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 ...

8-bit heroes: Ars explores the resurgence of pixel art Ars talks to several artists and game developers in an attempt to figure out … ...

Gaming 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.

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.

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 ...

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.

But two researchers and their algorithm could change that: It depixelizes and upscales low-resolution 8-bit pixel art into some slick vector graphics.

It took Nate two years before he returned to pixel art, recreating scenes the iconic finale of The Walking Dead’ s sixth season and its seventh-season premiere with Mega Man sprites.

8-Bit Farm is available on Google Play for $4.99 and no in-app purchases. If you want a fun, relatively easy - although slightly repetitive - game, this one's for you.

A pair of computer science researchers have come up with an algorithm that can take a low-resolution piece of pixel art and upscale it accurately to vector graphics. Imagine seeing SNES games ...

First and foremost, they can assume that every pixel is important: early 8-bit sprites were all masterfully hand-crafted by artists, so it's safe to assume that every pixel is significant.