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Hey! I'm Daniel ('ui'), graphic designer
bringing pixels to life since 2002.
I craft visuals for games and cool stuff.



THIS IS ME

PREVIOUS WORK

[ 2005 - Persent ] iloveui - One man army in Game Dev & Graphic Design.
[ 2020 ] Pixales - Lead UI/UX in a Gamified APP for an internal system.
[ 2017 - 2018 ] Virtual Castle - rt Director & Lead UI/UX in a dating APP.
[ 2014 - 2017 ] TERAVISION GAMES - Senior UI/UX, 2D artist for video games.
[ 2014 ] PREDICTVIA - UI/UX and 2D artist.
[ 2011 - 2013 ] ALCALDÍA DE CHACAO - Pixel Art Teacher
[ 2006 - 2010 ] CubloGames - Senior UI/UX, Junior Game Designer, 2D artist & animator.
[ 2003 - 2005 ] XCYCOM - Junior Graphic & Game Designer for WEB games.

MAIN SKILLS

UI/UX, Game Design, 2D / Pixel Art, Voice Acting, 2D Animation, SFXs and handcrafted stuff.

MAIN TOOLS

Unity, Photoshop, Illustrator, Unity, MagicaVoxel3D, Aseprite, Figma, Capcut.

LANGUAGES

Caribbean Spanish & NPCs English.

EDUCATION

[ 2003 ] Graphic Designer at CDD, Caracas - Venezuela.

VOLUNTEERING

[2013-2024] CARACAS GAME JAM, 11 years of Jams and 15 video games in different teams
[ 2019 ] CARACAS GAME JAM, Event Organizer, coffee maker & cheerleader
[ 2013 ] GAMEXPO, Staff member, Museum Curator and Speaker
[ 2013 ] LOLVENEZUELA, Fan Meet Up
[ 2013 ] LOLVENEZUELA, Co-Creator and Event Organizer
[ 2012 ] GAMEXPO, Museum Curator
[ 2012 ] MONTE Y CULEBRA, Pixel Art Teacher & Speaker
[ 2011 ] PLAYPOWER.ORG, Pixel Artist

HOBBIES

Play and collect Game Boy games, building LEGOs, making masks out of cardboard,
love coffee & music.
Also enjoy making CHIPMUSIC 🎵
pixelart

PIXEL ART

Some of my pixel art projects over the years for profesional, personal and hobbie projects.
NESdev
2023 - Beat 'Em High [NESdev]◢

Beat 'Em High [NESdev]

For the anual ◣ NESDEV ◥, we made this little teaser, I hope we could finish and made the whole game to be playable on the NES.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
EINDBAAS
2022 - EINDBAAS◢

EINDBAAS

This was the poster/flyer for EINDBASS #27,a chip music event with an amazing line-up.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
???/FADE RUNNER
2022 - ???/FADE RUNNER [ALBUM ART]◢

???/FADE RUNNER - Passage

I have the pleasure to make this art for FADE RUNNER, this albums is a piece of art!, cream to my earns, love it to the core.

◣ CHECK THE ALBUM ◥
CMYK CITY
2021 - CMYK CITY NFT ◢

CMYK CITY NFT

A pixel art PFP project with 999 of 1/1 unique citizens . Inspired in the four ink plates used in some color printing CMYK. Running in the POLYGON network.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
GLITCHBOT COLLECTIBLE CARDS
2021 - GLITCHBOT COLLECTIBLE CARDS ◢

GLITCHBOT COLLECTIBLE CARDS

Unique 1/1 robots made pixel art in collectible cards with different attributes in the TEZOS network.

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JASH CHANNEL: RETRO GAME ARCADE WITH DAVID DINEEN-PORTER
2014 - JASH CHANNEL ◢

JASH CHANNEL: RETRO GAME ARCADE

Pixel Art graphics for the RETRO VIDEO ARCADE: two comedy videos for the JASH channel with David Dineen-Porter, Reggie Watts and Nathan Fielder.
The idea behind the videos was to create a cheap/fake videogame reminiscence of Larry.

◣ HOT SISTER ◥ & ◣ GRANDMA'S BATH ◥
ENED
2013 - ENED◢

ENED

A colaboration with the amazing guys of Monte y Culebra, for designers by designers!.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
KITSCH-BENT SWEATER OWL
2013 - KITSCH-BENT OWL SWEATER◢

KITSCH-BENT SWEATER OWL

KITSCH-BENT let me free to create anything I wanted with my style, so I did an OWL for the special Halloween Sweater.

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TOY COMPANY: CAPS LOCK FLYER
2012 - TOY COMPANY: CAPS LOCK ◢

TOY COMPANY FLYER

Inspired by different video game consoles, I created different characters that represent each one to form a party and fun team.

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PULSEWAVE
2010 - PULSEWAVE ◢

PULSEWAVE ID FLYER

This was meant to be an homage to the NY: ID with the info of the party and the amazing musicians.

SADNES, NONFINITE, BATTLE LAVA & NO CARRIER

BOTB
2009 - BOTB (NES)◢

BOTB (NES)

Some of the NES material we made together.
Music by ◣ PUKE7 ◥
Code by ◣ miau ◥
Art by ui

◣ VIDEO 1 ◥ - ◣ VIDEO 2 ◥
MR. SPASTIC - FAULT
2009 - MR. SPASTIC - FAULT ◢

MR. SPASTIC - FAULT

MP3DEATH PRESENTS 'FAULT' BY MISTER SPASTIC
AN ALBUM OF CRIMINALLY SPUNKY DIGITAL FUNK!

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MR. SPASTIC - CLAP AND LEADS
2009 - MR. SPASTIC - CLAP AND LEADS ◢

MR. SPASTIC - CLAP AND LEADS

An awesome album from Mr. Spastic, filled with claps and leads. I had the honor of create this art for the album cover.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
BLIP FESTIVAL 2009
2009 - Blip Festival ◢

Blip Festival: Data Drop

A companion compilation to the Blip Festival 2009 in New York, exclusive to backers and donors of the event's crowdfunding campaign.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
PULSEWAVE: THE TANK
2008 - PULSEWAVE: THE TANK ◢

PULSEWAVE: THE TANK

This one was of my first art in pixel art for PULSEWAVE with the amazing musician: NULLSLEEP, GLOMAG & RECEPTORS

◣ MORE INFO ◥
WINTER CHIP I
2006 - BOTB - WINTER CHIP I◢

BATTLE OF THE BITS - WINTER CHIP I

This was one of my first interactions making pixel art for this amazing community. If you enjoy Chipmusic, check out this awesome website
We also made a 7" vynil record of these four songs.

◣ LISTEN TO THE MUSIC ◥
DALE PLAY
2006 - DALE PLAY PARTY ◢

DALE PLAY PARTY

Dale Play Party with Chris Liberator poster and line up in pixel art.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
WINAMP SKINS
2001 - WINAMP SKINS◢

WINAMP SKINS

You may not believe me, but in my young days of pixel art, I created few Winamp Skins, you can guess how old am I.

◣ GET THE SKINS ◥
works

GAMES

Videogames that I have worked on. As game dev, pixel artist, graphic designer, art director, UI/UX, animator, print and SFX creations.
CARACAS GAME JAM 2024
2024 - Tamamochi Adventure◢

Tamamochi Adventure

A Game Boy Color videogame made in 48 hours for the Global Game Jam, The goal is to find out what's happening on Mochi Town.

◣ GAMEPLAY ◥◣ PLAY THE GAME ◥
CARACAS GAME JAM 2023
2023 - ROOTMANIAC◢

ROOTMANIAC

A one-man team for the Global Game Jam, The theme was "roots", I created a game where you have to use roots to move around the place to grab the CROWNS, as many as you can, while you destroy the roots you leave on the space to reload and use them again.

◣ GAMEPLAY ◥◣ GGJ PAGE ◥
CARACAS GAME JAM 2022
2022 - Majo & Yuyu◢

Majo & Yuyu

This was my one-man team entry for the Global Game Jam 2022, Majo is a little Witch apprentice that was trying to create a new magic potion and by error fusion himself with Yuyu, a little frog. They now have to figure out how to revert this magic.

◣ GAMEPLAY ◥◣ GGJ PAGE ◥
CARACAS GAME JAM 2022
2021 - BOXZILLA◢

BOXZILLA

My one-man team entry for the Global Game Jam, BOXZILLA is a click/tap game, where you have to hit each box until they break and drops the item, you have to search for the item that Dr. Futuro lost in the boxes. Made in Unity + MagicaVoxel3D.

◣ GAMEPLAY ◥◣ GGJ PAGE ◥
Hello World
2018 - Hello World◢

Hello World

This is an amazing project that we have been develop, it's still on BETA phase, we have already tons of stuff ready, but the game isn't finish. I worked along my brother in this game doing 3D Voxel, Pixel Art, Character Design, UI/UX, level design, SFX and some code. We also have the amazing oportunity to work with our friend FADE RUNNER

◣ GAMEPLAY ◥
U-TICKLE
2017 - U-TICKLE◢

U-TICKLE

Worked as Art Director, UI/UX and Unity intergration for the project.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
FINADO Y MORIBUNDA
2017 - FINADO Y MORIBUNDA◢

FINADO Y MORIBUNDA

I worked in this game doing animations, art integration in Unity for Teravision Games and Ánima

◣ GAMEPLAY ◥
AVOID THE VOID
2017 - AVOID THE VOID◢

AVOID THE VOID

This was an amazing experience working along with ANTIKHAOZ, I did the Character Design, UI, SFX & Textures.

◣ GAMEPLAY ◥
CARACAS GAME JAM: DEMON JAGGER
2016 - DEMON JAGGER ◢

CARACAS GAME JAM: DEMON JAGGER

A game made in Unity 3D, I made all the pixel art and sfxs. All made in 48 hours
CODE: EDGAR.JRG & Brian Izaya
GRAPHICS & SFX: UI
MUSIC: HEOSPHOROS

◣ GAMEPLAY ◥◣ MORE INFO ◥
TIME WARRIORS
2016 - TIME WARRIORS [UI]◢

TIME WARRIORS

Game Mockup, UI/GUI for a mobile game called Time Warriors made in Unity.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
GLOBAL GAME JAM 2015
2015 - GLOBAL GAME JAM ◢

SH!T JUST GOT REAL 2

A funny game, it was my very first experience with Unity, doing UI, character design, textures and some of the sfx.
CODE: ANTIKHAOZ & LEAMZI
3D: SAKURACHAN & KABURXP

◣ GGJ PAGE ◥◣ GAMEPLAY VIDEO ◥
CARACAS GAME JAM: ELIGO
2013 - ELIGO ◢

CARACAS GAME JAM: ELIGO

All made in pixel art and Flash. I made part of the graphics, including backgrounds, icons and characters.
CODE: CIRO & 8VIUS
PIXEL ART: KARAKENIO & UI

◣ GAME PLAY ◥
NACIÓN MOTORIZADA
2012 - NACIÓN MOTORIZADA ◢

NACIÓN MOTORIZADA

I made the graphics in pixel art for this game.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
ELV IS BLACK: DROP DA BUNNIES
2007 - ELV IS BLACK 2◢

ELV IS BLACK 2: MORE BUNNIES!

This game was made in the golden age of Flash. I did the characters design, GUI, SFX and music.

◣ GAMEPLAY ◥◣ PLAY THE GAME ◥
design

GRAPHIC DESIGN & ANIMATIONS

Graphic design for prints, mobile and game UI & animations for shorts, music videos and tv ads.
CARACAS GAME JAM 2025
2025 - CARACAS GAME JAM◢

2025 - CARACAS GAME JAM

Art direction of the Caracas Game Jam 2025 material.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
CARACAS GAME JAM 2023
2023 - CARACAS GAME JAM◢

2023 - CARACAS GAME JAM

Art direction of the Caracas Game Jam 2023, printable material and also digital.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
CARACAS GAME JAM 2022
2022 - CARACAS GAME JAM◢

CARACAS GAME JAM

Art direction of the Caracas Game Jam 2022, printable material and also digital.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
CARACAS GAME JAM 2021
2021 - Caracas Game Jam◢

Caracas Game Jam: Art Direction

Art direction of the Caracas Game Jam 2021, printable material and also digital.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
ABC
2020 - Pixales◢

2020 - Pixales

Lead UI/UX in a Gamified APP for an internal system. Made in Unity for mobile and web.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
ABC
2020 - ABC◢

ABC: GRAPHIC DESIGN

While the pandemic was in full mode, I got inspired and did this amazing experiment by doing each letter into a Design, using a famous/not so famous person, the result was amazing.

◣ DOWNLOAD PDF ◥
PIXEL ART CONVERSATORY
2020 - Pixel Art Conversatory ◢

Pixel Art Conversatory

Conversatory about pixel art for the GEEKCON at the University Simón Bolívar.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
CARACAS GAME JAM 2020
2020 - Caracas Game Jam◢

Caracas Game Jam: Art Direction

Organizer and Art direction of the Caracas Game Jam 2020, printable material and also digital.

◣ MORE INFO ◥◣ PHOTOS ◥
CARACAS GAME JAM 2019
2019 - Caracas Game Jam◢

Caracas Game Jam: Art Direction

Created and directed the art direction of the Caracas Game Jam 2019, printable material and also digital.

◣ MORE INFO ◥◣ PHOTOS ◥
AUSTRALIA STUDENTS
2017 - AUSTRALIA STUDENTS◢

AUSTRALIA STUDENTS

AUSTRALIA STUDENTS refreshing design for the website.

Caracas Game Jam 2016
2016 - Caracas Game Jam◢

Caracas Game Jam: Art Direction

Created and directed the art direction of the Caracas Game Jam 2016, printable material and also digital.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
Las Golden Atlas
2022 - LAS GOLDEN ATLAS◢

LAS GOLDEN ATLAS

A joint work with Suciomotion, I did some pixel art and voxel animations for the commercial.

◣ WATCH VIDEO ◥
LOS LEGENDARIOS
2021 - LOS LEGENDARIOS [PIXEL ART]◢

LOS LEGENDARIOS

Pixel art animation for "Los Legendarios" youtube videos, magic touches by SUCIO MOTION

◣ WATCH VIDEO ◥
MALUMA - Instinto Natural
2019 - MALUMA - Instinto Natural◢

MALUMA - Instinto Natural

I had the opportunity to work on this video with animation in some of the scenes and worked together with the wonderful team of SUCIO MOTION, video directed by NUNO GOMES

◣ WATCH VIDEO ◥
AKAPELLAH - BAILE DEL HINDÚ
2019 - AKAPELLAH - BAILE DEL HINDÚ◢

AKAPELLAH - BAILE DEL HINDÚ

Amazing opportunity to work in this video doing pixel art and animations with SUCIO MOTION

◣ WATCH VIDEO ◥
Music video: Meneo - Papi
2009 - Meneo - Papi (music video) ◢

Meneo - Papi (music video)

From the great "Meneo", a funny music video I had the great opportunity to make some pixel art for.

◣ SEE VIDEO ◥
Elv is Black (Funny Short Animations)
2006 - Elv is Black (Funny Short Animations)◢

Elv is Black (Funny Short Animations)

Short animations for Cublo Games Elv is a character created back in 2006, we made video games, animations and merch with it.
Character Design, Animation, Music & SFX by Daniel Garrido.

◣ WATCH VIDEO ◥
GOTOOLV2
2018 - GOTOOLV2◢

GOTOOLV2

We created this app for Pokémon GO players around the world.
◣ STUDIO ZOOKA ◥ ◣ MORE INFO ◥

LAS REINAS PEPIADAS
2018 - LAS REINAS PEPIADAS ◢

ORIGAMI: LAS REINAS PEPIADAS

I had the honor to work with LAS REINAS PEPIADAS to create the logo for this beautiful project that support venezuelan mothers in Ecuador.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
CHROME COBRA - MOBILE SWARMING
2017 - CHROME COBRA - MOBILE SWARMING◢

CHROME COBRA - MOBILE SWARMING

This amazing artist ask me to create a cover art for his chipmusic album and I said yes, drop some love in his page!.

◣ CHECK OUT THE MUSIC! ◥
Defense mechanism
2017 - DEFENSE MECHANISM◢

DEFENSE MECHANISM

Check out this amazing Chipmusic artist, the arwork was inspired in the moon landing.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
CHROME COBRA
2016 - Chrome Cobra ◢

Chrome Cobra Logo

Made in pixel art for the music artist Chrome Cobra.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
nordloef
2013 - nordloef◢

nordloef

A pixel art with grunge style for this amazing artist.

◣ CHECK IT OUT! ◥
UNICORN DREAM ATTACK - Out of the Void
2013 - UNICORN DREAM ATTACK - Out of the Void◢

UNICORN DREAM ATTACK - Out of the Void

If you are into chipmuisic, you will enjoy this album.

◣ CHECK IT OUT! ◥
BLITZ LUNAR - TRIPTUNES
2013 - BLITZ LUNAR - TRIPTUNES◢

BLITZ LUNAR - TRIPTUNES

This art was inspired by the super NES/FM sound the music brings, great and amazing artist indeed!.

◣ LISTEN TO THE MUSIC ◥
KRIS KEYSER ALBUM ART
2013 - KRIS KEYSER◢

KRIS KEYSER: COVER ART

Mixed techniques of pixel art and abstract art. For this wonderful album.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
GAMEXPO MASK
2012 - GAMEXPO ◢

GAMEXPO

This mask was inspired in the grasshoppers, the name of the mask is GALACTIC GRASSHOPPER, I used to performance and play Chipmusic in the GAMEXPO 2012.
I was also in-charge of the Art Museum with UnManuel

◣ MORE INFO ◥ - ◣ PHOTOS ◥
LA DOSIS
2012 - LA DOSIS ◢

LA DOSIS

La Dosis entrega #24 flyer in pixel art.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
LA CASA TOMADA - In Vino Veritas
2011 - LA CASA TOMADA◢

LA CASA TOMADA - In Vino Veritas

Pixel Art poster inspired in "In Vino Veritas" and music performance. I made the mask with recycled cardboard and markers.

◣ MORE INFO ◥
FESTIVAL NUEVAS BANDAS 2010
2010 - MASK & CHIPMUSIC ◢

FESTIVAL NUEVAS BANDAS

For this musical and visual Chipmusic performance in two electronic festivals. I created a mask inspired by and honoring the "Diablos de Yare", created with recycled cardboard, glue, paint and markers.

◣ VIDEOS ◥
assets

ASSETS & BOOKS

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◣ BUY THE BOOKS HERE ◥ for your family, friends or yourself.
SHOOT EM UP PACK
RETRO SHOOT EM UP [ASSETS]◢

RETRO SHOOT EM UP [ASSETS]

This pack is inspired in the NES era of shoot em up, using only 4 colors per sprite to give it that retro look.

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VOXEL UNIVERSE PACK
VOXEL UNIVERSE PACK [ASSETS]◢

VOXEL UNIVERSE PACK

A growing pack of lowpoly voxel objects, avatars and more. Check it out!

◣ FREE DOWNLOAD ◥
SIMPLE ICON PACK
SIMPLE ICON PACK [ASSETS]◢

SIMPLE ICON PACK

A growing pack of icons for any kind of uses.

◣ BUY ◥
PIXEL PATTERNS
PIXEL PATTERNS◢

PIXEL PATTERNS

A growing pack of patterns for any kind of uses.

◣ BUY ◥
Stranger Birds Vol.1 - Coloring Book for teens and adutls
Stranger Birds Vol.1: Coloring Books ◢

STRANGER BIRDS

Is a universe of imaginary birds with original designs and unique style that have evolved over the years. It is inspired by the amazing variety of birds that exist on our planet and this book is just a tribute to all those colorful birds that inhabit our surroundings.

◣ BUY NOW ◥
Monsters In Paper
Monsters in Paper: Coloring Books ◢

Monsters in Paper

Monsters in Paper (MIP) is a universe of cute little monsters, they are having a Halloween Party showing their best spooky spirit. 32 little MIPs are waiting for you!, to have a new colorful shiny costume. Have fun with your friends and family with the included Memory Game

◣ BUY NOW ◥
MY SUPER DAILY PLANNER
MY SUPER DAILY PLANNER [FREE] ◢

MY SUPER DAILY PLANNER

Daily planner for your health 😎, Check it out!

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