Meanings
- uncountablecomputer graphicsA style of digital art drawn at the pixel level, sometimes having the pixels enlarged for a retro appearance.
The Pencil tool is useful when you want to control exactly how a pixel changes. For example, pixel art is often done using the Pencil tool with a brush size of 1 pixel […]
2013, Olivier Lecarme, Karine Delvare, The Book of GIMP: A Complete Guide to Nearly Everything, page 691 more example
What can I say about pixel art other than that the designers who create it have way too much time on their hands? All joking aside, pixel art has taken on a life of its own in recent years.
2005, Matt Kloskowski, Extreme Photoshop CS, page 132
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 像素畫 /像素画
- 像素畫 /像素画 (xiàngsù huà)style of digital art drawn at the pixel level
Japanese ドット絵
- ドット絵 (dotto-e)style of digital art drawn at the pixel level
Korean 픽셀 아트
- 픽셀 아트 (piksel ateu)style of digital art drawn at the pixel level
Russian пи́ксельная гра́фика
- пи́ксельная гра́фика (píkselʹnaja gráfika)style of digital art drawn at the pixel level
Cite this entry
pixel art. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pixel%20art
“pixel art.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pixel%20art. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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