>I also agree that modern, blocky pixel art often is a kind of misdirected, anachronistic nostalgia.
I think everything here (the author and his sources) misses the point. Modern pixel art is not trying to create a faithful reproduction of how some arcade or home console might have looked.
Pixel art, certainly now, is just an art style like many others. If you need some demonstration look at actual pixel art games, they often freely use totally anachronistic methods, such as very complex shaders. Many don't even align different objects to the same pixel grid. Clearly the artists do not want their games to look like faithful recreations.
Criticizing modern pixel art not for its merits or lack thereof, but for not accomplishing a goal, it never set out to accomplish is ridiculous to be frank.
I think everything here (the author and his sources) misses the point. Modern pixel art is not trying to create a faithful reproduction of how some arcade or home console might have looked.
Pixel art, certainly now, is just an art style like many others. If you need some demonstration look at actual pixel art games, they often freely use totally anachronistic methods, such as very complex shaders. Many don't even align different objects to the same pixel grid. Clearly the artists do not want their games to look like faithful recreations.
Criticizing modern pixel art not for its merits or lack thereof, but for not accomplishing a goal, it never set out to accomplish is ridiculous to be frank.