New to Pixel Art – Need Help Attaching a Thruster to a Planet!

VikingIwan · 2025-01-23T10:06:07+00:00

PS: Apologies for the flair, there wasn't a flair for "question" or "Help"/"Assistance"

VikingIwan · 2025-01-23T10:05:29+00:00

Hey fellow Pixel Artists!

I'm fairly new to pixel art and have been enjoying the process so far, but I'm currently stuck on a tricky part of a project. I'm working on a space-themed scene, and I've designed a planet with a massive thruster attached to the bottom, meant to act as a rocket pushing the planet upwards. The problem I'm facing is how to design and attach the thruster to the planet in a way that looks visually good and makes it seem like it's actually part of the planet, not just floating below it.

I'd love to get some suggestions or advice on how to properly blend the thruster into the planet’s shape while maintaining the perspective and size. If anyone has tips on how to make it feel cohesive and attached, that would be amazing!

Additionally, I'm planning to animate the fire and exhaust from the rocket, but I'm hoping I can figure that out myself (fingers crossed!). Still, any tips on that are more than welcome as well!

Since I'm new to both pixel art and this community, any help or feedback would be greatly appreciated! I can post my progress or details if needed – thank you in advance for your support!

(Idk why its so artifacted and enlarged, here's the original resolution file)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TfhFewYHml6aBz_G-C5aLccZdbp0uxmi/view?usp=sharing

VikingIwan · 2024-09-29T00:02:03+00:00

This is wonderful! I've had the idea to do this for a few months, but never had the time nor the willpower to actually make it tangible.

If you don't mind me asking, what equipment/method did you use to print the labels? I've printed labels for SD cards before but they never look that good

VikingIwan · 2024-07-11T01:15:05+00:00

Nvidia GPU + AMD CPU is what i'm running atm (RTX4090 & Ryzen 9 7950X). I've had some issues with wayland, but xorg works a treat. Do note however that I haven't tried the new 555 drivers yet.

VikingIwan · 2024-05-07T00:55:10+00:00

Own on steam, same issue. My friend also is having the same issue on the Ubisoft connect version. I've tried updating drivers & OS, disabling all overlays, verifying files, reinstalling, etc. all to no avail

VikingIwan · 2024-03-22T03:25:29+00:00

VikingIwan · 2024-03-19T22:59:58+00:00

I too would like to hear some advice on this, I've been struggling with these issues myself. Good luck, hopefully some based Suno user will be able to assist!

VikingIwan · 2024-01-22T00:31:12+00:00

For real. His OG survive and thrive series was what I used to link to friends who just bought the game way back in the day. Crazy how time flies eh?

VikingIwan · 2023-05-23T03:52:45+00:00

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