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I may not understand what you mean by dithering. The 2nd picture https://www.lexaloffle.com/media/1/44_m7kenji_2019.jpg https://www.lexaloffle.com/media/1/44_m

I may not understand what you mean by dithering. The 2nd picture https://www.lexaloffle.com/media/1/44_m7kenji_2019.jpg https://www.lexaloffle.com/media/1/44_m7kenji_2019.jpg has plenty of dithering to give shading effects, so it seems to me. There's lots of 'chessboarding'. Look at the tulips for example, isn't that dithering? Also it's done to soften some edges using white/light grey, though there's less of that that I can see.

arexxbifs 6y ago
That's dithering, absolutely. It fits well with the overall theme of the picture as well, which seems to be some kind of stylized Game Boy vibe. In a lot of new pixel pieces I see, that's about where it stops. In the hands of a skilled pixel artist it can be used to extend color ramps, add texture, build depth, etc. In this picture[0], exocet not only uses dithering to really stretch a limited palette of six values for the skin tones, it's even used for little easter eggs (find the heart!). An extreme example, of course, but still highly enjoyable IMO. [0] https://demozoo.org/graphics/56253/ https://demozoo.org/graphics/56253/