Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)

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he/him I make pixel art and sometimes other digital art. (Check the media tab for art.) Open for work and comms. Contact info on my website or through Ko-fi/VGen. Prints:

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Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· 28d

It's #portfolioday! I'm a (pixel) artist from Germany with a style between cute & creepy. I mainly do character design + animation. Currently working on the upcoming 'The Matter of Being' (Kickstarter this week!) and my own project 'STATIC DUSK'. 🌐: goldstarknight.carrd.co ✉️: goldstarknight@web.de

A collage of character portraits from the upcoming occult strategy visual novel game The Matter of Being.

The key art for the the upcoming occult strategy visual novel game The Matter of Being. The greyscale image depicts a giant moth freed from its cocoon reaching out to a small human figure cowering in front of it.

A battle background for the upcoming pixel art roguelike RPG STATIC DUSK. It depicts a red and yellow sunset over a city skyline seen from the empty rooftop of a skyscraper.

A collage of pixel art portraits of various Phyrexians from Magic: The Gathering in the style of the Pokémon PSS.

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Jul 9

Jarona!

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Jul 8

Sorry to keep you waiting! 🌼✨ I've been playing Deltarune chapter 5 and I'm obsessed with my new second-favourite character from that game. He's so cool. :D #deltarune #flowery

Flowery from Deltarune smiling at the viewer in his introduction pose from the chapter 5 cinematic. The background consists of a yellow rectangle with a flower and sparkle pattern.

Same image as the one to the left, but this time rendered in a more flat manga-esque style that makes more use of screen tones instead of traditional methods of colouring.

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Jun 21

Meet the Emissary of the Moon! My favourite design I made for The Matter of Being so far! :D Check out the game's demo here: store.steampowered.com/app/4664400/... #TMOB #TheMatterofBeing #Indiedev #SteamNextFest

A portrait of the Emissary of the Moon from The Matter of Being. It depicts a humanoid figure holding a mirror in a saint-like pose in front of its chest. Its head is made of pure light, framed by three mirrors. Crystalline flowers grow around it.

A character design concept sheet for the Emissary of the Moon from the upcoming Secret Histories game 'The Matter of Being'.
It depicts several design iterations of the moon spirit, incorporating themes of sainthood, mirrors and - of course - the moon.

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Jun 18

*ahem* I am pleased to announce that there will be doomed(?) yuri in The Matter of Being. Thank you for your attention. Happy pride month. 🏳️‍🌈 #tmob #TheMatterofBeing #indiegame

A red portrait of Annette from The Matter of Being. She is an old woman being lit from below, looking down menacingly at the viewer with a smile.
The background is adorned with splatters as well as drops and cup symbols.

A blue portrait of Eva from The Matter of Being. She is an old woman being lit from above, looking up serenely at the viewer with a smile. The right half of her face (viewer's perspective) is missing and blends into the shadow of her billowing hair. Her dress is tattered and there is a deep bite mark on her chest.

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Jun 17

Here are the design concepts for this guy. Censored because of the Surpression Bureau. 🤫 #tmob #TheMatterofBeing #indiedev #gamedev #conceptart

A character design concept sheet for Galavel from the upcoming narrative strategy game 'The Matter of Being'.
It's a series of designs for an ancient creature of the Forge ranging from a half-insectoid creature with ape-like arms to a humanoid robot/soldier and a giant mechanic bug.

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Jun 4

"Visions of a unified design in my mind And to see it, is to sort it, is to split it all apart." Big thanks to @numa-smells.bsky.social for helping me with this. :) #pixelart #ドット絵 #Aseprite #PixelComposer

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· May 15

Two more versions. The 3D versions were made with #PixelComposer

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· May 15

Animated pixelart version of Master Transmuter from #MagicTheGathering It's been a while, but I finally found some time to do another one of these. :) #MtG #pixelart #ドット絵

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· May 4

Puppets for #StaticDusk. #pixelart

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· May 2

Just realized I never posted the animated version of this here. One of my favourite cards from original Kamigawa. #MtG #pixelart #MtGProxy #Magic:TheGathering #PixelComposer

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Apr 30

Artists! Show your range!

A pixelart image depicting the northern lights above a black landscape. Ghostly shapes of a small flock of birds are visible in the lights, fleeing the enormous maw of a snake or reptile devouring the aurora.
The lower half of the image is completely dark. Only the silhouette of some foliage against the sky implies what might be hidden from sight.

The Camera from YIIK I.V is leaning toward the viewer. Its fingers form a rectangle, framing its head.
The image makes heavy use of post-processing effects like chromatic abberation, blur, layer modes and digital screentones. The outlines of the character are bright red. The other main colours are pruple and black.

A blue mountain landscape under a starry night sky. Hands are emerging from the rock, grasping at stars hanging from strings.

Four robot creatures standing in front of an evening city skyline.
From left to right: a little modem-bot with an eye of TV-static between its antennae, a computer mouse with a mouthful of teeth, a sputnik-like drone and something resembling a giraffe assembled from warning signs.

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Apr 27

That's Damian, one of the our playable characters! He's a civil engineer tasked with investigating strange occurences of static energy. The resemblance to a mic operator isn't unintentional. :)

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Apr 24

Still working on #StaticDusk, our Mario & Luigi-inspired roguelike RPG. Here is a tiny preview of the second area. Meet the Knights of the Roulette table! :) #indiegame #indiedev #pixelart

A pixelart rpg battle scene. A girl with a shadow hand hanging from her hat and a civic engineer with a metal antenna emitting static are facing four casino-themed knights. The blue one carries two swords, the green one has a tall metal shield that looks like a playing card as well as a spear. Casino chips are floating over the yellow knight and the red one carries a censer and a staff.

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Feb 19

A selection of characters who you might cross paths with in The Matter of Being. Sophia, a vivacious origami enthusiast. Gale, an occult punk photographer. Dr. Freeman, an ambitious scientist. The Ivory, a menacing entity of grace and appetite. #TMOB #gamedev #indiedev

A pink-coloured woman with a pearl necklace is looking over her shoulder toward the viewer. In her hand she holds an origami animal. The background is decorated with paper folds and scribbles of circles and anatomical hearts.

A beige and brown punk grins at the viewer as he takes a picture with his retro camera. The brown background is decorated with moths and spirals.

A purple scientist with square glasses and a bun is holding a shining object with a pair of tongs. The purple background is decorated with diamond shapes and keys.

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Feb 3

Recently had this thought about what if Shaula was the main antagonist of #SoulEater instead of Medusa. Her interactions with Eruka might not go quite like this, but the scorpion and frog thing was too funny an idea to pass up. :)

A 4-panel comic about Shaula Gorgon and Eruka Frog from Soul Eater.
Panel 1: With an evil grin Shaula is riding on Eruka's back, who is carrying her through some waist-high water. The former is plotting evil schemes while the latter is regretting her life choices as two notes next to the characters helpfully point out.
Panel 2: Shaula stings Eruka with her scorpion tail braid, admonishing her ("Hurry up. Will you!?") as Eruka lets out a pained "Eeek!"
Panel 3: Eruka, now angry, looks up at Shaula, yelling: "Did you just sting me?!? Now we'll both get wet! To which Shaula just responds with a dismissive "lol. lmao."
Panel 4: A befuddled and drenched Shaula hangs on to Eruka's unconscious body drifting face up in the water.

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Jan 30

I even remembered to record a timelapse! :)

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Jan 30

Finally got around to using screentones again. Featuring @flashkirby.bsky.social's OC Paige. #art #fairy

Drawing of Paige in a manga-adjacent style. The fairy is wearing a sorcerer's hat and robe as well as a microSD charm around her neck. Most of the image is in grayscale, except for her wings, eyes and the symbol on the microSD. Her eyes are the only part of the image that doesn't utilize screentones.

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Jan 28

Here are a few of the locations you'll be able to visit in The Matter of Being. I really enjoy the style we came up with. What do you think? :) #TMOB #thematterofbeing #indiedev

A rust-coloured university building with castle-like features stands in the rain. It towers above the viewer.

An abstract red and green dreamscape with stairs ascending to bright white doos. Grass grows from the top of the image and scarred trees are rooted in nothingness as an ethereal haze sweeps through the scene.

A forest clearing with blue trees, purple grass and yellow specks of flowers. Beams of bright blue light shine from above.

An empty hospital corridor leading towards an exit. The green and brown colours give the scene an eerie atmosphere. The exit signs glow a bright yellow.

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Jan 16

Capsule art for The Matter of Being. Lots of work and iteration went into this, but it paid off! :) We also updated the Steam page: store.steampowered.com/app/3869880/... #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame

A greyscale illustration depicting the silhouettes of a moth and a human figure kneeling in front of it. An enormous moon rises behind them. The moth is wearing shackles, having just escaped a cocoon on the right. The moth and figure are reaching out, almost touching each other. Their reflections show in the water and the scene is rimmed by barren trees and white mist.

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Jan 13

Hi #portfolioday ! I'm a (pixel) artist from Germany mostly focusing on character art and animation. Currently working on the game 'The Matter of Being'. Full portfolio: goldstarknight.carrd.co#gallery-port...

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Jan 4

Extremely WIP, but here is a short clip of a little game project I'm working on with @alemango.bsky.social. The combat system is heavily inspired by the Mario & Luigi RPGs. #indiedev #gamedev

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Dec 25

Two character portaits I made for The Matter of Being. Meet Victor and Mohammed! Two of the first human characters you are going to meet in the game. #TMOB #SecretHistories #CultistSimulator

Yellow portrait of a nerdy young man in a flat and abstract style.

Red portrait of an older man leaning his head on his fist in a flat and abstract style.

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Nov 12

Blacephalon vs. Electivire Finally found the time to do another of these animations. This one was a lot of fun to make. :) #pokemon #pixelart #ドット絵 #animation

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Nov 8

Work in progress.

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Sep 17

1-bit piece inspired by a picture and an (accidental) haiku by @kiln.bsky.social. "I sometimes see them Landing there. It's the only Place I see them land." #pixelart #1-bit #1bit

A 1-bit pixelart image of a bird sitting in the middle of a river. Bits of trash swim in the water and leaves hang over it. The two colours used are a soft orange and purple.

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Aug 31

Trying out a bit of a picture book style. Also, haven't drawn Eruka in a while. :) #SoulEater

A picture book style illustration of Eruka Frog from Soul Eater. She is posing in front of an abstract background, holding one of her tadpoles. The rendering uses a mix of flat and shaded shapes.

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Aug 23

Inspired by this meme.

A meme showing a foto of a wasp nest inside a small case with a statue of Mary, the mother of Jesus.
The caption reads:
"Therapist: Mary, Mother of Wasps is not real, she can't hurt you.
Mary, Mother of Wasps:"

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Aug 23

I was replaying #Blasphemous and I don't think I've ever seen this boss before. Did they add new content? #pixelart #ドット絵

A mockup in the style of the video game Blasphemous. The player is facing the Mother of Wasps boss, a huge pale woman clad in a yellow-black dress carrying a wasp in her arms. The lower part of her body is a cone with holes in it form which yellow arms stretch.
Little wasps with angel wings and cherub faces flutter through the air, hatching from a wall beind the boss.

Goldstarknight (The Matter of Being Kickstarter Live Now!)@goldstarknight· Aug 18

Round 7! The final tenants and a managment NPC from my #TTRPG campaign. George, an exhausted, but polite tenant Leslie, a former academic, working on a book Jean, a law student, taking a break from his studies The voice on the phone, which the PCs can always call, if there is something they need