Happy MAR10 Day 🍄 The original Mushroom Kingdom, reimagined inside a pixel art terrarium, complete with piranha plant, fire flower, and a Super Mario mushroom. #pixelart #pixelartist #8bitart #MAR10Day #conceptualillustration
Happy MAR10 Day 🍣 Cheep Cheep and Blooper, reimagined as Mario's favorite sushi. Pixel art diagrams of two of the Mushroom Kingdom's most delicious aquatic residents. #pixelart #pixelartist #MarioDay #infographic #conceptualillustration
Happy MAR10 Day 🍄 Wish you were here! Greetings from Subcon, a pixel art postcard from the dream world of Super Mario Bros 2, where dreams do come true... #pixelart #pixelartist #8bitart #typographytuesday #MAR10Day
Happy MAR10 Day! 🍄 Super Amaro Bros, a pixel art cocktail very popular in the Mushroom Kingdom. An 8-bit illustration from my Pixology collection. #pixelart #pixelartist #8bitart #cocktailart #conceptualillustration
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I've found that by sitting and meditating every day, and doing yoga every Monday, I've learned to make peace with the mind.
And as an illustrator who does 8-bit art, I find something very meditative about placing each pixel one at a time.
#mindfulmonday #monstermonday #pixelart
Do you ever feel like your mind is a little "monster" that you just can't tame?
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This is a pixel art illustration of a Minotaur doing Side Plank Pose, from my Mindful Monsters series.
Closing out our Women's Day series 🌺 Josephine Wolff, cybersecurity policy expert, Tufts professor, and author exploring why data breaches keep happening. #pixelart #pixelartist #portraitillustration #IWD2026 #pixelportrait
Next up in our Women's Day series 🌺 Audrey Tang, Taiwan's digital minister and civic tech visionary. A trailblazing voice for open, transparent governance. #pixelart #pixelartist #portraitillustration #IWD2026 #pixelportrait
Continuing our Women's Day series 🌺 Adrienne O'Keeffe, SVP of Global Partnerships and Media at the NBA, who created NBA Top Shot and pioneered digital collectibles in professional sports. #pixelart #pixelartist #portraitillustration #IWD2026 #pixelportrait
Happy International Women's Day! 🌺 Kicking things off with Kamala Harris: attorney, senator, and the first woman, first Black, and first South Asian Vice President of the United States. #pixelart #pixelartist #portraitillustration #IWD2026 #pixelportrait
The Dude abides 🎳 On this day in 1998, The Big Lebowski hit theaters. These pixel art portraits of The Dude, Walter, and Jesus Quintana really tie the room together. #pixelart #pixelartist #8bitart #thebiglebowski #conceptualillustration
Pixel Art as Metaphor: Fighting Battles
This editorial illustration for About Health reimagines interventional radiology as a side-scrolling action game, with a miniature doctor running through the human body.
#pixelart #pixelartist #8bitart #editorialillustration #medicalillustration
Over the next month I’ll be highlighting some of these projects, including work for Target, Brooks Running, and the City of Edmonton.
#pixelart #pixelartist #8bitart #conceptualillustration #artdirection
Since video games introduced visual concepts that didn't exist before, pixel art illustration can translate those conventions into clever metaphors. Life choices become branching narratives. Daily obstacles become boss battles. And important milestones translate to leveling up.
In my recently published article, “Pixel Art Illustration: An Art Director's Guide to Branding, Editorial, and Advertising”, I break down the five primary ways to harness the power of 8-bit style illustration. One of the most innovative is Conceptual Metaphors.
I need to get the code back for this so I can put it back online, it was so much fun
I've found that by sitting and meditating every day, and doing yoga every Monday, I've learned to make peace with the mind.
And as an illustrator who does 8-bit art, I find something very meditative about placing each pixel one at a time.
#mindfulmonday #monstermonday #pixelart
Do you ever feel like your mind is a little "monster" that you just can't tame?
🪷
This is a pixel art illustration of a Scarecrow doing Crow Pose, from my Mindful Monsters series.
Love the dithering patterns! 👾💚👾
Genial!
The color choices are so good. Everything works together beautifully. 👾🎨👾
The color 👾🎨👾
Pixel art is the perfect illustration style for branded video games like this. The aesthetic also allows contemporary brands to be reframed through an unexpected 8-bit lens, instantly signaling play, nostalgia, and approachability.
#pixelart #pixelartist #8bitart #gameart #adultswim #brandedgame
Pixel art made it possible to quickly translate Hot Streets characters and world-building into a recognizable game format. The classic arcade structure allowed audiences to engage with the IP as players, not just viewers, without requiring the budget of a major console release.
Pixel Art for Interactive Experiences: Branded Video Games
This game for Adult Swim walks a middle ground between full-scale commercial game and simple interactive promotion. Rather than monetize an established franchise, the goal was introduce a new property through a playable experience.
Pixel art is the perfect illustration style for branded video games and the aesthetic also allows contemporary brands to be reframed through an unexpected 8-bit lens, instantly signaling play, nostalgia, and approachability.
#pixelart #pixelartist #8bitart #brandedgame #luxurybranding #gamedesign
The side-scrolling snowboarding game placed the brand’s mascot at the center of the action, while products appeared as collectible objects. Pixel art makes a luxury brand feel playful and accessible without undermining its core identity, offering a festive interaction beyond static advertising.
Pixel Art for Interactive Experiences: Branded Video Games
Coach’s holiday campaign represents a middle ground between full-scale commercial games and simple interactive promotions.
Pixel art reinforced the illusion by presenting the action as a series of exaggerated, retro-style frames. By borrowing the visual language of arcade combat, the audience was not playing a game, but still participating in the experience.
#pixelart #pixelartist #8bitart #wwe #socialmedia
