Phil Giarrusso

Hey all! I'm Phil - a pixel artist and game designer. I make lots of chunky, colorful stuff :D

in Monsterpatch, you can edit your town in Build Mode

Hi, everyone! I'm still working hard on the Katana ZERO DLC. We made it bigger. It's the size of a full sequel, plus a soundtrack of over 30+ new songs. More updates to come. Thanks for your continued support!

made some edits to these earlier

SotN is a beautiful game. Though I wonder how much of its environmental art is raw pixel art. Many of the tile and background textures give it the look of downscaled higher-res textures, with some cleanup. Color count, intense gradient effects, and general muddiness are all indicators.

#kirby #fanart

it really does feel like they just got away with unprecedented amount of theft of expertise, and are now profiting off of it while replacing the professional opportunities for the very crafts and humans it trained on I never thought I would see the concept of expertise get so devalued

Hello everyone! I'm finally ready to officially launch my website ✨ And celebrate the fact that I'm doing pixel art for 10 years at this point. Reuploaded lots of my old art an made a blog to yap about various things that I'm interested in. You are very welcome to visit! 👀 cyansquare.art

Some not so friendly guys I made as part of a contract a bit ago. While it didn't go anywhere I was really happy with how they turned out!

Does anyone know a solution to Bluesky butchering pixel art on Desktop? Doesn't seem to matter how large you export the artwork at... I'm tired of seeing terribly blurred versions of other people's artwork (and my own, too). It looks totally fine on mobile devices; no blurring.

Sprites I made for @rathaelos.bsky.social birthday. It's an understatement to say that I owe a LOT of my growth as an artist thanks to working alongside him for half my professional career. This past year especially has been some of the most fun collaborative work of my life.

❌ AI generated slop menus with pictures that make your food look like worms ✅ scribbles on a piece of paper saying how much the soup cost

My take on the Ice Cream Island hubworld from Kirby's Adventure #KirbyRedrawn #Pixelart

You can buy a huge media conglomerate with money you don't have using leveraged debt you'll never pay off and then immediately start firing its workers, but people will still say that capitalism is compatible with democracy and is capable of "reform" or "regulation"

Fishing Time! 🎣🛶😲 #mariobros #fishing #gaming

I've written a post introducing Record of Dorathia, the dungeon crawler RPG project we have been working on these past few years. I hope you enjoy it! Let us know your thoughts! Link: www.bombservice.com/post/record-... #rdein_dev #redora

This is beyond sickening. The scale of creative theft we’ve been forced to tolerate during the AI “boom” will never be properly acknowledged by those who have the power to curb it. As usual, artists are fodder to capitalists.

Sorry to keep bringing this post back, but I haven't had consistent work in months, and my most recent offer fell apart after I mentioned needing to be paid money. So if you want to pay a pixel artist with over a decade of industry experience, that's me! 📧 hunter@hrpixelart.com 💻 www.hrpixelart.com

My entry for 'Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure' Redrawn! For @retroredrawn.bsky.social Each image here is a crop from a bigger scene, with a ShaderGlass CRT filter applied. #pixelart #sonic #retroredrawn

There ain't no stopping this train we on.

ruined aqueducts

This is an older post so I would like to clarify I am still looking for work! Any little bit would be a huge help, whether it's for games or something else entirely 📧 hunter@hrpixelart.com 🎨 www.hrpixelart.com

Get Equipped! 🍃 For the @retroredrawn.bsky.social Mega Man 2 Redrawn project. #pixelart #megaman

Get Equipped! 🍃 For the @retroredrawn.bsky.social Mega Man 2 Redrawn project. #pixelart #megaman

It's been 5 years to the day since I released Flynn: Son of Crimson with the team. That time has FLOWN. It was such a great time with Studio Thunderhorse. 💜 The climate is so much different nowadays when I think back. Forgive my reminiscent ramblings. 😅

🦭🎣 Announcement! 🎣🦭 We’re partnering with @playismen.bsky.social to bring Sea Sniffers to the world! Today we’re revealing our brand-new trailer, launching our revamped Steam page, and sharing what we’ve been working on! #gamedev #pixelart #indiegames #construct3

カービィ新作楽しみ！

I think OoT looks wonderful 🤷

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Fantasy Team #11

Hiei and Kurama from Yu Yu Hakusho

Hello again! I am still looking for either full-time or contract work. I've been working in games for close to 15 years now and have done just about every role you can do on the 2D art side of things including UI, implementation, art directing and team management (and I actually love it all).

The best there is. #wolverine

FFT upscale fanart. Original sprites included for reference.

Vagabond’s Serpent

Made some new character select screen animations

controversial opinion: metal chocobo rules

When I submitted the design for Cactus Man for MegaMan Dual Override, this is roughly what I had in mind. I've based the mockup on the player filling the arena with sand in this playthrough. #pixelart #ドット絵 #megaman

Razorhead is hiring a Lead 2D Pixel Artist to shape the visual identity of their new game from the ground up! 📍 Full-time, Remote (CET ±3h) 🎨 Own art direction & style ⚡ Build asset pipeline & workflows ⤵️

Isometric isn't usually my thing but I felt inspired.