The Porcelain Pixel (sculpted pixel art)

This page is a gallery intended to hold artwork that is a hybrid of pixel art and digital sculpture. Specifically, I make these by first sculpting models in 3D digital sculpting software and then later post-processing the renders from that sculpting software and/or manually drawing new pixels over the rendered image until the artwork looks like pixel art to my satisfaction. Thus, the technique creates an interesting and unusual hybrid art style. 🧐🎨

The image of a ghostly hand reaching out of a flurry of leaves on the front page of this site was also produced this way, but that image is not duplicated here, for both thematic and pragmatic reasons. It saves energy and reduces server load too. Reducing waste matters!

Also, in case you are curious, the name "The Porcelain Pixel" that I've given this online art gallery was chosen because porcelain is a type of high-end clay, which is what sculptors often work with, and thus the intent is to evoke an analogy embodying the concept of sculpting pixel art instead of making it the usual way. It also sounds like an old tavern name.

Hellish Pseudo-Staircase (#)

A strange surreal blood-red staircase rises into a cage-like cavern. The edifice is being viewed from the front. A strange surreal blood-red staircase rises into a cage-like cavern. The edifice is being viewed from the back. A strange surreal blood-red staircase rises into a cage-like cavern. The edifice is being viewed obliquely, from up in the air and near the nose of the cage-like formation. A strange surreal blood-red staircase rises into a cage-like cavern. The edifice is being viewed straight from above, with the rocky cage-bar-like pillars hidden, permitting a view inside the cage and adjoining structure.

Deepwood Mask (#)

An otherworldly forest-green mask, with mouth agape like some kind of surreal forest-dwelling fish, faces forward. An otherworldly forest-green mask, with mouth agape like some kind of surreal forest-dwelling fish, faces sideways, towards the viewer's left. An otherworldly forest-green mask, with mouth agape like some kind of surreal forest-dwelling fish, faces forward but is viewed from above. An otherworldly forest-green mask, with mouth agape like some kind of surreal forest-dwelling fish, faces forward but is viewed from below.