Crisp pixel art and new pixel art techniques allow artists to make artwork for different display types. Illustration by castpixel ( Christina-Antoinette Neofotistou ) Clever game designers of yore ...

Pixel art is a staple of the industry, going back to the NES era. For more than a decade, this visual style defined the gaming industry, with Nintendo and Sega's early consoles making great use of ...

Fascinating research from Microsoft’s Johannes Kopf and Dani Lischinski of The Hebrew University has produced an algorithm that is remarkably good at turning 8-bit pixel art into shaded, smooth ...