[AndrewStephens]

I have been trying for years to get good at 3D modeling with Blender and have also failed. But I didn’t let that stop me using Blender to produce illustrations for my sci-if epic interactive fiction game that ended up being nominated for a minor award for graphics (it didn’t win).

Let me introduce you to the last resort of the struggling artist - extreme stylization. Really good pixel art is a very difficult discipline but terrible pixel art can be just as appealing if you push a style you can call your own.

Be bold.

[ted_bunny]

What terrible pixel art would you say is good?

[AndrewStephens]

A lot of the original 8bit games that pixel art tries to invoke have quite terrible art, even by the standards of the day.

[ted_bunny]

Good point. It's really cool how new this artform is. I bet there's a good book on its evolution out there.