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Emscotty 🦚
@emscotty.bsky.social
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✏️ UX & product design | 🎨 Interface & graphic design
Books and retro video games
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Emscotty 🦚 @emscotty.bsky.social · Feb 26
🧵 Book quote thread!

I've complied some of my favourite #ux, #productdesign and strategy quotes (some truncated) from the books I've read over the years.

I find each one incredibly powerful and I hope you find effective ways to use them too! 💪
Why not give your favourite one a like!

#booksky
emscotty.bsky.social
A #fishing picture for today's #pixel_dailies

@pixeldailies.bsky.social #pixelart
A pixel art image of a silhouetted person fishing on a wooden pier at sunset.
December 29, 2025 at 3:37 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
Trying my hand at a @byjessicaelena.bsky.social style flower in pixel art format. A little tricky to mimic the brush work and finer textures but a fun thing to try!

#pixelart
A purple, five petal, pixel art flower in the style of Jessica Elena
December 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
A #woodenchair fit for a king 👑

@pixeldailies.bsky.social #pixelart #artsky #pixel_dailies
A pixel art image of a terrible DIY wooden chair with an old toilet seat as the key component.
December 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
emscotty.bsky.social
Some ugly #WinterClothing for #pixel_dailies 😄

@pixeldailies.bsky.social #pixelart #artsky
A pixel art image of a festive and rather ugly Christmas jumper. Snowflake, diamond and reindeer patterns appear in red, green, blue and cream.
December 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
When is Winston the Tomb Raider butler going to get his own game? I can see him now, deflecting bullets with his silver tea tray and then using it like a deadly frisbee to decapitate goons, just like Kung Lao.
December 22, 2025 at 10:48 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
A #King, but what side of the board are you playing on? ◼️◻️

@pixeldailies.bsky.social #pixel_dailies #pixeart
December 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
I saw a mention of Nights on my timeline so I felt a little inspired. Not the most creative as I traced the outline 😬 but the rest is my own depiction.

#pixelart #nights
I pixel art image of the Sega character Nights as depicted on the cover of the original Saturn game.
December 21, 2025 at 10:09 AM
emscotty.bsky.social
I see a lot of pixel artists have a nice signature graphic or watermark in their work. I'll have to think about what mine could be 🤔
December 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
A #packaging monster, born from all the cardboard boxes 📦

@pixeldailies.bsky.social #pixel_dailies #pixelart
Pixel art depicting a large hand made from cardboard boxes.
December 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
An emerald #pendant left on the throne room floor, how careless! 💎

@pixeldailies.bsky.social #pixel_dailies #pixelart
December 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
Yellow robot, fully charged and ready to go 🤖
#pixelart #artsky
A pixel art image of a yellow, friendly robot, with grabby claws for hands.
December 18, 2025 at 9:03 AM
emscotty.bsky.social
A silly bagpipe monster 📯
@pixeldailies.bsky.social
#ScaryMusicalInstrument
#pixel_dailies #pixelart
A pixel art image of a silly bagpipe monster, it walks like a spider and has a mouth with triangular, sharp teeth.
December 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
Not the most difficult #sokoban puzzle for Sir Salmon to solve but it'll do! ⚔️
@pixeldailies.bsky.social #pixel_dailies #pixelart
A pixel art image of a sokoban style puzzle game, the level design is a dungeon with cobbled floors and movable wooden crates. The knight character needs to find their way to the stairs.
December 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
🌪️ Throwing my natural disaster entry into today's Pixel Daily.
I wonder how many spectacular pixel tornadoes I'll be seeing in my feed later 🕵️‍♀️

@pixeldailies.bsky.social #NaturalDisaster #pixelart #artsky
A pixel art image of a tornado traveling across fields. A wooden fence in the foreground is being broken apart by the force, the grey clouds are swirling above.
December 13, 2025 at 9:34 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
🪥🦷 Toothbrushes for a Friday
@pixeldailies.bsky.social #toothbrush #pixel_dailies #pixelart
A pixel art image of 5 coloured toothbrushes holding different coloured toothpaste on a bright orange background.
December 12, 2025 at 7:28 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
Phew! That one took a while but I think I'm getting quicker 😅
I probably spent more time tweaking colours than drawing it!
I wonder what sort of game level I should illustrate next, Any suggestions?
👾

#pixelart #retrogaming #art
A pixel art illustration depicting a scene from a retro 2D platforming game. The level is a mixture of futuristic and industrial, two enemy red soldiers patrol the bottom while the blue player character is armed with a handgun and waiting at the top of the image.
December 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
emscotty.bsky.social
It's getting there!
A screenshot taken of pixel art software showing an artwork piece on the canvas. The piece shows an image reminiscent of a retro 2D platform game with various ledges and a Guard enemy in science fiction armor.
December 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
Making some tileable industrial pixel art textures for a larger piece coming later in the week.

#pixelart #artsky
A screenshot of some pixel art software displaying a tiled industrial wall texture.
December 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
That's one spicy rose 🔥🌹
Extremely saturated but I think it gives it an interesting quality 🤔
#pixelart #artsky
A highly saturated pixel art image of a rose. the colours are very vibrant and intense.
December 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
Quite happy with how it turned out! 🙃

(I hope the flickering doesn't cause anyone problems, please let me know!)

#pixelart #animation #artsky
December 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
I'm going to try and animate this one, a nice flickering torch flame. Taking my time with it at the moment! 🔥
#pixelart #artsky
A screenshot of a pixel art drawing application, on the active canvas is the image of a medieval torch attached to an old stone wall.
November 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
Smart music people I have a question for you! I have a Behringer PRO VS MINI, it has a 5 pin MIDI-IN. If I plug into that a Behringer Swing MIDI keyboard or similar, will I be able to use the large MIDI keyboard but use the sounds and effects of the PRO VS MINI? Thank you! #musicsky #music
November 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
emscotty.bsky.social
I want to know which companions you roam Arcadia with in Outer Worlds 2.
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
emscotty.bsky.social
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November 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
emscotty.bsky.social
Whoever designed the costumes in The Outer Worlds 2... I absolutely salute you. Such art, wonderful colours and shapes, the Protectorate guard uniforms are outstanding among so many others, great job 💪
November 5, 2025 at 9:03 PM