Something is enduring about pixel art that keeps drawing us back. A handful of coloured squares shouldn’t have much power, yet somehow they carry stories, emotions, whole worlds. Retro visuals were ...

Here, we create the visual elements and stories that help drive the assets of video games. Our students, faculty and alumni are behind the creation of the environments, characters and objects in the ...

What if the next big leap in 2D design software wasn’t just about more tools or faster workflows, but about reimagining how creativity itself is supported? Enter Graphite, a bold new application ...

Imagining a game as beautiful as Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 getting even prettier is a tall task, but there’s one thing that does the job: turning it into HD-2D pixel art, the striking art style ...

Kristy Ambrose has been writing professionally since 2010. She dabbles in various genres, but her favorites are fantasy and science fiction. She creates everything from fanfiction to serialized novels ...

One of the earliest use cases in both AR and VR was using these new mediums as a canvas for different creations. From Google’s Tilt Brush to paint in 3D space in VR to their “Just a Line” app to draw ...

Dragon Quest After modernizing the first three Dragon Quest games, remake producer says if the HD-2D games are "really well regarded," then "that would definitely create a movement within the company ...

Eduardo Ariedo is a video game journalist known among friends for leading Bohemians, an Irish football club, to a Champions League title in Football Manager—just mention the game, and his eyes light ...

When Celine Kim graduates from University High this year and moves on to the University of Chicago to study fine arts, she’ll leave behind quite a legacy. She contributed two large-scale murals on the ...