The pixel artist @Saultoons hosts a yearly pixel art challenge on Twitter each September. He provides a color palette and daily prompts. I’ve been wanting to learn to draw for a while, and I figured that pixel art would be a nice way to jump in! I didn’t make it all the way through the month, but I’m rather proud of what I was able to accomplish.
Check out the art I was able to produce!
![Pixel drawing of weapon](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432228/projects/septembit/2021/01_weapon_hau0vd.png)
![Pixel drawing of shield](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432228/projects/septembit/2021/02_shield_mmlbmk.png)
![Pixel drawing of clothing](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432228/projects/septembit/2021/03_clothing_bysktg.png)
![Pixel drawing of map](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432228/projects/septembit/2021/04_map_csqfn9.png)
![Pixel drawing of potion](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432228/projects/septembit/2021/05_potion_lijoun.png)
![Pixel drawing of bag](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432228/projects/septembit/2021/06_bag_y5xvj7.png)
![Pixel drawing of torch](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432228/projects/septembit/2021/07_torch_zuzzgc.png)
![Pixel drawing of pet](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432228/projects/septembit/2021/08_pet_mpzer5.png)
![Pixel drawing of bard](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432228/projects/septembit/2021/09_bard_lcrk9p.png)
![Pixel drawing of tankard](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432228/projects/septembit/2021/10_tankard_tgdlji.png)
![Pixel drawing of food](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432229/projects/septembit/2021/11_food_spunjz.png)
![Pixel drawing of NPC](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432229/projects/septembit/2021/12_npc_o2bjfi.png)
![Pixel drawing of mushroom](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432229/projects/septembit/2021/13_mushroom_xhfkuy.jpg)
![Pixel drawing of slime](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432229/projects/septembit/2021/14_slime_ujmwms.jpg)
![Pixel drawing of fairy](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432229/projects/septembit/2021/15_fairy_wwvf79.jpg)
![Pixel drawing of portal](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432229/projects/septembit/2021/16_portal_wlskpu.png)
![Pixel drawing of rat](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432229/projects/septembit/2021/17_rat_f24eon.png)
![Pixel drawing of skeleton](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432229/projects/septembit/2021/18_skeleton_df5tqf.jpg)
![Pixel drawing of goblin](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432229/projects/septembit/2021/19_goblin_alq4li.png)
![Pixel drawing of orc](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432229/projects/septembit/2021/20_orc_k2colp.png)
![Pixel drawing of eye](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432229/projects/septembit/2021/21_eye_yojjkb.png)
![Pixel drawing of trap](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432229/projects/septembit/2021/22_trap_o3sm6o.png)
![Pixel drawing of chest](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432230/projects/septembit/2021/23_chest_sfnknd.png)
![Pixel drawing of treasure](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432230/projects/septembit/2021/24_treasure_jmohmy.png)
![Pixel drawing of boss key](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432228/projects/septembit/2021/25_boss_key_wv5sdu.png)
![Pixel drawing of warrior](https://res.cloudinary.com/drn1fmjus/image/upload/v1662432228/projects/septembit/2021/26_warrior_zcv75x.png)
Tools
As a beginner, I found Asesprite to be very approachable and easy to jump into. It’s available for all operating systems, which was a huge plus. When I was away from my computer and wanted to draw on my phone, I used the Android app Pixel Studio.