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Damn. It looks to me like pixel art is going through a rennaissance. I am constantly surprised by where it is going. The boundaries are just beginning to be pushed. We are just beginning to peek at the potential.

Take a look at Norbert Bayer's work at PIXELEXTRAVAGANZA. Like I implied, it is some inspiring stuff. Unlike many pixel artists, it seems to me that Mr. Bayer is looking for a fusion between classical mosaics and 8-bit video games. Hence, Mario Bros. find their place alongside the Byzantine Empire (hey, that sounds like one hell of a video game).

In any sense, I feel pixel art is on the cusp of moving beyond its novelty factor and into the realm of it own powerful iconography. Norbert Bayer is on the forefront of this movement.

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