/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2778698
it's really not the precursor to pixel art, he doesn't even use a regular grid most of the time. it's just geometric. and pixel art has nothing to do with "getting" mondrian

pic related is a direct analog to pixel art that predates both the computer and mondrian (c.1785)

>>2636226
better image
c. 1875

>>2528958
only some mosaics fit the definition, stuff that is organized according to a grid, which is mostly tile work in the ancient world and stuff intentionally designed to look like pixel art in the current era. the grid is key tho

>>2503103
>Just because something doesn't fit the norm of that media doesn't mean it isn't created in that same method.
But it isn't the same method. That's the point. Same medium, completely different approaches.

I'm not confusing style with medium, but I think you're confused about pixel art. It isn't a medium unto itself, digital art is the medium. If we were to define it by the medium alone, then all digital paintings would be pixel art. Pixel art is distinct from the broader field of digital art because it is the application of a particular method to that medium. The method behind pixel art predates computers (pic related, 18th century), but does not itself have a name.

But just scribbling with pixels is not pixel art. The pixels are incidental at this point, just as they are with regular digital art, or digital photographs. The conscious and extensive manipulation of the image at the level of the individual pixel is what defines the pixel art. And before you object, this does not mean that one must place pixels one at a time or refrain from any particular tools- it's about the end result much more than the process you took to get there.

>>2503166
>Just because something doesn't fit the norm of that media doesn't mean it isn't created in that same method.
But it isn't the same method. That's the point. Same medium, completely different approaches.

I'm not confusing style with medium, but I think you're confused about pixel art. It isn't a medium unto itself, digital art is the medium. If we were to define it by the medium alone, then all digital paintings would be pixel art. Pixel art is distinct from the broader field of digital art because it is the application of a particular method to that medium. The method behind pixel art predates computers (pic related, 18th century), but does not itself have a name.

But just scribbling with pixels is not pixel art. The pixels are incidental at this point, just as they are with regular digital art, or digital photographs. The conscious and extensive manipulation of the image at the level of the individual pixel is what defines the pixel art. And before you object, this does not mean that one must place pixels one at a time or refrain from any particular tools- it's about the end result much more than the process you took to get there.

>>2503166
forgot image