Pascal Pixel on Design, Development, and Solopreneurship!

by kirupa (https://www.kirupa.com/me/index.htm) | filed under Interviews with Creative People (https://www.youtube.com/@kirupa/podcasts)

Hi everybody - In my latest chat, meet Pascal Pixel (https://pascalpixel.com/) - a very talented designer, developer, and solopreneur. He has been tinkering in this space from a very early age and has a slew of fantastic projects that he can assign his name to, including his current project, the uniquely named Horse Browser (https://gethorse.com/).

You can watch the full conversation below:

In this insights-packed conversation, we talk more about his projects and dive into his deep understanding of design and design teams. Above, we have the YouTube version. To watch/listen on other platforms like Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and more, see the full list here (https://twitter.com/kirupa/status/1760921564932173953).

There are many thought-provoking moments throughout our chat, but Pascal gives one of the clearest answers to why large design teams don’t work at the 25:10 mark (https://youtu.be/bJufk9t_fA4?si=dPer539kODZIzh-p&t=1510). This was such a good answer, I had to share just that snippet in its own tweet here (https://twitter.com/kirupa/status/1760921205094383807). If you don’t watch any other part of this interview, just watch that! 😇

Pixel Artists FTW!

Taking many steps back, I’ve been following Pascal’s work for years. As many of you may know, I love pixel art. There aren’t too many designers these days who actively use pixel art in their creations, but Pascal is one of the best of them.

Below is a screenshot from Poolsuite (https://poolsuite.net/) where Pascal created the nice pixelated iconography:

[Image: ] (https://www.kirupa.com/podcast/images/pascal_poolsuite.png)

Check out Pascal’s full portfolio (https://pascalpixel.com/work) for more such examples (especially and including) the awesome Johto Mono pixel font (https://superpencil.com/en/work/johto-mono).

Conclusion

I hope you enjoyed my conversation with Pascal. Over the course of the year, I will be sharing more interviews with talented individuals who genuinely love what they do…and are very good at it!