When I decided to take on this project I had to choose the right tool to do it. If I wanted to be serious about keeping the daily schedule I needed to have the option to draw at any free time of the day. I don’t have a computer at home so this was a great excuse to use my iPad.

I already fantasized about creating my own pixel art program (I make iOS games for a living), but thankfully got to my senses when I found an absolutely amazing app that was all I hoped for: Sprite Something.

It’s by Matthew Klundt of Terrible Games and he’s doing the best job with Sprite Something. Matt even got in contact with me and implemented some features that further eased my production of Illustrapedia. It’s the kind of customer service that I think will win over in this decade and with new features coming up (soon, Matt?) it’s a steal at $2.99 in the iTunes AppStore.

Today I finished all but the last final piece (I queue a few of them up in advance). All together, it was a long road, but oh so pleasant one. Drawing these on the iPad I had the luxury of taking the drawing board out in the park or doing a piece or two before sleep in bed. In the end, all but 2 pieces were finger painted in Sprite Something, with the exceptions done with Wacom on my office PC.

See you again after the next two. Thanks, Matt, and you, readers!