1. Pixels Can you define the term “pixel”?

2. From Pencil to Pixel Pixel –The information stored for a single grid point in the image. –"Pixel" stands for Picture Element. It is the smallest part of every image you see on the monitor.

3. Pixel Artist Long before the invention of the computer Artists used bits of color to create paintings and drawings the technique is called “Pointillism”

4. G.Seurat, La Grande Jatte Paris 1886

5. . If you blow up a picture, you can get an idea of how the separate pixels work together to create a picture. Each square is the equivalent of a pixel when it is shrunk back down to normal size.

6. Pixel Art

9. Create your own pixel art design! Create a work of art on a grid that mimics how computers use pixels to create an image Illustrate your name and something about you (hobby, sport etc.) or just a geometric design using pixels Draw in pencil first, after teacher approval add color! REMEMBER, only one color per pixel! Neatness counts, computer art is not sloppy!

10. Pixel Name Design

11. To Begin Think of the graph paper as a computer screen Put your name in first. The letters can be thick or thin, but need to be at least on block wide Next work or weave in a design around and behind your name-use the whole space Finish by adding color

12. Pixel Name Designs

13. HELPFUL HINTS Color in the squares that outline your object first, then color in the center! Keep your shapes, designs or objects simple! Choose a basic design, after you color it in, add more detail and more objects

14. Pixilated Drawings