Any retro gamer worth his salt knows what a pixel is, and he likely loves them. The more pixilated the graphics are, the better! Old schoolers love the 8-bit appeal, and it wasn’t lost on the artists at the 2011 GDC.

This amazing pixel painting took over forty hours over the course of the convention to complete, one colorful pixel at a time. It featured almost 6000 pixels and if you watch the video, you will see that some of them have to be counted twice, as one of classic gaming’s super stars temporarily made his way into the piece before it was finished.

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GDC Painting with Pixels, 5.0 out of 5 based on 1 rating

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