245,"likes":83,"metadata":{"p_key":"201450","p_author":"Jeremy Ryan","p_authorkey":"1015034","p_urlkey":"434144","p_title":"Fan art for LD53 games","p_cat":"LDJam ","p_event":"LD53","p_time":"1684557700","p_likes":"83","p_comments":"0","p_status":"WAYBACK","us_key":"1015034","us_name":"Jeremy Ryan","us_username":"jeremy-ryan","event_start":"1682726400","event_key":"118","event_name":"Ludum Dare 53"},"node":{"_collation":{"body_sanitizer":"TextUtils::SanitizeHTML via existing importer","event":"LD53","removed_author":false},"_superparent":332127,"_trust":14,"author":15034,"body":"The last few events, I've been drawing fan art of every game I play during play and rate ([LD52](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/fallowtide\/fan-art-for-ld52-games), [LD51](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/51\/eleventh-second\/fan-art-and-a-post-mortem), [LD50](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/eleventh-hour\/eleventh-hour-postmortem-and-fan-art)). \n\nI decided to keep up the tradition for LD53, with the following twists:\n\n- Fan art was drawn in pixel art style\n- Every character gets cat ears, like the characters (and various inanimate objects) in my game [Holding Out](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/holding-out).\n\n**Here's the group picture!**\n\n![fanart53.png](\/\/\/raw\/aba\/3\/z\/5be7c.png)\n\nIf anything looks interesting to you, here's a full list of games:\n\n1. [Holding Out](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/holding-out) by @jeremy-ryan\n2. [Neighborhood Postal Service](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/neighborhood-postal-service) by @paul-nadan\n3. [Chateau Grennouilles](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/chateau-grenouilles) by @paul-merkamp and @alex-mcgrath\n4. [Postal Pocalypse](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/postal-pocalypse) by @bwalter and @mothense\n5. [Elevander of the Emu Express](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/elevander-of-the-emu-express) by @brainoid, @honest-dan, and @spacey3d\n6. [Juggle Mail](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/juggle-mail) by @kuviman\n7. [The Pigeon Post Principle](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/the-pigeon-post-principle) by @cassowary\n8. [Aerial Odyssey](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/aerial-odyssey) by @tvorojok, @maximbegunov, and @alekhoz\n9. [Snail Mail](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/snail-mail-2) by @winter2277, @william-wells, @adrien-tremblay, and @martenscedric\n10. [Lucky Lefty Loves Letters](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/lucky-lefty-loves-letters) by @thebooksnail and @elysiagriffin\n11. [Grav Garb](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/grav-garb) by @gizmolo, @wiredoverload, @xxatrain223, @bigtex, @karkadan, @arnenia, and @alchemic\n12. [Toad Pizza Express](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/toad-pizza-express) by @nazorus\n13. [Long Tail](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/long-tail) by @hitchh1k3r \n14. [Badger Break Out](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/$352694) by @knatt\n15. [Sick Day Delivery](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/sick-day-delivery) by @jesseww, @caldane, @leith-prise, @serenamagic, @selidex, and @pyspher9 \n16. [Superbloom](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/superbloom) by @amango, @charles-haitkin, @augustin-carroll, @zinteger, @mlooper, and @devook\n\nA few takeaways:\n- **Pixel art is... harder?** I would have expected pixel art to take less time and effort than more traditional illustration, but it was more challenging if anything to abstract characters --- keeping them recognizable, but also fit with the style for the group shot.\n- **Choose a palette ahead of time and stick to it.** Otherwise you improvise and end up with like ten slightly different shades of green.\n- **Be consistent about scale.** Things started out pretty well, but I ended up with a human sized pigeon and a bee the size of maybe a gorilla (and about as furry).\n- **It was a lot of fun.** The community continues to produce great little games with fun characters that make this personal challenge fun every year.\n\nGreat work everybody, and good luck as we head into results tomorrow!","comments":11,"comments-timestamp":"2023-05-20T20:48:03Z","created":"2023-05-20T04:23:13Z","files":[],"files-timestamp":0,"id":371245,"love":83,"love-timestamp":"2023-09-20T15:07:52Z","meta":[],"modified":"2023-09-20T15:07:52Z","name":"Fan art for LD53 games","node-timestamp":"2023-05-20T04:41:40Z","parent":332341,"parents":[1,5,9,332127,332341],"path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/holding-out\/fan-art-for-ld53-games","published":"2023-05-20T04:41:40Z","scope":"public","slug":"fan-art-for-ld53-games","subsubtype":"","subtype":"","type":"post","version":1147770},"node_metadata":{"n_key":"371245","n_urlkey":"434144","n_parent":"332341","n_path":"\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/holding-out\/fan-art-for-ld53-games","n_slug":"fan-art-for-ld53-games","n_type":"post","n_subtype":"","n_subsubtype":"","n_author":"15034","n_created":"1684556593","n_modified":"1695222472","n_version":"1147770","n_status":"WAYBACK"},"source_url":"https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/holding-out\/fan-art-for-ld53-games","text":"The last few events, I've been drawing fan art of every game I play during play and rate ([LD52](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/52\/fallowtide\/fan-art-for-ld52-games), [LD51](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/51\/eleventh-second\/fan-art-and-a-post-mortem), [LD50](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/50\/eleventh-hour\/eleventh-hour-postmortem-and-fan-art)). \n\nI decided to keep up the tradition for LD53, with the following twists:\n\n- Fan art was drawn in pixel art style\n- Every character gets cat ears, like the characters (and various inanimate objects) in my game [Holding Out](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/holding-out).\n\n**Here's the group picture!**\n\n![fanart53.png](\/\/\/raw\/aba\/3\/z\/5be7c.png)\n\nIf anything looks interesting to you, here's a full list of games:\n\n1. [Holding Out](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/holding-out) by @jeremy-ryan\n2. [Neighborhood Postal Service](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/neighborhood-postal-service) by @paul-nadan\n3. [Chateau Grennouilles](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/chateau-grenouilles) by @paul-merkamp and @alex-mcgrath\n4. [Postal Pocalypse](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/postal-pocalypse) by @bwalter and @mothense\n5. [Elevander of the Emu Express](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/elevander-of-the-emu-express) by @brainoid, @honest-dan, and @spacey3d\n6. [Juggle Mail](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/juggle-mail) by @kuviman\n7. [The Pigeon Post Principle](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/the-pigeon-post-principle) by @cassowary\n8. [Aerial Odyssey](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/aerial-odyssey) by @tvorojok, @maximbegunov, and @alekhoz\n9. [Snail Mail](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/snail-mail-2) by @winter2277, @william-wells, @adrien-tremblay, and @martenscedric\n10. [Lucky Lefty Loves Letters](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/lucky-lefty-loves-letters) by @thebooksnail and @elysiagriffin\n11. [Grav Garb](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/grav-garb) by @gizmolo, @wiredoverload, @xxatrain223, @bigtex, @karkadan, @arnenia, and @alchemic\n12. [Toad Pizza Express](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/toad-pizza-express) by @nazorus\n13. [Long Tail](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/long-tail) by @hitchh1k3r \n14. [Badger Break Out](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/$352694) by @knatt\n15. [Sick Day Delivery](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/sick-day-delivery) by @jesseww, @caldane, @leith-prise, @serenamagic, @selidex, and @pyspher9 \n16. [Superbloom](https:\/\/ldjam.com\/events\/ludum-dare\/53\/superbloom) by @amango, @charles-haitkin, @augustin-carroll, @zinteger, @mlooper, and @devook\n\nA few takeaways:\n- **Pixel art is... harder?** I would have expected pixel art to take less time and effort than more traditional illustration, but it was more challenging if anything to abstract characters --- keeping them recognizable, but also fit with the style for the group shot.\n- **Choose a palette ahead of time and stick to it.** Otherwise you improvise and end up with like ten slightly different shades of green.\n- **Be consistent about scale.** Things started out pretty well, but I ended up with a human sized pigeon and a bee the size of maybe a gorilla (and about as furry).\n- **It was a lot of fun.** The community continues to produce great little games with fun characters that make this personal challenge fun every year.\n\nGreat work everybody, and good luck as we head into results tomorrow!","title":"Fan art for LD53 games","wayback_source":[]}