Pixels nowadays are not as common an Artform compared to other mediums.  Pixels mainly are used in Handheld portable phones, or gaming devices. They aren't used very often in big name titles for the current consols.

My questions:

Do you guys think pixel art will stay?

If not, how close is the end?

Will we be forced to pursue different mediums?

viva la pixel art!!!!

art is eternal,
so I am...

as long as things still rely on pixel displays, things will also rely on pixels. thus pixel-art shall live as long as the pixel.

i am dutch.. what the hell is clog painting?

yeah, but why the bottoms? you dont look at the bottoms... do you?

fixed

I hate it when people say that. It's legal in a weird and twisted way. Also known as the Dutch way.

you can only carry 10 gramms on the streets, for own use, and you may only have 1 hemp plant for own use, and you may not deal or buy it, and if cops see it they may confiscate it i think.

my last name is ''te hennepe'' (hennep = hemp) whoo! and my hair is green!.. well washed out green but green nonetheless! i dont do drugs though.. just alcohol muffins and caffeine&taurine (= energydrinks) ooh and lots of sugar. sugar is good! so is chocolate! hmm chocomuffins

 

another weird thing is this weird thingie, which is quite weirdish:

when american people split the bill (like on a date) they call it ''going dutch'', but here we call it ''american style''

brian, you seem to be well educated on the matter. do they teach it
in schools like in social education, like weighing and stuff. ever been
caught with it? its illegal over here in uk, i must pay you guys a visit   

keep it on topic guys... or move it to the off-topic thread

yeah i here its quite flat over there how does that work? many
floods?
[back on topic]
i cant imagine a world without pixel art. i will always continue even if
monitors dont.

Edited by Shark

Pixel art returned in cellphone and gameboy advance games, but now, even those platforms support 3D games. I guess that could be the reason we wouldn't be seeing pixel art used in newer profesional (commercial) games very often.

But there are plenty of indie developers using pixel art, and projects like dosbox, scummVM or various emulators, so simple folk like you and me can enjoy the oldies.

Now where did I put my NES and the Battletoads cartridge?

Indie developers will keep it alive in gaming for sure. There's a huge community of homebrew game developers for a lot of the 2D systems. Also there's the various other things pixel art is used for. Magazine advertisements and promos, website design, and stand alone art are just a few things. Plus, there's always the demoscene, but I'd personally be afraid to even consider getting into that.

As long as there are devices that display graphics in pixel form then pixel art will remain. We may not think it, but still much of the GUIs of most of the popular programs of the world (including operation systems) are pixel art. Most people's first encounter with computerized design is MS Paint, still one of the most popular programs among pixel artists.

It'll die when devices stop supporting it.

Aramax, I don't think there's any argument whether pixel art is still alive or not, heck, this site is in itself part of the testament that it's still very much alive :P

Edited by MrPumpernickel