Here are the main steps you can follow to create a pixel art in GIMP on your Windows PC: First of all, you need to download and install GIMP on your computer if you haven’t already. Go to its official ...

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 everywhere until ...

Believe it or not, Microsoft Excel—best known for its number crunching and data organization capabilities—can also be used to ...

Haiti-born contemporary artist and curator Edouard Duval-Carrié is no stranger to having his work displayed in prominent ...

Although plenty of indie devs do use 3D game engines like Unreal Engine and Unity to make 2D games, for NikkiJay, the solo developer of Quantum Witch, the workarounds were too much. "You've got to do ...

Using a 1984-era Macintosh 128K and various retro tools, Pinot W. Ichwandardi painstakingly crafted a beautiful pixel art drawing of one of New York City’s most stunning skyscrapers. Ichwandardi ...

Monica is a writer, artist, musician, and indie game developer, loving all things related to video games. She’s a woman with a bit of adoration for every game genre. From her first experience with ...

Chris is a writer with an academic background in Creative Technology and Games Design. This experience has allowed him to look at games through a critical lens, analyzing what makes for good design.