Something is enduring about pixel art that keeps drawing us back. A handful of coloured squares shouldn’t have much power, ...

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The ‘CRT Effect’ myth says that the reason why pixel art of old games looked so much better is due to the smoothing and blending effects of cathode-ray tube (CRT) displays, which were everywhere until ...

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Game Frame comes with art from the much-adored pixel artist eBoy, while PIXEL comes with art from 10 different artists. PIXEL has a higher resolution (1024 pixels vs. Game Frame’s 256), but Game Frame ...

Pixel art is digital art in which an image is drawn using pixels as the only building blocks. It was traditionally used by developers to create images with limited computer resources. It is also used ...

Pixel art has experienced a revival. In this type of digital illustration, reminiscent of early video games, images are pieced together mosaic-style using tiny blocks of color. Popular games like ...