Max GlenisterPixel-level Detail
This post was originally published on moglenstar.net in 2006. moglenstar.net was my first website, active from 2004 to 2008, where I wrote about pixel art, foobar2000, web design, and whatever else was going on. The content below has been recovered from the Wayback Machine and local backups.
moglenstar.netnow with less hue!
It’s probably by fault of my monitor, or the size that I’m attempting to do this, but when pixelling icons, it’s hard to make distinguishable icons at less than 16x16 pixels.
Take the following smiley icons I made, for example..
The “grinning” and “sad” smileys are almost indistinguishable.. Okay, so I’m using a small palette, but the pixel difference between the two of them is minor.
I think I need to go back to the drawing board.
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