← Back to context Comment by andra_nl 6 months ago Will "Retro art" do? 4 comments andra_nl Reply archy_ 6 months ago Low-res cel shading would be a better descriptor. It lends itself to looking like pixel art when zoomed out, but cel shading when zoomed in. echelon 6 months ago No. Lean into "pixel art".Hot take: "photo realistic" is just a style.If it doesn't exist and wasn't taken with a camera, then "photo realistic" is just the name of the style.Same with "pixel art", "water color", and everything else. marcd35 6 months ago pixel art 2.0still respects what it is but clearly differentiates itself as something new echelon 6 months ago That'd be like calling photography "painting 2.0".One day the majority of pixel art in the world, and indeed even photoreal photos, will be generated.We'll call it pixel art even if the original motivation is gone.
archy_ 6 months ago Low-res cel shading would be a better descriptor. It lends itself to looking like pixel art when zoomed out, but cel shading when zoomed in.
echelon 6 months ago No. Lean into "pixel art".Hot take: "photo realistic" is just a style.If it doesn't exist and wasn't taken with a camera, then "photo realistic" is just the name of the style.Same with "pixel art", "water color", and everything else. marcd35 6 months ago pixel art 2.0still respects what it is but clearly differentiates itself as something new echelon 6 months ago That'd be like calling photography "painting 2.0".One day the majority of pixel art in the world, and indeed even photoreal photos, will be generated.We'll call it pixel art even if the original motivation is gone.
marcd35 6 months ago pixel art 2.0still respects what it is but clearly differentiates itself as something new echelon 6 months ago That'd be like calling photography "painting 2.0".One day the majority of pixel art in the world, and indeed even photoreal photos, will be generated.We'll call it pixel art even if the original motivation is gone.
echelon 6 months ago That'd be like calling photography "painting 2.0".One day the majority of pixel art in the world, and indeed even photoreal photos, will be generated.We'll call it pixel art even if the original motivation is gone.
Low-res cel shading would be a better descriptor. It lends itself to looking like pixel art when zoomed out, but cel shading when zoomed in.
No. Lean into "pixel art".
Hot take: "photo realistic" is just a style.
If it doesn't exist and wasn't taken with a camera, then "photo realistic" is just the name of the style.
Same with "pixel art", "water color", and everything else.
pixel art 2.0
still respects what it is but clearly differentiates itself as something new
That'd be like calling photography "painting 2.0".
One day the majority of pixel art in the world, and indeed even photoreal photos, will be generated.
We'll call it pixel art even if the original motivation is gone.