Inspired by the great TV show "X-Files" and their fantastic artwork & being thirsty as always. 

This is my first ever pixel graphic for the C64, live party pixeled at Comparade 2025.
Thanks OhLi for the feedback!

Enjoy on a real CRT :)!

Tools used: Albert Pixel Editor (https://www.albertpixels.com/).
Workstages saved with Albert and animated with Python (code by some fucking$%@@# AI on the Bing websearch page):

import imageio.v3 as iio
import os
# Specify the folder containing PNG files
png_dir = "./workstages"
images = []
# Read and sort PNG files
counter=0
for file_name in sorted(os.listdir(png_dir)):
   if file_name.endswith(".png"):
       file_path = os.path.join(png_dir, file_name)
       counter+=1
       if counter % 5 == 0:
           images.append(iio.imread(file_path))
# Save as GIF
output_path = "./the_becks-files.gif"
iio.imwrite(output_path, images, duration=1, loop=1) # Adjust duration as needed
print(f"GIF saved at {output_path}")