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Sky Island
A 3D pixel scenery inspired by Animal Crossing — a small island floating quietly above the clouds.
What it is
A small floating island built as a 3D pixel scene. The brief was self-imposed: take the chunky, friendly geometry of Animal Crossing and translate it into a single calm composition you’d want as a desktop wallpaper.
Process
I sketched the silhouette first — landform, two trees, a tiny shrine — and only after that did I start building it block-by-block. The colors are deliberately restrained: warm sand, two greens, one pop of red on the shrine. Lighting comes entirely from a single warm directional source plus a hint of rim light.
Tools
Aseprite for pixel work, Blender for the 3D geometry, Photoshop to comp it together.