Is pixel art still popular?
Do you remember the Pac-Man and SuperMario games? They are pixel games from our childhood.
But why is pixel art at the top again? Who brought it back to life? Let's figure it out.
Pixel art is an image made of individual pixels. It has a limited color palette and consists of block shapes.
Pixel art used to be a forced measure. Nobody decided to draw squares on purpose. There just weren’t other ways to do it. Over the years, technology has evolved. But love and nostalgia for pixel art stayed in people’s hearts for a long time.
These days pixel art has got a new life thanks to NFT. Artists even make pixel collections! Sometimes it can be just one pixel in an art and at the same time it can be sold really fast.
In 2021 an artist named Pak sold at Sotheby's auction one gray pixel for $1,76 million. Just one gray pixel.
The coolest, most popular and expensive project in the pixel style remain Crypto Punks. Their cost reaches several million dollars per punk.
It is easy to make pixel art even without drawing skills. This can be done in the 8Bit Painter application or at www.piskelapp.com. Keep in mind that a photo compressed to low quality is not art. But you can take it as a basis and draw on top for practicing skills
If you don’t want to create, you can invest in the most popular pixel collections.
- Of course punks - https://opensea.io/collection/cryptopunks
- CrypToadz by GREMPLIN - https://opensea.io/collection/cryptoadz-by-gremplin
- ApeGang - https://opensea.io/collection/ape-gang
- CyberKongz - https://opensea.io/collection/cyberkongz-vx
- CryptoDickbutts - https://opensea.io/collection/cryptodickbutts-s3
We are sure that pixel art is going to become more and more popular. New bright artists appear, a huge NFT community forms. All this can direct pixel art in a new way. Go on and ride the wave if you’re keen on pixel art.