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What exactly is Pixel Art?

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What about hand-drawn art? I drew this cool ninja and airbrushed it in Photoshop. I want some feedback!

What is the best program to create Pixel Art with? What about animation? How can I do that?

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This, of course, is a matter of preference and depends on your platform. Newer mainstream graphics software is not typically focused on the task of doing pixel-level work, so older software, or software built especially for the task is generally recommended. For a list of software please refer to the Resource Thread.

What exactly is Art and Words?

Art and Words | about Kris Waldherr and Art and Words
Art and Words is my official "author" website. I'm Kris Waldherr, the award-winning author, illustrator and designer of The Lover's Path, Sacred Animals, The Goddess Tarot and other books and products for women and children. All of the artwork, design and text used upon this website was created by me or taken from my books or projects. Hence the name for my business - Art and Words.

FAQ#2 - Will you make me an icon/avatar/pixel art piece?

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It's hard to say. Some artists are happy to create work for nothing. Some might charge. The best way to find out is to register and send a private message to an artist requesting their services.

FAQ#4 - Where can I learn how to make pixel art?

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You can go through a few Pixel Joint featured tutorials in the tutorials section (features ? tutorials). There's also a tutorials section for getting started with pixel art in the links section (features ? links). You can also find a ton of pixel artists listed if you would like to see the best stuff out there.

What is Pixel ?

FengShuiPixel.com - Feng Shui Pixel Marketing Solution &raqu...
It's basically the smallest little dot on your computer screen and it's as tiny as the period at the end of this sentence. Your computer screen may be composed of one of the following resolutions: On the homepage of FengShuiPixel.com, each square on the grid is 10 pixels x 10 pixels for a total of 100 pixels.

What exactly is a martial art?

Frequently Asked Martial Arts Questions - Martial Arts of Tu...
A Martial Art can be defined as a system of techniques, physical and mental exercises developed as an effective means for self-defense and offense, both unarmed and with the use of weapons. The origin and history of Martial Arts is a controversial issue. We can see signs of Martial Arts in Greek, Egyptian, African, Japanese, Chinese, Thai, as well as other cultures. There is a clear trail leading from the Southern China-regions up to Korea, Okinawa and Japan.

Will I ever be as good as the "pixel gods"?

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That is all up to you. If you have the determination and will to do it, you can. The only way you can improve is to sit down and work at it. No one is born with magical drawing talent, they just put themselves in a position to draw more often than other people. If you work at it, there's no reason why you can't do graphics like SquareEnix or Capcom..

How can I perform per-pixel shading operations?

Forum FAQ - GameDev.Net Discussion Forums
On older (Geforce 1 onwards) nvidia cards, you can use NVIDIA's register combiners. The register combiners can be used to do bumpmapping and a lot of other per-pixel effects. However, reg coms lack flexibility, are fiddley to set up, and only work on NVIDIA hardware.

Will the colors of my art clock, wall art or painting look exactly like what I see on the website?

Infinity Arts Gallery - FAQ
As all computer monitors are callibrated differently, you cannot expect the colors on your screen to exactly match the actual colors. The images on the website are for reference purposes only and if you have concerns about color, please ask us about it when you order.

Will my Contour projector work properly if it is not installed exactly perpendicular to the art?

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Yes, by design our three various confinement methods allow for offset installations. The shutter method for example, has curved blades, which corrects for distortions created by the curve of the focal lenses.

I've been given an art/story/whatever assignment. How exactly do I go about doing this?

Infinity on 30 Credits a Day - FAQ
That's entirely up to you! You do need to be familiar with the recent story in the comic, but what happens next within the context of your assignment is your decision. You have a couple of options: Do the creative work in isolation, without letting anyone know what you're up to. This can be fun, because whatever you do will be a surprise for everyne else. Look around, perhaps in the discussion forum, and see what sort of ideas people have for what you can do and where the comic could go next.

Where can I see Haring's art?

Keith Haring | Frequently Asked Questions
The Calendar lists current exhibits. Special Projects lists permanent installations around the world. This website contains a database of Keith Haring's work. More work is being is regularly being added to the database. To navigate the database, simply select a year on the left hand side; under each year you will see a medium to choose from; when you select a medium you will see a page of thumbnail images.
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