THE VIDEO SHELF · 8-bit pixel art
8 Bit & '8 Bitish' Graphics-Outside the Box
Mark Ferrari, the LucasArts background artist, explains in a GDC 2016 talk how he draws 8-bit graphics. He covers color cycling and palette shifting to create complex animated scenery without frame animation.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN repeatedly recommends it as a master class in limited-palette pixel art and palette cycling, from an artist behind Loom and Monkey Island.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- GDC Festival of Gaming
- Topic
- 8-bit pixel art
- Format
- talk
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 13
- HN mentions in dataset
- 20
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2026
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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If you are here and you haven’t seen Mark Ferrari’s GDC talk, you really should sit down and watch it. He is perhaps the greatest pallete animator of all time. Even if you aren’t familiar with the games he worked on, HN folks have likely …
corysama on Hacker News · 2018-06
In GrafX2 – a bitmap paint program inspired by Amiga programsEvery Deluxe Paint fan out needs to watch this video of the master of that tool explain his craft Mark Ferrari: 8 Bit & '8 Bitish' Graphics-Outside the Box [VIDEO]
corysama on Hacker News · 2019-05
In Making a Game Boy Game in 2017> The original EGA background art for Loom was made by Mark Ferrari Obligatory recommendation for this talk by Mark Ferrari: [VIDEO] - truly an artist
Macuyiko on Hacker News · 2021-03
In Loom EGA/VGA Comparison
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