It’s Wednesday. The graphics capabilities of early-1980s home computers were basic, to put it kindly. My first machine, an Apple //e, could display just 16 colors. With extra hardware you could coax out a few more, but for the most part, those 16 were all you had to work with. I spent a lot of time creating graphics within those constraints back then and simply learned to adapt. I didn’t realize it at the time, but those limitations gave the artwork of that era a distinct character. Whether you call it pixelated or 8-bit, there’s no denying that graphics from that period have a style all their own.
Today the art form lives on with artists new and old embracing the style. Websites like Pixelart provide the tools and galleries for anyone interested.
Today I featured several animated winter scenes that I came across a few weeks ago. Click on any of the links below to check ’em out… and enjoy!
Pixel Art
It’s Wednesday. The graphics capabilities of early-1980s home computers were basic, to put it kindly. My first machine, an Apple //e, could display just 16 colors. With extra hardware you could coax out a few more, but for the most part, those 16 were all you had to work with. I spent a lot of time creating graphics within those constraints back then and simply learned to adapt. I didn’t realize it at the time, but those limitations gave the artwork of that era a distinct character. Whether you call it pixelated or 8-bit, there’s no denying that graphics from that period have a style all their own.
Today the art form lives on with artists new and old embracing the style. Websites like Pixelart provide the tools and galleries for anyone interested.
Today I featured several animated winter scenes that I came across a few weeks ago. Click on any of the links below to check ’em out… and enjoy!
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