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Tangerine Dot

@tangerinedot.bsky.social

Pushed myself to do a bit of art during the weekend. Took a day to get these fun little sprite animations of foods being eaten Tamagotchi style. There's a chocolate bar, a cake, an apple pie, a chocolate croissant, a bunch of cookies, and a pizza.
#pixelart

December 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM

Tangerine Dot

@tangerinedot.bsky.social

I thought I should try to art today to try to get myself out of a funk. I've been... uh... thinking a lot about my own mortality and it hasn't been sitting well in my mind. I dunno if this is because of depression or I'm just... nuts, but I've been stuck in my own thoughts about it.

Just a skull, a red ribbon, and a lily of the valley on some grey background.

November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM

Tangerine Dot

@tangerinedot.bsky.social

Earthy color palette won the poll so I animated the armored earth dragon giving a happy little victory stomp.

September 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM

Tangerine Dot

@tangerinedot.bsky.social

A little Subathon Goal Completed fanart for @nordikorik.bsky.social after a successful event. He's reached the top of the mountain and reached his goal. Now Tiny Orik is just chilling with a nice drink in the early morning. Also, did the "video" button for bsky disappear? I can still post gifs tho.

September 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM

Tangerine Dot

@tangerinedot.bsky.social

Just a collection of August sprite I've been working on that I didn't post yet. After Art Fight 2025 I had been feeling a little more motivated to do art and its been nice kinda enjoying spriting again after a long while of being dried up creatively and energy-wise.
#pixelart

Journal elements for printing and pasting in a journal page. There are colorful apples and a bunch of bows for Apple Day and International Bow Day.

More printable journal elements with a variety of different Choux Lapin's, Zant's (both in different costumes for Charity, First Aid Day, and a dessert theme), a bunch of sandwiches (hot dogs, submarine, and burger), and then some characters from fairytales Little Red Riding Hood and The Red Shoes respectively.

Some dragon designs with color schemes for a little poll thing I made, they were done in a rush so they're a little shoddy. (L-R) a cool-colored sea serpent, a warm-colored volcano dragon, a pastel fairy dragon, and an earthy armored dragon.

Rock-Paper-Scissors icons for a personal thing I was making.

September 8, 2025 at 7:48 AM

Tangerine Dot

@tangerinedot.bsky.social

Malamar is so cool, you guys. One of the coolest Pokemon out there! I am OBSESSED WITH IT! Can you think of any more Pokemon as perfect as Malamar? I love Malamar SO MUCH!
#pokemon #MyFriendMalamar #pixelart

The Dark-Psychic squid Pokémon Malamar insidiously waiting in the murky shadows with its hypnotic body aglow. It's such an amazing creature! I love it so much. I even put glowing hearts all over it because I think Malamar is soooo cool!

September 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM

Tangerine Dot

@tangerinedot.bsky.social

Mega Hawlucha is probable one the most well-liked Z-A Mega Evos to pop up so far and I can see why. A cute but beefy lil luchador bird that's got all that sparkle going on. I'm definitely a fan~
#pokemon #pixelart

Sprite art of Mega Hawlucha on a turnbuckle, spreading its wings and ready to pounce on their opponent with one of their high flying moves.

September 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM

Tangerine Dot

@tangerinedot.bsky.social

Decided to finally work on making myself a cute icon for this account and asked some friends which one to pick. Seems like people really liked the first one. Next, time to work on a nice banner.
#pixelart

My sona's hair and part of their orange eyes peeking up with some sprouts and leaved popping out of their dark colored hair on a blue background.

Choux Lapin in Green with a small flower crown of orange flowers. There are seeds and sprouts popping out of his cotton tail.

August 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM

Tangerine Dot

@tangerinedot.bsky.social

It's kinda crazy how much more positive the reaction to Mega Victreebel seems to be compared to Dragonite as a mega #pokemon , but I Iike both of them are adorable, silly creatures. I think we can all say that the visual of it spewing its gastric acid all over the place was iconic.
#pixelart

Mega Victreebel is a large, rotund, yellow water balloon-like plant creature. It's identified as a pitcher plant but this creature has two fangs, two eyes, and a pink lip-like opening. This sprite art depicts it spewing its acidic stomach fluids all over the place similar to its reveal trailer.

August 26, 2025 at 11:39 AM

Tangerine Dot

@tangerinedot.bsky.social

#WorldNeverGiveUpDay is on Aug. 18 and it's a great chance to show the world what we can do but at the same time to pace our expectations in our work and ourselves. Here are some Choux Lapin's with gentle reminders to balance yourselves in whatever you do.
#pixelart

A green farmer Choux Lapin with a straw hat, overalls, and veggies in his massive cottonball tail, a green celery stalk, an orange carrot, and a red tomato. Beside him is a small sprout popping out of the ground and beside that is a yellow and pink watering can. A massive speech bubble atop him has a quote that reminds the reader that when you fall short of expectations, you should take it as a sign that you have more room to grow and learn to become better than the you you currently are.

A pink and tired looking Choux Lapin with a massive fountain pen of gold and navy sticking out of his cotton tail. Purple ink smudges are all over his tail and body. A number of smudged papers and one crumpled paper are beside him. A speech bubble reminds people that when you feel stuck and frustrated in your work, sometimes the best course of action is to refuel with drinks and snacks and to give your body and brain time to rest and relax so you don't feel overwhelmed.

A brown Choux Lapin rabbit with glasses and a tiny red flag that says "Go!" stuck in his tail. The speech bubble above him tells the reader that if you want to see more of a particular thing in the world, whether its certain stories, or fashion, or art, sometimes you have to be be brave and persevering to learn and put out the kind of content you want to see yourself out there.

August 19, 2025 at 3:11 AM

Tangerine Dot

@tangerinedot.bsky.social

If you need a super chill slice-of-life anime w/o high stakes and has a "taking a break in a cozy cafe to collect my thoughts" kind of vibe, I highly recommend "With You and the Rain". It's so chill and cute and funny, I LOVE IT! The dog/tanuki is honestly one of the best anime creatures.
#pixelart

August 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM

Tangerine Dot

@tangerinedot.bsky.social

Just kind of an exercise. I've been trying to move a lot of my stray doodles into notebooks or converting them into pixel art and this one has been sitting in my notepad for a while. Just a cool egg with a patterned liquid inside it.
#pixelart

A shiny translucent egg with a bluish liquid inside. the liquid seems to have a triangular, net-like pattern where the liquid touches the sides.

August 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM

Tangerine Dot

@tangerinedot.bsky.social

My Pokemon Sleep app has been telling me I've been sleeping for 6 hours on average and it's never been a problem... but today I felt way too tired than usual. I figured I probably need to nap to kinda balance it out but I have so much I need and want to do through the day...
#pixelart

August 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM

Tangerine Dot

@tangerinedot.bsky.social

Been trying to record what I've been eating on the daily and it gives me a chance to practice my pixel arting. We had Jo-ann's fishballs, which is fish paste rolled into balls and then deep fried on a stick. It was chewy, flavorful, and the sauce was really good~

Jo-ann's fishball. Its fish paste that's been rolled into a ball form, deep fried, and then stuck to a stick for easy eating. Jo-ann's coats their fishballs in a special yellow sauce that's sweet or spicy for an extra kick. It's pretty tasty and filling.

August 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM

Tangerine Dot

@tangerinedot.bsky.social

@spacekyprite.bsky.social also had their birthday apparently late July and also had a big ol streamathon too. Wanted to give it a fun little space theme, so its purple blueberry icing with glitter for stars, a fudgey sponge, and a light, tart center... maybe something citrusy. Satellite candle.

August 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM

Tangerine Dot

@tangerinedot.bsky.social

And here's a little cake to commemorate his birthday subathon during early Aug.

A red icing cake with beige sponge, and jam filling. A tiny, round, chibi NordikOrik decoration and a candle shaped like gnarled horn.

August 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM

Tangerine Dot

@tangerinedot.bsky.social

Just a lot of birthdays on the last half of July so kinda just wanted to post them here individually for QR codes. lol.
Here's a little Hatch Day card for @nordikorik.bsky.social
A bit rough and rushed but I liked the little effects I did.