#67.1 Impossible

Yes, it is absolutely impossible that the pixel above was made by me. Even with pose copied from another art. This is more than I even imagined working on.

I guess I figured it out. The only thing that I needed to become better was listening to emo rock music...

Seriously, how did it happen...? I sat down to this pixel knowing that I will fail. That it's absolutely impossible for me. Almost full body? In a dynamic pose? With detailed clothing? I barely remember how many fingers humans have (21). How the hell did it happen.

What's funny is, doing this, I remembered the very early mountain pixel. I had exactly the same feeling: it's impossible, why am I even trying...

I don't want to overshoot this, but maybe... things are impossible only because we know they are?

Omg Citrus what to write, what to write

I'm just sitting here, doing my thing. That's all. It looks like, if you just keep doing what you believe in, nothing is impossible.

Just do what you think is good. Fuck the rest. Do your own thing. Imperfectly. Badly. Full of mistakes. But yours. Don't let anyone or anything make you change your way because "it's impossibe"

I'm sorry if it's not the most inspiring or brilliant, but that's what I have to say.

It turned out people who first sketch before drawing are into something. Once again I started with the hand. It seems like a good choice. You can compare everything to the hand. How big are the head, torso, and legs.

Yea... it was my first time pixeling something so... ekhm ekhm... 3D too. But it's on par with the official reference, and I'm 120% sure the person I'm making it for will appreciate it. That's my goal, isn't it...?

I think it's best to have a full body like this before adding any modifications, like clothes. Now, you can add anything you want and check if it looks good.

The clothes need their own sketch, preferably in another layer.

After I finished the black outline, I started adding colors. Just bucketing everything in one hue, the shading will come later.

After all basic elements are in place, it's time for the details.

A little shading, eyes, and the collar. One after another. Step by step.

It always stuns me how much the simple shade adds. It goes from flat, boring,
two-dimensional to this.

It's all just darker and lighter pixels. Nothing to be afraid of.

Another 2D object that we will soon turn 3D by confusing our brain.

See? It's slowly gaining another dimension. Just a light and a dark part.

How about we add one more?

Still a work in progress. I wanted to make one post about all of this art. But it's taking waaay to long.

It's still not the most energetic post. I'm still tired. Before I started working on this on Saturday, I spent half a day just lying in my bed, doing nothing. I was ready to drop this as a stupid idea. It wore me out even more. But you know what? I'm positive. Even more, I'm happy. I broke my own limitations. Done something absolutely impossible. It feels great, proving myself wrong. I'm somehow... hopeful? A little less scared. Maybe, even start to believe that we may do something truly exceptional, one day. I will try. That's the best thing I can do.

You know what? How do you know that you will not succeed? What if one in a million really happens 9 out of 10 times? What if this is the time we would make something amazing, incredible, unparalleled? And you just didn't because you didn't believe you could.

It's ok. You don't have to believe. Believing is hard in this world. But you still should try. Nobody else is going to try for you. You have to.

I believe. I believe that if you try enough times, you will reach your goals.