![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmSxJKbNx7e3Gg31SNEhCxha3pbjU7BfEmGmmNSa6qdpuu/image.png)

This post was definitely a long time in the making, but it all started when I read about @wanaf's post on the cryptoart that he made using a software called MagicVoxel (which you can download here: https://ephtracy.github.io/)

The software looks like this once you manage to install it and run it on your computer:
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdn4651A6oMVnKaqfD2siCpGS7Q49MWM4oFkYzydRsdHE/image.png) 

I don't know about you but I was pretty overwhelmed by it all, not only because I am not that great on the computer, but I am not even what you can consider to be an artist (despite being a UX designer by profession).

But I had been wanting to create something for the @ifc ever since I saw the nice leaderboard posts by @charisma777 and thought that it was missing something, and since I was never going to be able to draw anything like @yeszuzia I figured that pixel art was my best chance.

Then I came across @fabiyamada's posts and asked her about doing some tutorials on MagicVoxel so that I might be able to create something. Luckily she was such a nice person that it took no time for her to whip up something and post it:
https://steemit.com/magicavoxel/@fabiyamada/magicavoxel-tutorial-for-beginners-create-a-cute-kittycorn

After taking a look at her video and understanding the process a little bit better, I decided to have a go at it myself, but obviously starting with something that is more at my level. So I looked up some images of pixel art shield and found this:

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZ83aYS4rVPHXaJPPfXivuLDFt6PHf5dpdZCrreMKAmNu/image.png)
https://www.brik.co/blogs/pixel-art/161042631-link-shield-pixel-art

So it seem like if I just followed the outline then I can create something that looks like a shield, but instead of the crest I had to do something that resembled the IFC logo that @bitpizza designed in Round 14:

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmcep1ZRYeQrtay2RHqqsCWjsVdjr2PkUCMGoZppDCaPjG/image.png)
https://steemit.com/informationfinding/@bitpizza/information-finding-championship-season-1-round-14

So this was me hard at work on MagicVoxel... sorry I didn't capture all the stages of working, but it is a bit like playing with Lego and Microsoft Paint at the same time!

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZeNQVHmHZuwFNoqE5npbQFYmzAfsDujzqpVyE8rjwSTK/image.png)

Just to add to the realism of it all, I even added those things that you have on the back of the shields that you can put your arm through to hold it (okay, maybe I am getting a bit addicted to this program)!

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQGJfDA1zyDizpoEXgbcu4ZKc38iqYPRznRJzQfwjTZhx/image.png)

So there you have it! My first 'artistic' contribution to the Information Finding Championship, and how I think it can be used:

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQeu7T6bLpWFNgn4d7w7RSzTo4CkLcJihWS35CFwJiWLf/image.png)

What do you think? Does anyone else also want to have a go at creating a pixel art for a relic/artifact?

Also just tried to do the elixir bottle:
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdgFiE3RJsxLJAgiRhVXmTaKuFtGE6Bj4yToPwXSGUxV7/image.png)

With all its glorious 3D details:
![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmYHFhSXc2kg9v3ZD2UnLMugcdmBWKMCZayxyus6JRMTAy/image.png)

![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbHyAThYS5xCY8w5MmA3CBG3U3ExV5Zm8gYjf4Kdwnkv3/image.png)

Please also support the work of other Steemian artists that are making their work available and free to use on Steemit like @commons.art!