This week, Aaron interviews legendary pixel artist Christina-Antoinette Neofotistou AKA castpixel. Christina has been in the industry for 20 years as an artist, illustrator, art director, and more. In this episode we talk about her experience growing up on obscure PC games in Greece in the 1980's, developing an individual style, aphantasia, demakes, having the same favorite game for nearly 40 years, and more!
00:00 Introduction
01:17 Art in College and Surrealism
05:59 Entering the Game Industry
08:29 Aphantasia
10:25 Developing an Individual Style
12:11 Growing Up with Unique Gaming Experiences
16:59 Demakes
18:56 The Same Favorite Game For Four Decades
22:26 What's Exciting? Not New Games!
Links:
Christina's ArtStation - https://castpixel.artstation.com/
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