Dan Fessler: Blog

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http://danfessler.com/blog/

If you remember from last time; Index painting involves using "dirty" tools (tools which lay multiple colors at once) within a pre-defined indexed palette. Photoshop doesn't inherently allow for...

http://danfessler.com/blog/hd-index-painting-in-photoshop

When I first began doing pixel art a sense of pixel purism was engrained in me by the pixel art communities. Rules and conventions were established in the post-pixel area of video games as a mean...

http://danfessler.com/blog/pixel-purism-process-vs-results

Recently there's been a surge in interest for what I call "modular animation tools" in 2D game development. That is, tools that enable you to animate sprites composed of many pieces by transformi...

http://danfessler.com/blog/thoughts-on-modular-animation

It isn't often you find someone who not only puts up with your flaws and broken quirks, let alone someone who loves them; Someone who you feel you can completely reveal who you truly are in ways ...

http://danfessler.com/blog/happy-birthday-jeneva

My gosh it's been a long time since I've updated this site. My last blog posts were all the way back in 2009! I guess this is what happens when you have a full-time day job. Well guess what? I do...

http://danfessler.com/blog/website-makeover

Last week I officially ended my employment as Art Director at Zynga to focus more on independent projects and self growth. I have a good feeling about this move. I feel more prepared than I've ev...

http://danfessler.com/blog/i-am-indie

A couple weeks ago, as I was painting in Photoshop, I realized how much time I wasted doing the most mundane of things. Specifically how often I'm playing with various brush sliders rather than p...

http://danfessler.com/blog/photoshop-peripherals

So I've recently moved into a new apartment here in San Mateo. I didn't have anything. Not a thing. Everything I had could fit in the back of my two-door acura integra. So you could understand ho...

http://danfessler.com/blog/exhaustion

For those of you who have found their way to this website, I truly apologize. Things have been quite chaotic for a while now as I've been developing. I have a lot planned for this site, and hopef...

http://danfessler.com/blog/website-construction