WHY!!?!
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Printed Date: 09 June 2026 at 9:05am
Topic: WHY!!?!
Posted By: A2J2TIWARI
Subject: WHY!!?!
Date Posted: 04 April 2013 at 8:04am
| So you might be confused already what I really wanted to ask and why title is 'WHY!!?!' Well it is so because I am too damn curious why most of the Japanese artists are too good at pixel art or any type of art..Are they born with such qualities or their culture demands such awesomeness or there's some other reason? I want to know! |
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Posted By: jalonso
Date Posted: 04 April 2013 at 10:07am
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You are fooling yourself. The Japanese are no better than anyone else. What is happening is that you often like them so you are open to like them and you unconciously seek them and are prepared to admire and thus your brain has a positive collection of thoughts regarding Japanese sensibilities... You are a Nippophile!!! I say this because it turns out I am a Russophile as explained to me by a Swedeophile long ago.
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Posted By: Drazelic
Date Posted: 08 April 2013 at 5:15pm
| I've always been under the impression that the Japanese simply have a more detailed history of pixelart and their art communities revere videogame art more than the western art communities do. I mean, Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, Megaman- tons of the classic videogames of the age of pixelart were Japanese. |
Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 08 April 2013 at 6:57pm
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Alabamians are the best you're all nuts.
But it is interesting that Asian pixel art tends to have some stylistic similarities that give it away as non-Western. I haven't done enough analysis to know what those qualities are exactly, but I can tell a Chinese pixel when I see one! |
Posted By: showtime
Date Posted: 08 April 2013 at 7:26pm
| Cure, do you have any good examples on hand? I'd love to see one. |
Posted By: cure
Date Posted: 08 April 2013 at 9:41pm
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Here are some examples pulled from PixelJoint: Ghosteye (China)  llshadow (China)  ivancat (China)  Seta45 (Japan)  pel (Japan):  Syosa (Japan)  heriet (Japan)  This could just be cherry-picking (and admittedly is to a degree), or it could be the influence of anime/manga/contemporary Japanese art more generally. This piece is by Chis, who is from New York according to her profile, but feels distinctly 'Japanese' to me:  It isn't just the anime-inspired face and anatomy, though that obviously contributes, but also the desaturated palette with flat darks that tend toward purple. It could also just be individual artists influencing one another through the web. I would say the Pixeltendo crowd had a bit of a shared style, and there's Curelicious (Cure + Delicious) here at PixelJoint, among others. I would test my theory further, but can't remember the names of any Chinese/Japanese pixel sites. |
Posted By: Drazelic
Date Posted: 13 April 2013 at 11:08am
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http://www.dotllect.com/
Here's one japanese pixelart community I occasionally lurk on. |
Posted By: programgamer
Date Posted: 15 April 2013 at 12:00pm
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Well, two things seem to give a "Japanese" look to those creations. 1 - Lots of well used dithering 2 - Pastel colors
I think thats pretty much it.
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Posted By: sulamith
Date Posted: 05 August 2013 at 3:30am
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I'm sick of all those anime/manga faces and chinese popular stuff like dragons, houses and food. There's too much of this sh.t over the internet.
But the technique of the pixel art above is pretty good, so I have to deal with it and tolerate. |
Posted By: Mr.Fahrenheit
Date Posted: 05 August 2013 at 7:15am
| On all but one of the Japanese pixel arts a light yellow is used as an outline which I thought was interesting |