300 famous characters, done in 8-bit style by pixel art god Paul Robertson. By William Hughes ... But lately, the artist has been dabbling in 8-bit, soft-edged pastels, ...

GungHo Online Entertainment has announced its latest venture, Disney Pixel RPG, an 8-bit adventure game that brings together a host… Continue reading Disney Pixel RPG unites classic characters ...

Old style, new audience. The appeal of pixel art and simpler, 8-bit style games was so great for Richard Grillotti and Miles Tilmann that the two decided to form a studio devoted solely to ...

Or, in the case of one Brazilian design firm's favorite pastime: Rendering the heroes of your youth to look like 8-bit videogame characters. "Pixel art was heavily used during the '80s and '90s ...

8-Bit Pixel Art Inspires Geeky Kitchen Gear Cameron Oehler learned about woodworking from his cabinet maker father, but also has a deeply ingrained passion for video games and digital culture.

Barcelona-based illustrator Octavi Navarro puts a modern twist on the video games of the 1980s and 1990s with his Tumblr Pixels, Huh? Those old 8-bit games never looked so good.

Depixelizing Pixel Art: Upscaling Retro 8-bit Games At long last, we might be able to play Super Mario Bros. on a big screen without stretching our beloved plumber's pixels to breaking point.

Pixel art requires a certain kind of skill: you not only have to be skilled as an artist, but also patient enough to create an image block-by-block. It’s time-consuming work, which makes it less ...

Fascinating research from Microsoft’s Johannes Kopf and Dani Lischinski of The Hebrew University has produced an algorithm that is remarkably good at turning 8-bit pixel art into shaded, smooth ...

Depixelizing Pixel Art: Upscaling Retro 8-bit Games At long last, we might be able to play Super Mario Bros. on a big screen without stretching our beloved plumber's pixels to breaking point. By ...