Pixel art relies on specific pixels being colored or defined in ways that a vectorized representation would never render to. In other words, it often looks bad,

Pixel art relies on specific pixels being colored or defined in ways that a vectorized representation would never render to. In other words, it often looks bad, especially at lower resolutions (which is the whole esthetic of pixel art). This article has some good examples of vector icons not holding up well compared to their "hand crafted" pixel counterparts https://www.pushing-pixels.org/2011/11/04/about-those-vector-icons.html https://www.pushing-pixels.org/2011/11/04/about-those-vector...