New Pixel Art and Blog Post
I participated in the 2026 GMTK Game Jam, my role was a pixel artist. I share the sprites I made and talk more about the project.
Pixel Glade Updates
Pixel Glade is a website for the freelance illustrator pixelglade. It hosts his anime and manga-style illustrations, pixel art, and free art resources like dithering brushes. Includes a blog about life, art, and vegan recipes.
Latest posts
New PeerTube Video: Retro Dating Sim Speed Paint with Commentary
I share my process with a timelapse talking through the process of making this retro dating sim style scene in Aseprite.
New Manga One-Shot: Sustainable Pharmacy
This one-shot manga depicts an alternate reality or possible future where the pharmaceutical industry has more sustainable methods of filling regular prescriptions. Claude is a trans-guy who in this comic is collecting his T prescription.
New Anime Artwork: Solarpunk Art Collab
New anime style artwork of a woman with a cane reporting broken braille trails for a solarpunk seed library submission.
New Manga Artwork: Birds Overhead
New manga style artwork of a flock of corella flying past a window.
Fairy Capybara and Fluffy Pangolin Pixel Art
I share some Ragnarok Online inspired pixel art sprites of a fairy capybara and a fluffy pangolin made for PixelJoint challenges.
Pixel Art in Krita Settings Blog Post
I review Krita tools used for pixel art, along with my workspace, keybindings to turn off, and settings that can help make it easier.
A Deer in The Rain and a PixelJoint Entry
Two new pixel art, one is a commission for Aidia of a deer in the rain and another is a Pixel Joint challenge entry of pupae and a butterfly.
Wagashi Giftbox Artwork
A PC-98 style artwork of a woman sharing a wagashi giftbox. Made in Krita using the new Pixel smoothing setting.
Krita Pixel Brush Update
I made some improvements to the Krita pixel art brush bundle.
Kanon Review
I wrote a review of the visual novel Kanon re-released by Steam in 2024.
Vegan Recipes and Links Update
Added more vegan recipes. Added some new sites and banners to the Links page.
PC-98 Pixel Art Speed Paint with Commentary
I've released a speed paint video and transcript. It shows the process of doing the colours for the pc98 style room pixel art I made in 2024.
Queer Retro Dating Sim
This illustration features my gay male OC handing a harajuku crepe to the male POV character.
PC98 Style Streaming Assets for Pichumilktea
I'm excited to share two streaming assets I made for pichumilktea's Twitch channel. It includes a Starting Soon screen and a Be Right Back screen of her original character.
A Bigger PC98 Style Pixel Art
The latest artwork is larger than a usual PC-98 image but it shares characteristics of it in almost every other respect. It depicts an elf mage in a 1990s style. I wanted it to look like it was from an obscure OVA.
Four Years On The Small Web
Maybe the state of the web today is getting me down a little, but I decided to revisit my Web Manifesto from years ago and talk (and rant) a little about my experience online these days.
Elf Skating - VGA Palette
I drew an elf in 1990's anime style, skating on some clouds. It uses the VGA colour palette.
Gallery Overhaul
The Pixel Art and Anime and Manga galleries have had their descriptive text hidden behind toggle buttons to save space.
Yuzu Sprite from Citrus
New pixel art sprite. The character is Yuzu from Citrus who has a gyaru style.
MIDIs
Added a couple of Digimon MIDIs to Web Nostalgia. Other site updates.
Happy New Year 2026
I discuss some artwork from 2025 and about some art studies I've been doing.
Secret Santa and GIFs
I made some Pokemon fan art for a secret santa and also added some small graphics to help explain the animation instructions on the Web Nostalgia page.
Improved Button Wall
I've updated the Links page to have a button wall toggle. You can select to organise the links with descriptions and headings or without.
My Top Surgery Experience
I wrote a blog post about my experience having top surgery.
mtPaint Pixel Art Brushes for Krita Available Now
I'm releasing a new Krita brush set today. These brushes are a port of mtPaint's pixel pattern brushes. There are 100 brushes in the bundle free to download.
Got Oat Milk?
New pixel art: a parody of the Got milk? campaign, except giving it a vegan angle.
New Leaf Pattern
Changed the background leaf pattern and made other quality of life improvements like to text size, line height, and more.
Saint Tail Vector Redraw
I share a vector retrace of my Saint Tail manga artwork from 2021 and discuss the process using Inkscape..
Vegan Recipe Update
Four new vegan recipes added to the website.
Katawa Shoujo Review
Blog post where I discuss my thoughts on one of the game routes and the accessibility add-on, Katawa Shoujo: Re-Engineered.
New Artwork: Flying Above
New anime-style artwork and reflection on the art process.
Form Handling 2
Comment forms are now sent by email instead of using the Discord Hook method. Also, added the latest PC98 video to the dithering page and homepage.
Form Handling
The website is now using PhP and Javascript to handle form data instead of sending form data to a Discord Hook.
What's unique about PC98 art? Video
I've released a video with an overview of artwork on the NEC PC-98 and NEC PC-88 systems, with some observations by myself as an artist. You can view it on PeerTube or read the blog post which doubles as a descriptive transcript.
Krita Brushes Source Code Available
The source files that make up the Krita dithering brushes bundle is made publicly available on Codeberg.
Test Prints
I share photos of test prints - an art board print and coasters.
Shop Open
Important announcement - I now have a shop!
Update Your Bookmarks!
The pixelglade.net domain will be expiring in 4 days on the 18 of June 2025. Please update your bookmarks and links to pixelglade.net.au.
Homepage Links
I made a Quick Links section on the homepage and other changes. The .net.au domain is now active.
2000s era visual novel artwork
New artwork in the style of early 2000s visual novel CGs: Pigeon Girl (Anime and Manga). Hope you like it!
Domains and Debloating Windows
A new blog post about a new domain, removing tumblr, and debloating windows and installing Debian Linux on my computer.
Demiboy OC
A digital painting of an OC of mine enjoying the sun in a university courtyard.
Pretty Sammy Background Study
Made another screenshot study in Krita, a magical landscape from the anime Magical Girl Pretty Sammy.
Releasing Artwork Under CC BY 4.0
Updated artwork to be under a more permissive creative commons license and sharing some digimon icons at the end as a treat.
New Anime Art: Cyberteam in Akihabara Background
A background study of a clearing behind a school made in Krita.
New Pixel Art: Shinto Shrine at Sawara
New PC98 style artwork of a Shinto Shrine in the rural town of Sawara.
New Web Host Serversaurus
Changed web host from Swish Connect to Serversaurus.
PeerTube Account
Replaced my YouTube account with a PeerTube account and share two videos I have published, the Dithering brush tutorial and the Rika Digimon animation.
Higurashi When They Cry Review
A blog post reviewing the visual novel series Higurashi When They Cry.