13 comments

• __loam

   

  6 days ago

   

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  Pixel art isn't just bucketing a higher resolution image into a lower resolution. If you're going to use that term, you should probably have at least a basic understanding of the medium.

  ponta17

   

  6 days ago

   

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  Thanks for pointing that out. You're absolutely right. What I'm doing here is definitely not pixel art in the traditional sense, and I now realize the term may have been misleading. My apologies for that.

  RugnirViking

   

  6 days ago

   

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  This. I wasn't expecting much, having tried similar claiming algorithms and been disappointing. But even among those, the example image used here looks barely better than downscale and posterize

  ponta17

   

  6 days ago

   

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  Thanks for the honest feedback. Totally fair

• Bimos

   

  5 days ago

   

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  It looks like an unconstrained least square problem to me, which is convex and naive. Similar projects like reconstructing an image with transparent triangulars seems more interesting.

• Evidlo

   

  6 days ago

   

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  How do you think your example would compare against a simple lowpass + downsampling?

  I think for most complicated pixel art, "reimagining" the image is necessary to keep it visually appealing and discernible at low-res, like in the examples here:

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_art

  ponta17

   

  6 days ago

   

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  Thanks for your comment and the great question.

  Lowpass filtering with downsampling is definitely a more efficient way to simplify images compared to my approach. This project is an experimental demo of a genetic algorithm evolving random pixel patterns to approximate a target image.

  I agree that true pixel art often requires artistic "reimagining" to stay visually appealing. Thanks for your feedback!

• u5wbxrc3

   

  6 days ago

   

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  Interesting approach! The title is misleading though. I do not understand how this relates to pixel art. Pixel art is placing pixel on a constrained canvas and choosing colors on a limited palette which this does not seem to be. Maybe this could be considered blurring effect or image reconstruction/approximation?

  ponta17

   

  6 days ago

   

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  Thank you for your feedback! You're absolutely right. This should be image reconstruction using the GA algorithm.

• FerkiHN

   

  6 days ago

   

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  Cool!

  ponta17

   

  6 days ago

   

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  Thanks!