Text Mode Pixel Art | Quaxly Timelapse

What is Text Mode Art?:    • What is ‘TEXT MODE’ art? | Introducti...  
lvllvl Text Mode editor: https://lvllvl.com/
Polyducks Text Mode Webpage: http://polyducks.co.uk/what-is-textmode/

Text Mode is a tile-based display system used by older computers, and it turns out it makes for a pretty fun art project when you take those tiles and try to make pictures out of them! In this video I share a text mode workflow of starting from a pixel art image, then importing that into the editor to use as the basis for the tile illustration.

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0:00 Intro & Pixel Art
1:37 Text Mode Setup
2:25 Importing the Pixel Art Design
3:41 Smoothing the Appearance
4:34 Detailing with the Tiles
6:46 Adding Text
7:38 FINAL ARTWORK
8:36 CRT Time
9:12 VID OVER

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Check out my art here:
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INPRNT Shop: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/bjgpixel/
Redbubble Shop: https://rdbl.co/bjgpixel

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Software used: Adobe Photoshop 2022, lvllvl.com (a web-based Text Mode editor)
Need help picking a pixel art program? Watch this:    • What Program to use for Pixel Art? (P...  
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Title sequence theme music by Failpositive:
http://www.failpositive.bandcamp.com/
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