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Vol. 1 - Heads · Vol. 2 - Bodies & More

Punk Building Block Series Vol. 1 - Heads

Basic Punk Series (24×24)

Formerly known as Original Matt & John's® CryptoPunks

Humans (m/f) - 4 skin tones (albino/light/mid/dark)

Humans (m/f) - 10 (dr. ellis) monk¹ skin tones (01/02/03/04/05/06/07/08/09/10)

¹: See Skin Tone Research @ Google A.I. for background reading.

Humans (m/f) - 20 more skin tones

Humans (m/f) - more skin tones (cont.)

More - Zombies (m/f) , Apes (m/f), , Aliens (m/f) .

Bonus: Marcs - Human (m) , Zombie (m) , Apes (m) , Aliens (m) , Demons (m) , Orc (m) , Skeleton (m) .

Attributes (by category and a-z):

• Hat - Bandana (m/f) , Beanie (m/f) , Cap (m/f) , Cap Forward (m/f) , Cowboy Hat (m/f) , Do-rag (m/f) , Fedora (m/f) , Headband (m/f) , Knitted Cap (m/f) , Pilot Helmet (m/f) , Police Cap (m/f) , Tassle Hat (m/f) , Tiara (m/f) , Top Hat (m/f)
• Hair - Blonde Bob (m/f) , Blonde Short (m/f) , Clown Hair Green (m/f) , Crazy Hair (m/f) , Dark Hair (m/f) , Frumpy Hair (m/f) , Half Shaved (m/f) , Messy Hair (m/f) , Mohawk (m/f) , Mohawk Dark (m/f) , Mohawk Thin (m/f) , Orange Side (m/f) , Peak Spike (m/f) , Pigtails (m/f) , Purple Hair (m/f) , Red Mohawk (m/f) , Shaved Head (m/f) , Straight Hair (m/f) , Straight Hair Blonde (m/f) , Straight Hair Dark (m/f) , Stringy Hair (m/f) , Vampire Hair (m/f) , Wild Blonde (m/f) , Wild Hair (m/f) , Wild White Hair (m/f)
• (Hair+Hat) Combo - Black With Headband (m/f) , Pink With Hat (m/f)
• Eyes - 3D Glasses (m/f) , Big Shades (m/f) , Classic Shades (m/f) , Eye Mask (m/f) , Eye Patch (m/f) , Horned Rim Glasses (m/f) , Nerd Glasses (m/f) , Regular Shades (m/f) , Small Shades (m/f) , VR (m/f) , Welding Goggles (m/f)
• Eyes (Makeup) - Blue Eye Shadow (f) , Clown Eyes Blue (m/f) , Clown Eyes Green (m/f) , Green Eye Shadow (f) , Purple Eye Shadow (f)
• Blemishes - Mole (m/f) , Rosy Cheeks (m/f) , Spots (m/f)
• Nose - Clown Nose (m/f) , Piercing (m/f)
• Ears - Earring (m/f)
• Mouth (Teeth) - Buck Teeth (m)
• Mouth (Emotion) - Frown (m) , Smile (m)
• Mouth (Makeup) - Black Lipstick (f) , Hot Lipstick (f) , Purple Lipstick (f)
• Mouth Prop - Cigarette (m/f) , Gas Mask (m/f) , Medical Mask (m/f) , Pipe (m/f) , Vape (m/f)
• Beard - Big Beard (m) , Chinstrap (m) , Front Beard (m) , Goat (m) , Handlebars (m) , Luxurious Beard (m) , Messy Beard (m) , Mustache (m) , Muttonchops (m) , Normal Beard (m) , Shadow Beard (m) , Short Beard (m)
• Neck Accessory - Choker (m/f) , Gold Chain (m/f) , Silver Chain (m/f)
• Clothes - Hoodie (m/f)

Unisize Punk(ette) Series (24×24)

"Upsized" female archetypes to the same size / dimensions (with same eyes/nose/mouth/ear positions) as male archetypes

Humans (f) , Zombies (f), , Apes (f), , Aliens (f) .

Attributes¹ (by category and a-z):

• Hair - Blonde Bob (f) , Crazy Hair (f) , Wild Hair (f)
• Eyes (Makeup) - Green Eye Shadow (f)

¹: "Upsized" (female only) from the basic series

Faceless Punk Series (24×24)

Unisize & unisex archetypes from scratch / zero. Add your own eyebrows / eyes / nose / mouth

Humans (u) .

Attributes (by category and a-z):

• Eyebrows - Eyebrows (u)
• Eyes - Eyes (u)
• Nose - Nose (u) , Nose Small (u)
• Mouth - Mouth (u) , Mouth Darker/Dark/Light (f)
• Mouth (Emotion) - Smile Darker/Dark/Light (f)

1-Bit (Black & White) Punk Series (24×24)

1-bit punks in black & white pixels

Humans (u) , Alien (u) , Demon (u) , Frankenstein (u) , Orc (u) , Robot (u) , Vampire (u) .

Attributes (by category and a-z):

• Hats - Bandana (u) , Beanie (u) , Cap (u) , Cap Forward (u) , Cowboy Hat (u) , Fedora (u) , Headband (u) , Knitted Cap (u) , Police Cap (u) , Sanata Hat (u) , Sun Hat (u) , Top Hat (u/f)
• Hair - Crazy Hair (u) , Frumpy Hair (u) , Messy Hair (u) , Mohawk (u) , Peak Spike (u)
• Eyes (Eyewear) - 3D Glasses (u) , Regular Shades (u) , Small Shades (u) , VR (u)
• Eyes - Alien Eyes (u) , Clown Eyes (u) , Eyes (u) , Heart Eyes (u) , Laser Eyes (u) , Orc Eyes (u) , Robot Eyes (u) , Scream Eyes (u) , Skeleton Eyes (u) , Zombie Eyes (u)
• Nose - Ape Nose (u) , Clown Nose (u) , Nose (u) , Nose Small (u) , Nose Up (u) , Nose Up Big (u) , Orc Nose (u)
• Ear - Earring (u)
• Blemishes - Spots (u)
• Mouth - Mouth (u) , Mouth Big (u) , Orc Mouth (u) , Orc Mouth Small (u) , Robot Mouth (u) , Scream Mouth (u) , Skeleton Mouth (u) , Vampire Mouth (u) , Vampire Mouth Small (u) , Zombie Mouth (u)
• Mouth (Emotion) - Frown (u) , Smile (u) , Smile Big (u)
• Mouth Prop - Bubble Gum (u) , Cigrarette (u) , Medical Mask (u) , Pipe (u)
• Misc - Ape Front (u)
• Clothes - Bear Hood (u)

All Natural Punk Series (24×24)

More skin is the new black

Human (male/female) , Alien (male) , Ape (male) , Zombie (male) , Skeleton (male) , Demon (male)

More Series (24×24)

New hat, eyes, ears & more

Attributes (by category and a-z):

• Hat - Birthday Hat (m/f) , Bow (f) , Crown (m/f) , Flowers (f) , Headbands (m) , Jester Hat (m/f) , Santa Hat (m/f) , Sombrero¹ (m/f) , Sun Hat (m/f) , Superhero Tiara (f) Viking Helmet (m/f) , Winter Hat (m/f) , Wizard Hat (m)
• Eyes - Heart Shades (m/f) , Laser Eyes (m/f) , Laser Eyes Gold (m/f) , Laser Eyes Blue (m) , Ski Googles (m/f) , Tears (m/f)
• Eyes (Makeup) - Clown Eyes Purple (m/f)
• Nose - Clown Nose Blue (m/f) , Clown Nose Green (m/f)
• Ears - Silver Earring (m/f)
• (Covid) Masks - White (m/f) , Yellow (m/f) , Pink (m/f) , Rainbow (m/f) , Blue (m/f) , Black (m/f) , Cloth White (m/f) , Cloth Green (m/f) , Cloth Orange (m/f) , Cloth Red (m/f) , Cloth Brown (m/f) , Cloth Purple (m/f) , Cloth Blue (m/f) , KN-95 (m/f) , KN-95 Yellow (m/f) , KN-95 Black (m/f)
• Mouth (Makeup) - Pink Lipstick (f) , Red Lipstick (f)
• Mouth Prop - Bubble Gum (m/f) , Cigar (m/f)
• Neck Accessory - Gold Diamond Necklace (m/f)
• Clothes - Bear Hood (m/f) , Frog Hood (m/f)

¹: Alternative to the int'l headwear series

More Hair Style & Color Series (24×24)

Is orange the new black? Is white the new blonde?

Afro (m/f)

Big (m/f)

Bob (f)

Buzz Cut (m/f)

Clown (m/f)

Crazy (m/f)

Faux Hawk (m)

Frumpy (m/f)

Half Shaved (f)

Heart (f)

Long (m)

Long Curly (f)

Messy (m/f)

Mohawk (m/f)

Peak Spike (m)

Pigtails (f)

Pixie (f)

Short (m/f)

Side (f)

Straight 1 (f)

Straight 2 (f)

Stringy (m/f)

Widow's Peak (m)

Wild 1 (m/f)

Wild 2 (f)

Wild 3 (f)

More

Style 1 (m/f)

Style 2 (f)

Style 3 (f)

Rainbow Series (24×24)

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet

Rainbow Hair (m/f)

Wall Street Bets Series (24×24)

Power to the punks

Hair

Int'l Headwear Series (24×24)

New international headwear from around the world

Australian Cork Hat (m/f) , Ayam (m/f) , Bamboo Hat (m/f) , Baseball Cap (m/f) , Bear Skin (m/f) , Beer Bong (m/f) , Beret (m/f) , Boater (m/f) , Bororo (m/f) , Chichak Helmet (m/f) , Chinese Landlords Hat (m/f) , Chullo (m/f) , Fedora¹ (m/f) , Fez (m/f) , Fisherman Cap (m/f) , Flamenco Hat (m/f) , Flower Crown (m/f) , Gat (m/f) , Gaucho (m/f) , Hennin (m/f) , Isicholo (m/f) , Jaapi (m/f) , Keffiyeh (m/f) , Krakowiak (m/f) , Misango Cap (m/f) , Newsboy Cap (m) , Panama Hat (m/f) , Rasta (m/f) , Royal Cocktail Hat (f) , Sibenik (m/f) , Sombrero (m/f) , Tam-O-Shanter (m/f) , Trapper Hat (m/f) , Tuque (m/f) , Turban (m/f) , Tyrolean (m/f) , Ushanka (m/f) , Viking Hat (m/f)

Saudis - Shemagh (& Agal) (m) , Niquab (f)

Jews - Hats (m)

¹: Alternatives to the basic series

Planet of the Apes Series (24×24)

The rise of more new punk apes

Ape (male,/female) ¹ - , Ape Zombie (male) , Ape Alien (male)

¹: From the basic series

More Species Series (24×24)

New species

Demon (male / female) , Vampire (male / female) , Orc (male / female) , Ghost (male / female) , Skeleton (male / female) , Mummy (male / female) , Robot (male / female) , Joker (male / female) , Jack-O-Lantern (male / female) , Scream (male / female) , Frankenstein (male / female)

Cyborgs (male / female) , Metal (male / female ) , Ape (male) , Metal (male)

Gold(en) Series (24×24)

Super-rare gold(en) punks in three variants (shiny, metallic, dark)

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Alien Invasion Series (24×24)

Aliens in more colors (by degree on the HSL color wheel)

Aliens (Male/Female) in red (0°), orange (30°), yellow (60°), yellow green (90°), green (120°), cyan green (°150), cyan (°180), cyan blue (°210), blue (°240), violet (°270), magenta (°300) and red magenta (°330).

Alien Apes (Male)

All Caps Series (24×24)

(Baseball) caps in more colors (by degree on the HSL color wheel)

Caps in red (0°), orange (30°), yellow (60°), yellow green (90°), green (120°), cyan green (°150), cyan (°180), cyan blue (°210), blue (240°), violet (°270), magenta (°300) and red magenta (°330).

Fast Food Series (24×24)

(Baseball) caps & more in fast food chain styles & colors

• Caps - Baskin-Robbins (m/f) , Burger King (m/f) , White Castle (m/f) , Domino's Pizza (m/f) , Dunkin' Donuts (m/f) , Pizza Hut (m/f) , Jack in the Box (m/f) , Kentucky Fried Chicken (m/f) , McDonald's (m/f) , Subway (m/f) , Wendy's (m/f)
• Cowboy Hats - McDonald's (m)
• Safari Hats - Kentucky Fried Chicken (m)
• Bucket Hats - McDonald's (m)
• Crowns - Burger King (m)

World of Women Series (24×24)

New skin tones, new eye colors, new lipsticks

Skin Tones (Classic Series) - Light Warm Olive , Medium Olive , Medium Gold , Deep Warm Gold , Deep Bronze , Deep Neutral , Golden , Burning Red , Cyper Green , Cool Blue , Night Goddess

Skin Tones II (Big Eyes Series) -

Skin Tones III (Natural Series) -

Eyes - Blue , Purple , Brown , Green

Lipsticks - Party Pink , Passion Red , Burgundy ,

Normie Series (24×24)

Left-facing? Right-facing? Normie designs use the golden middle. Male? Female? Non-binary? Normie designs are unisex

Human , Alien , Ape , Zombie , Demon , Skeleton

Doge Series (24×24)

Shiba Inu dogs - Much wow

Classic , Dark , Alien , Zombie

Attributes (by category and a-z):

• Hat - Bandana , Beanie , Cap , Cap Forward , Cowboy Hat , Fedora , Headband , Knitted Cap , Tiara , Top Hat
• Hair - Crazy Hair
• Eyes - 3D Glasses , Big Shades , Classic Shades , Eye Patch , Nerd Glasses , Regular Shades , Small Shades

DIY (Do-It-Yourself) - Yes, You Can! Design Your Own Punks Using the Punk (Building) Blocks

Use the free ImageMagick tools to make your own punks.

Alien with Cap Forward, Small Shades & Pipe

Let's make punk #7804 - a super rare alien with a capforward , smallshades and a pipe from scratch:

$ magick convert alien-male.png \
                 capforward.png \
                 smallshades.png \
                 pipe.png \
         -background none -flatten punk7804.png

Now open up the new punk7804.png. Enjoy your million-dollar punk look-a-alike. Yes, it's a 100% true authentic pixel copy original.

Zooming In - 2x, 4x

Scale up the image by doubling the pixels (that is, use the -filter point option). Let's try 2x (that is, 200%):

$ magick convert punk7804.png \
         -filter point -resize 200% [email protected]

And 4x (that is, 400%):

$ magick convert punk7804.png \
         -filter point -resize 400% [email protected]

Why stop? Let's add a smile !

$ magick convert punk7804.png \
                 smile-alien.png \
         -background none -flatten punk7804_smile.png

2x, 4x:

Try the natural version :

2x, 4x:

Alien Invasion

Let's try the green (120°) variant. Let's make - a super rare alien with a capforward , smallshades and a pipe from scratch:

$ magick convert alien-male_120.png \
                 capforward.png \
                 smallshades.png \
                 pipe.png \
         -background none -flatten punk7804_120.png

2x, 4x:

Or try the 90° variant - alien-male_90.png:

2x, 4x:

Or 150° - alien-male_150.png:

2x, 4x:

Alien with Cap

Let's make punk #2890 - another super rare alien with a cap from scratch:

$ magick convert alien-male.png \
                 cap.png \
         -background none -flatten punk2890.png

2x, 4x:

Try the natural version :

2x, 4x:

All Caps

Let's try the red (0°) variant. Let's make - a super rare alien with a cap from scratch:

$ magick convert alien-male.png \
                 cap_0.png \
         -background none -flatten punk2890_0.png

2x, 4x:

Or try the blue (240°) variant - cap_240.png:

2x, 4x:

Humans with Cap

Or let's make a (light skintone) human punk with a red (0°) cap and a smile from scratch:

$ magick convert human-male_light.png \
                 cap_0.png \
                 smile.png \
         -background none -flatten human_light.png

2x, 4x:

Or try the dark skintone variant - human-male_dark.png - with a green (120°) cap - cap_120.png:

2x, 4x:

Doge Shiba Inu - Much Wow

Let's make a doge punk - a super rare alien with a headband from scratch:

$ magick convert alien.png \
                 headband.png \
         -background none -flatten doge3100.png

2x, 4x:

Or let's make a zombie with a knitted cap from scratch:

$ magick convert zombie_notop.png \
                 knittedcap.png \
         -background none -flatten doge2066.png

2x, 4x:

Or let's make a classic with a 3d glasses from scratch:

$ magick convert classic.png \
                 3dglasses.png \
         -background none -flatten doge_3dglasses.png

2x, 4x:

And so on. Yes, you can.

Bonus - ImageMagick Special Effects

Use the free ImageMagick tools to script special effects (on the command line).

Polaroid-Like Photos

Let's start with a "plain vanilla" punk, that is, #2890 and let's use the 4x (96×96) version and turn it into a captioned polaroid-like photo:

$ magick convert punk2890x4.png \
          -gravity center -set caption "Punk #2890" \
          -caption '%c' \
          -border 5x5 \
          -bordercolor AliceBlue -background black  +polaroid \
          polaroid2890.png

And let's try some more:

Magnify 2x, 3x 4x with (Smooth) Pixel Art Scaling Algorithm

Let's start with a "plain vanilla" punk, that is, #2890 and let's use 2x magnified (48×48) version using a (smooth) pixel art scaling algorithm¹):

Note¹: ImageMagic uses the scale2x algorithm

$ magick convert punk2890.png \
          -magnify \
          [email protected]

And doubling again (4x):

$ magick convert punk2890.png \
          -magnify -magnify \
          [email protected]

And doubling again (8x):

$ magick convert punk2890.png \
          -magnify -magnify -magnify \
          [email protected]

And let's try some more:

Power Tip - Let's retry with the high quality scale (hqx) pixel art scaling algorithm family in the 2x, 3x and 4x variants.

Note: A free ImageMagick tools installation gets you a copy of ffmpeg. Let's try:

$ ffmpeg -i punk2890.png \
          -filter_complex hqx=2 \
          [email protected]

And 3x:

$ ffmpeg -i punk2890.png \
          -filter_complex hqx=3 \
          [email protected]

And 4x:

$ ffmpeg -i punk2890.png \
          -filter_complex hqx=4 \
          [email protected]

And let's try some more:

And so on. Yes, you can.

Questions? Comments?

Post them on the D.I.Y. Punk (Pixel) Art reddit. Thanks.