John-Mahoney-BAGDY1: Another Art Movement to Note

The limitations of the Sega Megadrive meant that all artwork had to be pixel art.

Pixel Art Movement
Being a fan of older games like Sonic the Hedgehog, Toe jam & Earl and Streets of Rage, I have always had an interest in pixel art.

I have always liked the precision of pixel art and that it is an art movement inspired by limitations.
I would like to be able create pixel art which I could use in a game, but doing so is a lot harder than I first thought. Getting exact curves and shapes by using pixels and getting the perfect looking piece of the art (even just a flower in a large picture of a meadow) is very time consuming, editing individual pixels to get it just right.

The phrase "pixel art" was first used by two members of the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1982. However, it was first referenced in 1972, ten years earlier that the phrase came about.

To create pixel art, you must use raster graphics software, which creates a grid (also known as a matrix) and allows you to clearly see the different pixels you can edit.

Older forms of art, such as classic cross stitching is similar to pixel art, but is physical, not on a computer screen.