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I think the objectivity here is that it is what the artist intended. Not true anymore for modern pixel art, which is often an art style intended for modern dis
by GuB-42 2y ago
I think the objectivity here is that it is what the artist intended.
Not true anymore for modern pixel art, which is often an art style intended for modern displays, and it is sometimes combined with high resolution images and transforms.
- hombre_fatal 2y agoThat's an often repeated claim people make about pixel art and CRT monitors esp on social media, but I think it's just a trite bite that sounds good rather than something that's meaningful. Example: https://x.com/kitten_beloved/status/1849159022479577277 https://x.com/kitten_beloved/status/1849159022479577277 Plenty of people debunking it including the person she took the screenshots from.
- crtasm 2y ago>including the person she took the screenshots from. who is that in the thread please? I can't find them
- wtallis 2y agoSee https://x.com/Ian_Fisch/status/1820897215432233186 https://x.com/Ian_Fisch/status/1820897215432233186
- djmips 2y agoThat doesn't debunk it at all - but some good points were made. Note that the artists of the day were also using CRT displays just higher resolutions. They certainly did test their work on the target. Some people obviously did more tweaking based on what they saw on the target machine and some less. This continues to this day.
- crtasm 2y agoThat's a screenshot of a video made by tiktok user "mylifeisanrpg". I don't know where the image of the sprites came from but Fisch doesn't say he made it.
- recursive 2y agoIf we had an artist's statement of intent for a particular piece, that might be a reasonable argument.
- dumah 2y agoWe don’t need a statement of intent because we have historical records of their work process simultaneously using both TV and computer displays.
- rejschaap 2y agoYeah, it's just not your grandmother's pixel art anymore
- BobaFloutist 2y ago"Objectively the artists intended the art to be viewed on a CRT" is a very different statement than "Objectively the art looks better on a CRT"