My PixelCraft Journey, A Small Heart Made with Big Feelings

Assalam O Alaikum! I am here to share my second art. Before this I wrote my name in pixel craft with 8 colours. This time when I opened PixelCraft, I did not come with plans in my head. I wanted to draw something simple and calm. Last time I used many colours and less pixels. That art was fine but I felt something missing. So this time I said to myself keep it simple, do not rush and feel process.

Now my total pixels are 387. That is a big change for me. I also decided to use only two colours red and black. Honestly speaking using only two colours sounds easybbut when I start placing pixels I understand it is not that easy. Every pixel becomes important. There is no place to hide mistakes.

I made heart shape and this feels different. For me heart is not only love. It also shows effort, patience and sometimes struggle. The red colour shows emotion and life. Black colour feels like protection like borders around feelings. I did not draw it in one flow. I stopped many times looked at screen and thought again.

The whole process took me around 1 hour and few minutes. PixelCraft has this rule that after every 10 pixels there is 1 minute cooldown. At start cooldown feels boring. I want to continue but I can not. But later I started liking it. During cooldown, I was thinking what next pixel should be. Sometimes I changed my mind completely.

There were moments when I felt this heart is not looking right. Bottom part was confusing for me. I erased few pixels and placed them again. I think this is very real. As student I also do same thing in studies. I try, I make mistake, I fix it. PixelCraft shows that feeling very clearly.

I am not an artist. I am a person who enjoys small creative things. This art is not perfect. Lines are not smooth. Shape is not machine made. But that is point. It is made by hand, pixel by pixel. Every pixel has time behind it. Waiting, thinking, clicking and waiting again. Using only red and black made me slow. I could not randomly fill space. I had to think balance. Black outline was important. Without it, heart looked weak. With it, heart feels strong. This is same in life too, boundaries matter.

I felt relax in drawing time. No pressure, no rush. Only me and grid. PixelCraft teaches patience without forcing it. Cooldown teaches me to wait. Waiting is hard but waiting makes result better. Compared to my last art, I feel I learned something. Before I focused on colours. Now I focused on shape and feeling. Pixels increased, colours decreased. I do not believe growth is always big. Sometimes it is just small improvement.
This heart look simple to others but for me it holds time and effort. It holds mistakes too. And I think mistakes make it more human. If this was perfect, it would feel empty. I enjoyed making it. Win or lose, I learned something new. PixelCraft is not only a game. It is place where patience meets creativity. I hope you will like it.