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Welcome to Lospec, a home for digitally restrictive art. We create online tools
for people creating pixel art and other restrictive digital art.
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Lospec NewsDecember 14


LOSPEC FUNDRAISER RESULTS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT



So the Lospec fundraiser (that annoying bar at the top of the page) is finally
over.


Over two weeks, here's what we raised:

$532 in Ko-Fi Donation
$480 in Lospec Shop Donations
$552 in Shop Sales
+$22 in Ko-Fi Subscriptions
+$10 in Patreon Subscriptions

Totaling around $1500. This is great and I'm very thankful for all the people
who supported Lospec in this time of need!


Unfortunately, this was only 10% of goal. This is not enough money for a single
developer to survive on my country, and so my time working on Lospec full time
has come to an end.


This doesn't mean the site is dead. The site still has enough monthly supporters
where it can remain operation indefinitely at it's current size. But going
forward I will have to focus a large amount of my time on money-making
endeavors. Those could still be pixel art tool related or even Lospec related,
but there won't be many more free tool releases, and most updates to the site
will be focused on maintenance.


I had high hopes for many years that Lospec could eventually become a project
that could support multiple people through community donations, instead of
focusing on commercial products, which I hate. Perhaps I did something wrong, or
maybe that's just not feasible in this day and age.






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Latest CollabDecember 3
# Lospec Family Yearbook 2024



It's time for our 4th annual community collab! These are a fun way to get a look
at the Lospec commmunity at the end of the year and create something where we
all come together. For the past 3 years, this consisted of each person creating
a full body sprite which we then combined into a single scene, but this year
we're mixing it up! For 2024 we'll be creating a school yearbook, so each user
will instead be submitting a single headshot. This can be your avatar, or based
on your fleshvessel, but should represent you, and be a portrait of your
character looking forward, including their head and shoulders. Ideally the
background should be pretty flat, like a solid color or soft gradient. Put your
character in the blue box, and write your name in the red box with the provided
font. At the end they will be compiled into a single image. Unlike previous
years, we will not be giving out awards for this one, just for participation. We
also are limiting the amount of entries to just one per person.


Previous years: https://lospec.com/collabs/

Name: using the provided font, write your name in the red box on the template
using the darkest palette color, then erase the red box

Theme: a portrait of your avatar/self
Canvas: 48x64px, within the larger template
Palette: https://lospec.com/palette-list/cereal-years
Font: https://www.fontspace.com/04b24-font-f733
Animation: not allowed
Entries: maximum 1
Deadline: December 31st
Awards: Participant: Ᵽ25
Bonus: Create a 184x64px group photo of multiple Lospec members, can be a sub
group or event (Ᵽ50)
Submit: Post your entry at 1x AND scaled up in this thread! Ideally name it
your_username.png. Use the tag #lospecfam4 on Lospec and social media!

comment in the thread to get updates and see the results at the end!

-# Collabers



Collab discussion takes place on our discord, join the server to participate!

Discord Thread
ArticleOctober 17


THE FINAL NAIL IN X'S COFFIN - RISE OF THE BLUESKY



I'm sure by now you've heard of the downfall of twitter, one of the already most
controversial websites. In April 2022, the 2nd generation Apartheid billionaire
Elmo Musk bought the website for $44 billion dollars.


Since then, Leon has made a series of changes to the site, which made it clear
his mission was never to improve the website, but instead mold it into his own
personal playground, that reflected his world views and prioritized protecting
"free speech" (hate speech) and


With each change he made, the site got more toxic as more good people left, and
now it has become far more toxic than it ever was before (and it already had a
reputation for being a horrible place).


Yesterday Twitter announced some changes to their Terms of Service which removed
the ability for users to opt out of allowing their content to be used to train
twitters AI product, Grock.


In response, Lospec has decided to remove it's social media links to these
platforms. So if you look at the footer of Lospec now, you'll see Bluesky and
Mastodon have replaced the Twitter and Reddit links. We've also changed the
hashtag links on palette pages to prioritize other social media websites - and
will remove X in a few months when the last few stragglers finally admit that
it's dead.

In the meantime, we highly reccomend moving your social media presense
to Bluesky - which has had a huge bump in users over the past day due to these
changes - or Mastodon another great well-established option.

For similar reasons (forced AI training, shutting down of APIs, toxic user
behavior) we've also shut down the /r/Lospec feed on Reddit, disassociated from
/r/PixelArt and will no longer cater to that website.

If you log into Lospec via Twitter or Reddit, I highly reccomend you switch to
using another platform such as Discord or Reddit, just to be safe.


Hopefully this is not the end of good social media, but rather the beginning.




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LATEST PALETTES

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TODAY'S DAILY [#LARVA]

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WHAT IS LOSPEC?


Lospec is an independent website, created in in 2017 by a bird named skeddles.
It was founded on the idea that the internet needs a more modern place to share
pixel art, and other similar but less represented art forms. When we launched we
only had the palette list and the Lospec Pixel Editor, but over the years we've
added many more tools and features. In January of 2020 we launched our first
kickstarter, to help fund the Lospec Gallery. After 2 years the gallery was
finally released in January of 2023, and continues to be updated with new
features and improvements. Our mission to continue to improve the site and add
new tools and features that help people create and share art. We are funded
mainly by donations, so if you believe in what we're doing please considering
becoming a member of our patreon (which will let you browse the site ad-free).
(Learn Even More)


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PIXEL ART TUTORIALS

Over 500 tutorials!

The biggest collection of pixel art tutorials on the net! Search by topic,
author or medium to find the perfect article, video, image or book for you.

Browse Tutorials


PALETTE LIST

Over 3600 palettes!

A searchable collection of palettes for pixel art. Every palette can be
downloaded in 6 different formats, and imported into nearly any software used to
create pixel art.

Browse Palettes


PIXEL ART: WHERE TO START



An introduction to pixel art for complete beginners, it guides you through the
basic steps to begin creating pixel art and improving from there.

Start Learning Pixel Art


PIXEL ART SOFTWARE LIST



A list of popular pixel art creation software to help you compare and choose the
right one for you.

Compare Pixel Art Software


PNG CRUSHER



Compresses PNG files to get the smallest filesize and optimized display in all
browsers.

Crush PNGs


LOSPEC BLENDER TOOLKIT



A collection of tools for creating art in blender, such as pixel art filters,
materials, generators and more.

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DISCORD COMMUNITY



An active community of all kinds of low-spec artists. Get feedback, share
progress, join our daily art streams, play games, argue about the definition of
pixel art, and much more!

Join our community!

And there's even more on our Resources page!

Check out our Patreon   to learn more about what keeps Lospec running.

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