Where
Did Pi
pixels up
r
e
t
u
p
m
(Co
xel Ar
t Orig
inate
From?
People first us
ed pixel art for
making simple
computers. Us
graphics for
ually, 8 or 16 b
it
computers nee
to type out let
ded this, just
ters or words,
o
r
t
o
make pictures
of graphics wa
. This style
s later used fo
r game console
GameBoy, or th
s such as the
e Atari 2600. T
his provided a
display for pla
simple
ying games. La
t
e
r
,
this technolog
upgraded to w
y was
hat we use tod
ay. You may be
don’t use pixel
thinking, “We
art on our scre
e
n
s
anymore!” Well
conclusion is w
, this
rong. We do us
e pixelart for c
If you look very
omputers still.
closely at your
computer scre
see that there
en, you can
are teeny tiny
p
ix
els that make
graphics of you
up all the
r computer. Th
is may not be t
that you think
he pixel art
of, usually, but
it is still pixel a
rt.
close.)