IndyDraws Stuff

Our son Sam has told us that the D&D art file we use for a screensaver on various devices bothers him.

Because it makes him frustrated that he can’t look at some of them longer. He wants to know what is happening in some of them.

I told him that is one of the reasons we play Dungeons & Dragons, so we can go find out together, in our collective imagination.

Not really D&D related- but I feel compelled to add to this that not only are these GORGEOUS pixel arts- they are also in fact not animated. There are no frames used. There’s no extra pieces of art. Just one layer.

These pieces are so old that they stem from a time where animating cost way too much memory and/or only 256 colors could be used at one time, so the motion is achieved by ‘color cycling’. Half the available colors would be reserved for that very color cycling. It’s mchecking bonkers, please go watch this video if you feel like learning the technical details of how these artworks were made! They were screensavers that would match the actual time of day that you were in. Somehow. Just by cycling color palettes. Wild shit.

(Especially relevant time stamps for color cycling: 5:50, 9:55, 37:26, at 49:54 he gets into the technical side of HOW this even works)

Yup.

I’ve always enjoyed how they depicted some of the landscapes at different times of the day/weather/season.

Like these two areas. Daytime and nighttime at the village by the waterfalls.

And the high mountains hidden by rain in one and visible in the other.

These are by Mark Ferrari!

You can find his gallery here, including options to view the scenes at different times of day some with sound: http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/

This is so frustrating because I have been trying to figure out how to set these as a screensaver on my actual computer for ages but can’t make it work properly.

These are stunning. They're all gorgeous potential backdrops for stories- I think I'd like to live inside a few of them.

the groom is default dancing. soriel wedding still on the brain, as usual.

EVERYONE GO VOTE SORIEL FOR COUPLE OF ALL TIME IN THE M/F SHIP BRACKET

drawing my parents again because i cannot contain the silliness

The Game Night zine is finally available for pre-orders! The zine is 65 pages long and contains 30 different works from our lovely volunteer contributors with all proceeds going to Child's Play Charity. Pre-orders will end June 4th.

If you would like to see all the contributors to the zine, we encourage you to check out our previous posts, teasing all their works!

Digital copies of the zine cost 12 USD and will be emailed out soon after the pre-order period ends.

Physical copies cost 25 USD and come bundled with the digital copy and its contents, as well as with the set of stickers.

You can purchase your copy or copies of the zine here! (https://coldgrovestudios.bigcartel.com)

Thank you so much for your support, whether purchasing a copy or just following along and supporting the project! We can't wait to get these out! :)

Our test copies have arrived! Expect pre-orders to launch within the next week! 👀

Dean Winchester. 8 hours, 45 minutes.

Progress shots:

Dean Winchester. 8 hours, 45 minutes.

Progress shots:

Quick study / 2hrs

Another hour and a half…

Halfway point? 7.5 hours in.

Quick study / 2hrs

Another hour and a half…

Quick study / 2hrs

old professor layton sketches i never finished :P

Does anybody remember Dragon Tales? 🥺

Quick sketch that will get some more work in the future, hopefully!

Chikorita. 45 minutes. Clip Studio Paint.

25 minute warm-up/doodle for today. 2/27/24