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[Evil Symbol]

Fun fact: the moon and star symbol was actually applied to Constantinople as far back as antiquity when it was named Byzantium. My understanding (I could be wrong) was that it was associated with the popular cult of Diana.

It stayed with the city even after it became Constantinople, center of the Eastern Orthodox Christian faith, and later was applied to the Ottoman empire and Islamic world, hence the presence of the Moon and Star in so much Islamic iconography and flags today.

Again, that's the history as I learned it, and it was a brief one from the otherwise in-depth Constantinople episode of "Fall of Civilizations" (good History podcast on YT, btw). If anyone a dispute regarding this feel free to mention it.

Cherry-Garnet responds:

^u^; I didn't know that. I just wanted to make a cool symbol for one of my story ideas.

[Angus McDash]

I wonder whether her friends will approve of her dressing up as someone who keeps a unicorn-eating lazer-shooting dinosaur rather than someone who fights beside them to...slay dragons...yea I don't think she could win in that conversation no matter what.

And mama mia, typing that made me feel like a kid again.

Earthquake87 responds:

Wait the laser shooting dinosaur eats unicorns? Must've missed that part.

[fallin]

Nice.

Is this character original or from something?

Addendum: Thank you.

MissAndyDandy responds:

This is QQQewie's character.
https://x.com/QQQewie?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

[Spanish soldier]

Santiago!

CrappyLizard responds:

Arriba España!

[Custom Alestorm logos]

You should see if you can show this to the band on Twitter.

It looks like the sort of thing they'd like, especially the one for "Mexico."

PrestonKolbert responds:

I posted this in Alestorm subreddit on Reddit as Chris and Elliot are pretty active there, but so far none of the band members responded. But people sure like it :)

[BALROG - Shadow and Flame]

I know Jackson is treated as the definitive version for our generation, but I wouldn't mind an animated miniseries of the Lord of the Rings in this style.

Thomsk4 responds:

Thank you!

[Orthworm]

Huh.

What's your rule regarding use of black lines for outlines and such? I see a mix of that plus more natural colored ones on the left and top side.

Kaos-Mass responds:

Tbh I don't really have a rule when it comes to the black outlines. I look at official and fan stuff for reference and kind of just wing it.

[Princess Daisy]

Do you use Pixel Studio?

Kaos-Mass responds:

I use Aseprite!

[Warmup - Urbanmech]

Inner Sphere or Periphery?

ibdinosaur responds:

Periphery. Taurian Concordat.

[Bayonetta]

Did you teach yourself pixel art, or was did you get taught?

Your stuff looks awesome.

Kaos-Mass responds:

Thank you!

I taught myself and I observed other pixel artists.