Articles

  • Keeping AI on the pixel grid

    Image models don't think in pixels. Here's how MagicPixel measures the grid the model actually drew and snaps to it.

  • Keeping color consistent across hundreds of skins

    What I learned rebuilding King Rabbit's color: ramp rules, shared material palettes, and remapping colors without losing the shading.

  • Teaching AI your style with examples

    Why MagicPixel's style sets use example art instead of settings, and what I learned about separating a subject's style from its material.

  • Spending a pixel budget

    Image models give you a fixed number of pixels per generation. Here's what a pixel budget is, why pixel art spends it so quickly, and how to make the most of it.

  • Nano Banana 2 learnings

    Practical notes from prototyping and shipping visuals with Google's Nano Banana 2 image stack: prompting, iteration speed, consistency, and where it still fights you.