Hey there. I still continuously get asked by people if they can use X pixel art in Y project of theirs. I almost always say yes (with a few exceptions), provided they aren't going to profit from the use of the artwork in any way. I've decided to formalize this.
I just spent the last hour or so going through almost every single piece of pixel art I've submitted to DA and setting the license to the following:
Creative Commons
Non-Commercial
Share-Alike
Attribution would go to "Kevin Chaloux".
I don't know if anybody will get any real use out of any of this. The majority of things people want to use my artwork for involve games of some kind, and most of my stuff is lacking a complete set of animations to be in any way useful for that kind of project. Nevertheless, if you think it will be helpful, go for it. Here is a complete (?) list of all the things I set to CC:
Ferret Space Pirate
Spacegame Tileset (though I may still use this some day, however unlikely)
Lizard Warrior
Dark
Crystal Demon
EGG Shell
Jade Guardian
Old God
Wolf Where?
Odd Taur
Dragon KNight
Indigestion
Weird Thing
Arctic Fox Merchant
RPG Walk Cycle
Skull Plant
Skull Plant Death
Centaur
Dragon Portrait
Bad Company
Sky Background (This one seems to be especially popular)
Roland Sprite
Portrait
Dragoon Enemies - Dragon
Dragoon Enemies - Specter
Dragoon Enemies - Knight
With a Staff, I Guess
Jack of Diamonds
Monolith
Lizardman 2
SHMUPimated
Doodles on Black
Harmonia on Black
RPG Characters 1
RPG Characters 2
RPG Characters 3
Under the Red Moon
Detail Images
Two More (Detail Images)
Zelda - Hi Def
Attack Animation
Attack Animation 2
Attack Animation 3
Attack Animation 4
Attack Animation 5
Attack Animation 6
Jewel Wyvern
Wizard Portrait
SHMUP Extended Edition
Punkin
Fungus Lord (Somebody recently requested this one)
Monster Revamp (Possibly useful for a turn-based RPG sort of thing?)
Hero and his Dog
Fields of Harmony
Cosmic Fighter
Palette Practice
Super AA
Fugue
Shooting Stars
Toc's Tale (This one's a tileset, albeit grayscale)
Beach Parallax 1 (Grayscale background, goes with Toc's Tale)
Beach Parallax 2 (Grayscale background #2, goes with Toc's Tale)
Lord of Gale
Tailwhip
Bloated Effigy
Forest Guardian Axohuatl
Jewel Dragon
Overgrowth
Conductor (I'm not sure I even remember doing this one...)
RKA
Moss Cow
ShopDreamUp AI ArtDreamUp
Regarding Commissions and Requests (again)
Hey all, sorry for putting this up, but I get several requests to do freelance artwork every couple of weeks. I'm hoping that this will save me some time by notifying people that I am not available for hire, why not, and where they can look for good artists. I've done journals like this before, but it's been awhile, and people can't be expected to look through my old journal postings before sending me a note, so hopefully a front page posting will catch the eye. I do not freelance work, take requests, or do commissions of any kind Why? You'll notice there are a couple pixel art submissions in my gallery where I will note that they were don...
On Commissions
Hey all. I don't like having to write about this because I feel like it comes across as kind of pompous and self-important. Nevertheless, I'm still getting requests on a fairly regular basis about trades, commissions, etc.I do not do commissions, of any kind.I rarely took them on when I was back in school and had more time. I've always made a point to turn down commissions for video game artwork. I hate doing it. Unless I'm in charge of the art design, world design, and at least part of the gameplay design, I have a hard time mustering up the motivation to do sprites for a game. It's a ton of work, especially with animation and the fact ...
Done with Pixel Art
At least in any sort of grand capacity. I picked up pixel art back in early high school as a way of mucking around with RPG Maker sprites. Then I started to take it more seriously. I'd like to think I got halfway decent at it. Unfortunately I'm never going to be the best-of-the-best, and I don't have the motivation to try.Pixel art was some fun, but it always took me forever. My larger pieces would take months. The only way I ever got anything done was by working on things during lectures at college, where my eyes didn't have to be focused on the board. The overall reward (that is to say, personal satisfaction) of completing something was ...
Really Late-Night Boredom Livestream (Keyboard)
So its like, 1:30 AM where I am, and I'm not tired. So, it's been awhile. I'm going to plunk around on the keyboard and record it.
You're welcome to come join me, if you like. Probably gonna last an hour or so? That's usually a safe bet.It'll be over at the usual spot if you're interested. See you there (if you show up).
© 2013 - 2025 Kaiseto
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Y'know, this might actually make me get off my lazy butt and finally create a game seeing as I now own a registered copy of Game Maker Studio. Your spriteart is great, and it's actually quite inspiring having a look at them - let alone being able to use them in a project! I can sprite too (it's just that I'm extremely lazy 
), so it would be interesting to see what I can add to whatever if I ever get serious about this (and by "serious" I mean making and releasing freeware/non-commercial titles, ala "indie" games).
Hell I might make a platformer/RPG thingy one day. When my life stops being so hectic right now that is, gosh.
), so it would be interesting to see what I can add to whatever if I ever get serious about this (and by "serious" I mean making and releasing freeware/non-commercial titles, ala "indie" games).Hell I might make a platformer/RPG thingy one day. When my life stops being so hectic right now that is, gosh.