Soul, I agree that graphics programs have made pixel art somewhat obselete in a commercial graphical sense, but I think pixel art still remains as a hobby. A respectful hobby at that. Its just like paying more for a hand-woven blanket. Additionally, sometimes you can achieve a certain look with pixel art that just looks overdone when you use a superior brush program. Graal for instance... the bodies, the heads, etc., are all too small of a graphic to even worry about using something like PSP, let alone you can achieve exactly what you want by going pixel by pixel. Skill itself in pixel art is based on knowledge of perspective and light, so if you refer to time as the major consumption of pixel art then that time has to be applied to learning the skill too. I've seen people put in an hour flat to make some of the most terrible graphics ever (not saying I am biased to certain styles, its just... those people weren't developed in graphics). Most of what the graphics programs do for you are what you have to learn to do manually in pixel art, so in knowledge being skill, there is more to it than meets the eye. I'm not saying the people that use advanced programs are bad at graphics either. What I have implied however, is the fact that there are people that jump right to those programs and have no idea how their image comes along in an up close and personal manner. For sake of posting, i'll throw on some various Atrius stuff. Oh and, I have a few acrylic paintings on
http://www.freewebs.com/gospo if you are interested in that kind of work.
03-30-2005, 06:30 PM
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