gloriouscowtweaked the palettes a bit, here are three pixel-art computers so far
credits for the 3d models used as a base reference:
pcjr and tandy 1000: freepoly.org
https://www.freepoly.org/portfolio-1/ibm-tandy-1000
https://www.freepoly.org/portfolio-1/ibm-pcjr-4863-computer
ibm 5150: denisstephane https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/ibm-pc-xt-5150-556af16d476d4144bab11ed744a849e6
i license these as CC BY 4
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.en
basically do whatever you want with them as long as you give me credit.
\~Rye~/ ┴┬┴┤( ͡° ͜ʖ├┬┴┬@gloriouscow what do you use to make your pixel art
@rye these were made with blender, photoshop and aseprite
I take a 3d model of the computer in blender, with an orthographic camera at 60 degrees (this gives the 1:2 pixel ratio typical of isometric pixel art, but isn't actually isometric in 3d space, technically...)
@rye then I render to a layer using Freestyle with sampling set to 1 for 0 antialiasing.
You can get a lot better result than this if you spend some time tweaking the settings, but since I'm going to paint over every pixel of the image it doesn't really matter as long as I have enough to define the contours of things
My Aseprite project looks like this, I divide the computers up between monitor and case, so i can maybe mix and match (it also helps me define a shadow beneath the monitor)
Thommy@gloriouscow I can just picture standing in front of one, pressing A, and its screen lighting up and the surrounding area getting slightly lighter, and being excited that I might be able to finally unlock something... then find out I need to find a floppy first.
@thomasjwebb well if you turn the first one on, you can always play around in ROM Basic!
@gloriouscow oh yeah I was just thinking, it needs to actually present you with a prompt. Maybe after you find the floppy, you still have to change to A: and run the executable.
@thomasjwebb I should make a little pixel floppy disk you can put in
Fritz Adaliswhich one would you pick
@gloriouscow @nina_kali_nina
With what I know now, between these three? The Tandy. At the time I was still into Franklin/Apple and then I built a clone 286.
With what I know now, between these three? The Tandy. At the time I was still into Franklin/Apple and then I built a clone 286.
yeah it's a little unfair to the PCjr. As much as I love the 5150 I'd have to give it to the Tandy as well
grasshopper@gloriouscow wow! Awesome, this is sooo pleasant to see 👏
silverwizard@gloriouscow wow these are badass
Aaron Giles@gloriouscow Yay, my beloved PCjr. Nicely done!
@aaronsgiles these are hopefully going to be used in the machine configurator in MartyPC... they are the three primary machines I currently emulate
Miakoda 
@gloriouscow I wish computers had kept this aesthetic. Sure, LCD, and not 100lbs... but bring back this look!
@hellomiakoda Silverstone made some retro cases recently..
https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/computer-chassis/flp01/
https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/computer-chassis/flp02/
@gloriouscow They're beautiful!