![Transform - showcase.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbvQ3GnHVzm7h1xrrStDKK8k6M6hsP4gP4FRYRzVVtBQM/Transform%20-%20showcase.png)
Last [week contest](https://steemit.com/art/@jonny-clearwater/5ujxje-pixel-art-weekly-theme-announcement-win-sbd) was about Transformation! I wanted to draw something about nature, man transforming nature, industrialization, deforestation. Those are really common things to think about in this particular theme. *Now, how about spontaneous forestation?* ![Transform Finished x2.gif](https://steemitimages.com/DQmchfakMhgt26kU39oFtoK5fyUd3uxevrYiYftGgBnTwxP/Transform%20Finished%20x2.gif)
- - - # The Sprite Work ![Transform - showcase 02.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmTRBdz2ojj8xKKSQR7LX6X7CBoifbAy6Y8unxH9n1H2JP/Transform%20-%20showcase%2002.png) Even if Spriting looks like a lot of simple and small images put together, they actually take so much time to do mostly if you want to make things look nice and smooth. Its so time consuming that I usually avoid it and stick to single big images. However, making a sprite art look smooth is just great, even if its something simple as a growing tree. I took the lazy approach on this, making the tree first then shrinking it little by little. ![Transform - showcase 04.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmUewF7nNsTjFpFtkgoVWU5Ktkt47A95VJgLaYGpF787Pw/Transform%20-%20showcase%2004.png) This approach is so simple that anybody can do it! Just take one big sprite, copy it and cut it a bit, fix misplaced pixels, then repeat! It actually took me only 2~3 hours to do almost 30 frames. Now, imagine the entire forest grow at the same style! I'll sure come back to this and redraw it one day. ![Transform - showcase 03.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdbM16GnFBwr34JbTURxLQ6rdDihzcHcPbcgto32iA7vn/Transform%20-%20showcase%2003.png)

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Now the background, simple, big sun and a hot desert. The palette actually works great to achieve this.

- - - # Thanks for Watching **Special Thanks to:** - My friends for their feedback. - To @lunaticmoon for his [Sketchbook](https://steemit.com/anime/@lunaticmoon/war-with-my-sketchbook-day-78-of-365-drawing-jinx) series! Very inspiring, and you can learn the basics of art with it! - [DawnBringer](http://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=16247) for his excelent 32 Color Palette.