Pixels

• Can you define the term “pixel”?

From Pencil to Pixel• Pixel

– The information stored for a single grid point in the image.

– "Pixel" stands for Picture Element. It is the smallest part of every image you see on the monitor.

Pixel Artist

• Long before the invention of the computer

• Artists used bits of color to create paintings and drawings the technique is called “Pointillism”

G.Seurat, La Grande Jatte Paris 1886

• .If you blow up a picture, you can get an idea of how the separate pixels work together to create a picture. Each square is the equivalent of a pixel when it is shrunk back down to normal size.

Pixel Art

Create your own pixel art design!• Create a work of art on a grid that mimics

how computers use pixels to create an image

• Illustrate your name and something about you (hobby, sport etc.) or just a geometric design using pixels

• Draw in pencil first, after teacher approval add color!

• REMEMBER, only one color per pixel!• Neatness counts, computer art is not sloppy!

Pixel Name Design

To Begin

• Think of the graph paper as a computer screen

• Put your name in first. The letters can be thick or thin, but need to be at least on block wide

• Next work or weave in a design around and behind your name-use the whole space

• Finish by adding color

Pixel Name Designs

HELPFUL HINTS

• Color in the squares that outline your object first, then color in the center!

• Keep your shapes, designs or objects simple!

• Choose a basic design, after you color it in, add more detail and more objects

Pixilated Drawings