The Masters of Pixel Art – volume 2
Some of the best pixel art work ever created on the Commodore 64 and other retro 8-bit platforms like the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Atari XL-XE, Commodore Plus/4 and MSX.
“ Got it in today in tip-top shape. What a great volume! The artwork inside is fantastic. Looking forward to Volume 3! ” / Fotios Zemenides
“ Received my packet in Braunschweig, Germany. Great project – everything perfect and in time 🙂 ” / Jan Kador
“ Gourgeous! ” / Jose Luis Equiza
“ It turned up this morning, very well packed – those expanded foam corner protectors are great. Most books I get in the mail, even well packed ones usually have some corner damage, but this one was in perfect condition. And the book is beautiful! ” / Matt Innes
Description
Volume 2 – the “C64” book
This book features images from the Commodore 64, together with pixel art from other “exotic low-end” machines like the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Atari XL-XE, Commodore Plus/4 and MSX.
The book was announced with this c64 release: csdb.dk
Pixel graphics in a stylish artbook
The Masters of Pixel Art presents a selection of the very best pixel artwork and the artists behind it in an exclusive production. A beautiful coffee table book that can be presented along other art- or photo books, helping to show off the real potential of pixel art as well as inspire, impress and inform.
As additional content, many images are presented with background information, comments by the editor and in-depht stories from the artists themselves. The pixel graphics that emerged in the 80’s has inspired and created a sub-cultural era of pixelled art. This is an attempt to capture the style and soul from that period of pioneering and creativity.
Featured Artists
AcidT*, Archmage, Beb, Carrion, Clone, Deev, Duce, Electric, Helm, ilesj, iLKke, Jailbird, Joe, Kenët, Leon, Louie64, Made, Mermaid, Mirage, Nero, Odyn1ec, Ooz, Pal, Piesiu, pRof, Prowler, ptoing, Redcrab, rexbeng, Ripek, Sander, SIT, Skurwy, Slayer Grafix, STE, Stone, The Sarge, Twoflower, Valsary, Veto, Wayne Schmidt, Yazoo
Backer funded!
The production of Volume 2 was financed by pre-orders here and a Kickstarter Campaign!
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Additional information
| Weight | 1.6 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 30.5 × 23.6 × 2.2 cm |
| Book type | Quality hardback cover |
| Pages | 216 |
| Paper | 150 g silk coated paper |
| Cover | Durable white finish with silver debossing |
| Featured artists | 43 |
| Images | More than 350 pixel art images |
| ISBN | 9789163904868 |
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Once again, Klas Benjaminsson made a wonderful book. The pictures selected for this book covers a wide range of style and shows to everyone what are the 8-bit machines really capable in terms of graphics (and I am pretty sure, you could not imagine that these machines were capable of that). After reading it, I asked myself if shouldn’t try to push some pixels too.
The quality is as high as the first one, if not higher. If you have the first book and you liked it, I advice you to buy this one too. If you don’t have the first one and you love pixel art, buy both!