BitDraw

Today to represent World Mental Health Day we bring you a BitDraw of the organ we must take care and exercise daily.

http://bit.ly/iosbitdraw http://bit.ly/androidbitdraw

7 months ago

“Found it for you”.

Download Bitdraw now!

http://bit.ly/iosbitdraw

http://bit.ly/androidbitdraw

9 months ago

Pointillism

Hi, everyone! Today we’ll talk about a technique of painting called pointillism.

Pointillism tries to achieve a brighter image by using points of pure colors. If you look close, all that you see are points that make no sense. But, if you move far enough, your eyes will do the trick and the points will mix to create new colors.

Waterloo Bridge by André Derain.

Last picture is Waterloo Bridge by André Derain. You can see a high resolution image here. Try zooming in and zooming out.

The creator of pointillism is George Seurat. His style wasn’t really appreciated at the time he created it. His masterpiece is Sunday afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. He spend two years painting it!

Pixel art takes borrowed some ideas from pointillism. For example, look at these pictures. Pay attention to the shadows, the grass, the clothes, the sky and the houses.

Why don’t you try doing some pointillism mixed with pixel art? We’d love to see! PRO TIP: We are sure Bitdraw and an iPad could be your best allies in this adventure ;)

1 year ago

This post is for girls, we know that fashion is everywhere, and this image show us how many awesome is the pixelart, these pictures are a part of the 2011’s Kunihiko Morinaga Collection.

Here you can see the video ofanrealage fashion show.

http://player.vimeo.com/video/22500997

And here is a post with more info:

http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/14507/anrealage-pixelated-fashion.html

1 year ago

Getting a Mario with Bitdraw (iPhone)

If you search in google images the string “8 bit” the search results will display a Mario Bros image in the top 2 images. This is due Mario Bros is a classic of 8-bits.

Now, BitDraw has a bitmap of 15px per 23px (because screen sizes reasons), but is perfect for an 8-bit Mario.

Let’s see how could you get this…

Well, take in account we will be using coordinates like chess

top to bottom 1 to 23
left to right A to P

Note: Freely use the colors you want.

HAT:

F3 to J3
E4 to M4

HAIR:

E5 to G5,
D6 to D8,
8E
F6
F7
G7

EAR:

E6
E7

FACE:

H5
I5
G6 to I6
H7 to J7
F8 to I8
F9 to L9

NOSE:

K5
K6 to M6
L7 to N7

EYE:

J5
J6

MUSTACHE:

K7
J8 to N8

OVERALL:

G10 to G12
H12 to J12
J11
F13
H13
I13
K13
F14 to K14
E15 to L15
E16 to G16
J16 to L16

BUTTONS:

G13
J13

SHIRT:

E10
F10
H10 to J10
D11 to F11
H11
I11
K11 to M11
C12 to F12
K12 to N12
E13
L13

HANDS:

Left:

C13 to C15,
D13 to D15,
E14

Right:

L14
M13 to M15
N13 to N15

BOOTS:

Left:

E17 to F17
D18 to F18

Right:

K17 to M17
K18 to N18

Then you should get something like this:

Enjoy your Mario! Did you finish? share with us in twitter @bitdraw

We also have 2 more contributions.

The next one was done by a pixel artist, @alexMAD_

and this piece of art from @pelusa_11 (iPad version)

I also used this for make a Captain Price from MW

Happy Pixel!

1 year ago

BitDraw - Pixel Art Tool

What is BitDraw? Well, BitDraw is a tool that let you draw anything you can imagine pixel by pixel. But that’s NOT all! The most interesting feature is that you are able to take your art wherever you go because you can order t-shirts, stickers and mugs with your favorite bitdraw.

With BitDraw you can share your bitdraws via Twitter, Facebook or email. Show the world that you are a true pixel artist!

BitDraw is easy to use, just open the app and choose “Start Drawing”. Now use your imagination and draw something, no matter how crazy it is!. Swipe with 2 fingers up to show the color palette (and swipe 2 fingers down to hide it). You know, one color isn’t enough for that crazy idea. BitDraw has already 36 colors to draw most of your mind’s creations.

Did you finish your art work? Now what? Swipe with 2 fingers left to show the options menu, then save your bitdraw and finally touch the back button.

Do you want to view all your creations along your pixel artist life? if you do then touch “View gallery” button. If you want to share some of your bitdraws just do a long press over the bitdraw to share by choosing one sharing option.

You can also remove from your gallery touching the delete button.

So, you have shared the bitdraw with your friends and they love it, specially 1 VIP (as your boyfriend, girlfriend, husband, wife, you, mom, dad, brother, sister, etc); With BitDraw you can send him, her or yourself, a cool detail with your own creation. In a few days you will have right at your home’s door a great t-shirt, mug or sticker to gift.

We hope you enjoy this app and get really cool moments with it. Getting feedback is very important to us, so please help us sending your comments or thoughts to bitdraw@touchtastic.mx, through twitter on @bitdraw or leave them directly in our site: http://bitdraw.touchtastic.mx

We would love to see your finest piece of art you’ve drawn with BitDraw. Please, share it with us!

See you soon, until the next delivery.

1 year ago

Share the pixel love

How are you doing, boys and girls? somebody tried drawing a nyancat on a wall of your room? Great! :D
This time we would like to share with you some links related to pixel art. We hope these links inspire you and help you to get started. You know, you should be seriously improving your pixel artist skills because there will be an amazing announcement around here really soon. ;)

There is a lot to see in pixel-artists deviant art group. Need some reasons? What about this pixel art by gas13?

Besides, there are some tutorials that we are sure you’ll find useful.

If you are thinking of going freelance as a pixel artist, then you should read this blog post from Adam Saltsman (Canabalt) on Gamasutra.

Nicalis, the developer company behind the commercial release of Cave Story, owns and curious web page

Grilloti is one of the guys from Pixel Jam (Dino run). You can find some of his work here and an interesting interview here.

Please, enjoy! Follow us in twitter @bitdraw

1 year ago

Have you ever tought that your home looks gray, or perhaps that you need to add a touch of color to that wall you feel is needing something.

How about you creating a BitDraw while you think about it, and let your imagination get wild and create such artistic things like the above one.

So, now you are probably thinking about using pixel art in your walls isnt it? How about using the BitDraw that you just created?.

Pixel art isn’t just for electronic devices, anything can be made in pixels from a single paint to a whole universe of creations where your walls and imagination are the limits.

Imagine yourself in your home sitting in your favorite couch admiring a beautiful landscape, but drawn with pixel art. Become the artis you always wanted to and don’t let your walls get plain and simple when you can have them colorful, cheerfull and everything that makes you want to stand staring at them.

Soon you will have visit? Don’t worry, just use pixel art and let your guests be amazed with your creations!! complex you might think; not really!! It can be something really simple but yet so beatifull like a flower pot, the materials are up to you.. but dont worry we will help you with a couple of ideas like paint, or recicle materials like bottles, glass or paper, all you have to do is just cut them into tiles and you are good to go.

Moreover if you have kids they will for sure have fun decorating their own room with their own creations, and you could spend an awesome day with them doing some handcrafting and helping them develop creative skills and develop their imagination far beyond limits and if you use recicled materials you will be helping the planet aswell !!

Walls? why to be reduced to just the walls? You can make your drawings wherever you want to.. floor, ceiling, carpets, curtains.. is up to you to decide how far you want to go today.

You still don’t belive how this can change everything? Just take a look at the The Media Academy located in Hilversum, Netherlands.