40 Examples Of Eye Popping Pixel Art

Pixel art was brought to the mainstream with the release of gaming consoles in the early eighties. Those 8-bit graphics we all loved back then often evoke feelings of nostalgia and take us back in time. Nostalgia aside, pixel art is a beautiful art form on its own that many of us have come to love. With so few pixels to work with, pixel artist’s have to make each one count.

Today we present 40 Examples Of Eye Popping Pixel Art from some of the best pixel artists around. Be sure to check out their sites for more of their amazing work.

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Beautiful Pixel Art


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Design by Pako on dribbble

Another pixel masterpiece from Keinianz’s model series.

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Image by Keinianz from Pixabay

I love these large pixel paintings. Each pixel must be place just right to get the desired results.

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Image by Donna Sloan from Pixabay

Sirfetch’d

This piece is full of detail and has great shadowing.

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Design by Snooow on dribbble

Great lighting and vivid colors make this one a standout.

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Image by Pikurā from Pixabay

Dog

This stunning beauty shows the artist’s mastery of the pixel art form.

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Design by Pako on dribbble
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Design by angrysnail on dribbble

Dreamland free tileset

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Design by Vadim pxlart365 on behance under CC BY-NC 4.0

From the future

This little scene looks like something straight out of the old 16-bit video game days.

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Design by Paul Lamy de La Chapelle “Making Children’s Books with cute Animals as Main Characters” 🐰🐷🦊 on dribbble
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Design by Mahnoor Mushtaq on behance

The world

SIMON LEE made this with a blender.

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Photo by SIMON LEE on Unsplash

This piece has awesome character design and charm.

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Photo by Pascal Bernardon on Unsplash

Blade runner

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Design by Gustavo Viselner on behance under CC BY-NC 4.0

PYCON pixel art

This one has an unusual color pallet and lots of attitude.

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Design by Pako on dribbble

Paul Robertson

This one has lots of Sega characters and a cool background.

Sega characters
Design by probertson on devianart

Another piece from Paul full of action.

Another piece from Paul full of action
Design by probertson on devianart

Pixelated unicorn avatars 🦄

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Design by Anna Żołnierowicz on dribbble

White and black abstract painting

Great concept and use of color.

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Photo by 🇻🇪 Jose G. Ortega Castro 🇲🇽 on Unsplash

House

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Image by OJ-Creator from Pixabay

Frogs pixel art

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Image by juanilu from Pixabay

A great design of a mechanical monkey.

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Design by Pako on dribbble

Pixel store retro video game

The large pixels give this piece an impressionistic feel.

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Image by Pikurā from Pixabay

AI generated cyborg robotics

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Image by Mirco Rawyler from Pixabay
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Design by Pako on dribbble

Old house

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Design by Pako on dribbble
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Design by Pako on dribbble

Shop

This isometric design is just awesome.

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Image by Pikurā from Pixabay

Tree on a hill

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Design by FromFable on devianart

House Art Retro

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Image by Pikurā from Pixabay

Art monster

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Image by Fuadi from Pixabay

Cover of magazine

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Design by Pako on dribbble

Batteries icon pixel art

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Image by Pikurā from Pixabay

Walkman

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Design by Pako on dribbble

Mountains lake moon night water

This piece is loaded with details.

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Image by Lesiakower from Pixabay

Game

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Image by Peter Olexa from Pixabay

Alien spaceship

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Image by Pablo Sánchez from Pixabay

Further resources

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Tim Mercer is a photography enthusiast, graphic designer, artist and blogger. His blog offers free resources for the digital artist and graphic designer, as well as tutorials, artist interviews, inspiration and more.

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