Pixel - A pixel art documentary

http://www.simoncottee.com/
An 11 minute documentary exploring the merits and impact of pixel art, animation and chiptune music.

Interviews with:
Jason Rohrer, Joe Brumm and Alex Yabsley
By Simon Cottee
http://simoncottee.blogspot.com/
Music from http://8bitcollective.com/

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• dan
• the
• man
• joe
• brumm
• jason
• rohrer
• dot.ay
• alex
• yabsley
• pixel
• art
• animation
• aesthetic
• chiptune
• chip
• music
• 8bit
• documentary
• nes
• snes
• sega
• atari
• sprites

[lisn92]

hmm pixels are created digitally, but when miyamoto was thinking how to make super mario he drew them on paper first, so tbh you can make pixel art with out a computer, you can draw a grid and use shading or colours for different pixels, i mean im doing that right now im my fine arts class, im looking at miyamoto and what motivated him into making the characters that he made and why he made them

[lavalevel]

@lisn92 It's no longer made using pixels. Like if you draw a picture of a stone statue it isn't made of stone. That stuff is a extension of pixel art, which I do find really awesome though. Miyamoto made Mario the way he is because of pixels, not because he likes the blocky asthetic, he didn't have a choice.

[glacko2021]

Just a bunch of hipsters with the wrong ideas about everything liking something only because they think it's old.

[Protomanbeawsome]

@cristianceron1989

I understand art I am just not good at it

[Protomanbeawsome]

@cristianceron1989

I am not good at drawing at all,but I think I can ,better create images on a computer

using small multi-colored squares

[cristianceron1989]

@Protomanbeawsome software doesn't matter, but a good software for pixel art it's graphics gale.

Software can't teach you perspective, color theory, tonal values, anatomy. Which are more important to know to make images than the software used.

If you can't make good images with paper, ink, pencil and color pencils, photoshop can't help too much.

[Protomanbeawsome]

I really wanna try pixel art if anyone knows a prorgram that I can download

please tell me.

[wateverwill]

great documentary, that end compilation was quite teary :')

[machimetalthor]

Mona Lisa 1956?

[DreamIn8bit]

@Savaril ha ha, programmer lol

[HeManPerson]

It's not 11:00 mins. it's 10:59!!!!!

[TigerFallOut]

<3 harry potter

[UnStableProgrammer]

Amazing, creative, and overall well done documentary.