PIXEL ART. DOTS AND THE DIGITAL IMAGE

Many digital images are created by a group of pixels. A pixel is a square shape with information about light and colour. An example of these type of images is the photograph.

Look at this image. Can you count the pixels?

Each square is a pixel.

There are designers who work with very simple images, formed by very few pixels. This is known as Pixel Art or also retro style, low-res or 8 bits. It is similar to the pointillism, except for the technique used to create the images: computer and programs instead of brushes and canvases.
Most of the computer game's images and many mobile phone games are considered pixel art works. Here you are some examples of pixel art

Watch this interesting video about how to become a city into pixels.