2. 2D Pixel Art
• Pixel art is a form of digital art, created through the use of raster graphics
software, where images are edited on the pixel level. Graphics in most old (or
relatively limited) computer, console, graphing calculator and mobile phone video
games are mostly pixel art.
3. Isometric Pixel Art
• Pixel art is commonly divided in two subcategories: isometric and non-isometric.
The isometric kind is drawn in a near-isometric dimetric projection. This is
commonly seen in games to provide a three-dimensional view without using any
real three-dimensional processing. Technically, an isometric angle would be of 30
degrees from the horizontal, but this is avoided since the pixels created by a line
drawing algorithm would not follow a neat pattern. To fix this, lines with a 1:2 pixel
ratio are picked, leading to an angle of about 22.6 degrees.
4. Concept Art
• Concept art is a form of illustration where the main goal is to convey a visual
representation of a design, idea, and/or mood for use in films, video
games, animation, or comic books before it is put into the final product. Concept
art is also referred to as visual development and/or concept design. This term can
also be applied to retail design, set design, fashion design and architectural design.
5. Texture Art
• Texture mapping is a method for adding detail, surface texture (a bitmap or raster
image), or color to a computer-generated graphic or 3D model. Its application to
3D graphics was pioneered by Edwin Catmull in 1974.
6. Background Graphics
• Background graphics are any graphics that appear behind the main objects in the
game, such as walls, forests, clouds, and so on. Many background graphics, such as
walls, benefit from textured bitmap images. A texture is an image that models a
piece of a graphical surface that can be tiled without notice. Textures are very
useful primarily because they take up relatively little space; this is because they
are tiled repeatedly to create a larger image at runtime.
7. Print Media Art
• Print Media art is things like advertising posters and video
game case covers. These can be very important to the
advertising and sales of a video game.
