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Pixelart means that ever pixel is chosen individually and specifically, over any other pixel. If you palette is 16 million colours, this becomes impractical.

Pixelart means that ever pixel is chosen individually and specifically, over any other pixel. If you palette is 16 million colours, this becomes impractical. In a given situation, which of #e6fc04 and #e7fc04 is the better choice? Is there even a difference? So you have to have a constrained palette, which more-or-less precludes any sort of antialiasing. For my part, I have only ever seen one piece of antialised pixelart: the chain holding the elevator in the video game celeste. It looked awful.

edjroot 6y ago
> you have to have a constrained palette, which more-or-less precludes any sort of antialiasing > I have only ever seen one piece of antialised pixelart You haven't seen a lot of pixel art then. Just visit Pixel Joint [1] (a well-known community) and on the homepage (which is updated all the time) you'll already see a few. One of the most distinguished members even has a popular "tutorial" [2] that discusses this and other techniques. If you're interested, there's also Pixelation [3], a community where people discuss techniques in depth. In short, anti-aliasing can be done by hand and using a low color count. There's also "index painting", something that many "hardcore" pixel artists consider cheating, but which creates the style without manual work [4]. The point others make is true, though: The sharpness of newer screens ultimately reduces their visual appeal (although there are people who actually prefer them). [1] https://pixeljoint.com https://pixeljoint.com [2] https://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299&PID=139320#139320 https://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299&PID=1... [3] https://pixelation.org https://pixelation.org [4] http://danfessler.com/blog/hd-index-painting-in-photoshop http://danfessler.com/blog/hd-index-painting-in-photoshop

edjroot 6y ago

> you have to have a constrained palette, which more-or-less precludes any sort of antialiasing > I have only ever seen one piece of antialised pixelart You haven't seen a lot of pixel art then. Just visit Pixel Joint [1] (a well-known community) and on the homepage (which is updated all the time) you'll already see a few. One of the most distinguished members even has a popular "tutorial" [2] that discusses this and other techniques. If you're interested, there's also Pixelation [3], a community where people discuss techniques in depth. In short, anti-aliasing can be done by hand and using a low color count. There's also "index painting", something that many "hardcore" pixel artists consider cheating, but which creates the style without manual work [4]. The point others make is true, though: The sharpness of newer screens ultimately reduces their visual appeal (although there are people who actually prefer them). [1] https://pixeljoint.com https://pixeljoint.com [2] https://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299&PID=139320#139320 https://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11299&PID=1... [3] https://pixelation.org https://pixelation.org [4] http://danfessler.com/blog/hd-index-painting-in-photoshop http://danfessler.com/blog/hd-index-painting-in-photoshop