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The ‘CRT Effect’ myth says that the reason why pixel art of old games looked so much better is due to the smoothing and blending effects of cathode-ray tube (CRT) displays, which were e… ...

Pixel art isn’t just for CRTs. However, subpixel art assumes that the pixels can be divided up, which is not always the case. Posted in Art Tagged crt, pixel art, subpixel. Post navigation.

First and foremost, they can assume that every pixel is important: early 8-bit sprites were all masterfully hand-crafted by artists, so it's safe to assume that every pixel is significant.

Pixel art has this connotation of being ‘cheap and fast.’ And we also fell into this trap when starting the project back in 2015, but quickly realised that this is not the case.