ART | pixels

Pixel Art is a form of digital art, created through the use of raster graphics software,
where images are edited on the pixel level.
Graphics in most old (or relatively limited) computer and video games,
graphing calculator games, and many mobile phone games are mostly pixel art.

Pixel art is commonly divided in two subcategories: isometric and non-isometric.

The isometric kind is drawn in a near-isometric dimetric projection.
This is commonly seen in games to provide a three-dimensional view without using any real three-dimensional processing.
Technically, an isometric angle would be of 30 degrees from the horizontal,
but this is avoided since the pixels created by a line drawing algorithm would not follow a neat pattern.
To fix this, lines with a 1:2 pixel ratio are picked, leading to an angle of about 26.6 degrees (arctan 0.5).

Dollz, cartoon dolls or pixel dolls are small pixelated digital images, generally of people.
They are mainly used online as avatars, signatures or displayed as artwork on personal Web pages.

Dolls range in size from being a few pixels high to a few hundred pixels high.
Generally, dolls are human, mainly female, figures.
Dolls are generally dressed, and come in a wide range of styles.

People who create dolls are called dollers or dollists.
The community is well interlinked because of both message board communities and the concept of "adoption."
Adoption is not performed with bases, just with Dolls.

"Dolling" has become a widespread Internet phenomenon,
spawning numerous Web sites, communities, forums, online competitions and other activities.
Some dollers sell their digital art commercially and their graphic images are either used as clip art or on merchandise.
However, dolling is simply a personal hobby for many.