The Pixel Artist

@judebuffum
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The Pixel Artist is the Philadelphia-based illustration studio of Jude Buffum, specializing in custom pixel art, 8-bit typography, and retro-inspired illustration.
For over 20 years, Jude has created distinctive, AI-free #pixelart for clients including Disney, Target, Hasbro, Sony, and BMW. From game sprites and animated assets to editorial and advertising campaigns, Jude's work has received dozens of awards and has been exhibited internationally.
The Pixel ArtistApr 21
These pixel art cat portraits I created for my good friend Sam have been selected by this year's distinguished American Illustration jury to appear in the prestigious annual. It's always an honor to be included among the other @american_illustration_winners, thanks judges!
#pixelart #pixelartist #8bitart #petportrait #catportrait
The Pixel ArtistApr 15
Pixel artists! I built a free browser-based tool that extracts color palettes from any image as hex codes.
🎨 Copy individually or all at once.
⬇️ Download as a swatch.
👩‍🎨 Give it a try and let me know what you think!
#pixelart #pixelartist #colorpalette #gamedev #colortheory
https://www.the-pixel-artist.com/tools/free-pixel-art-color-palette-extractor
The Pixel ArtistApr 13
To celebrate the anniversary of the release of the groundbreaking video game Fez, I'm making a Fez Fizz. Can you guess what’s in this delicious cocktail?#pixelart #Fez #8bitart #Pixology #CocktailArt
The Pixel ArtistApr 8
Pixel art portrait of alum Alex Seropian, co-founder of Bungie (the studio behind Halo), for the University of Chicago Magazine. Rendered in double-wide pixels for that retro video game feel. @uchicago @uchicagomag #pixelart #pixelartist #portraitillustration #editorialillustration #pixelportrait
The Pixel ArtistApr 3
To celebrate Pac-Man Day, I'm making myself 4 specialty “shots”, each based on one of the four original ghosts: Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde. Can you guess what’s in each one?#pixelart #PacManDay #8bitart #Pixology #PacMan
The Pixel ArtistApr 3
Happy Pac-Man Day! This pixel art was originally created for the Miami New Times "Best of the City" issue. Each category was introduced with 8-bit art based on a classic video game. This was for "Finest Foods" and it felt only appropriate to use the original "if you can't beat em, eat em" video game character, Pac-Man.
#pixelart #8bitart #PacManDay #conceptualillustration #editorialillustration
The Pixel ArtistApr 2
Made a fun little tool for extracting color palettes from any image (works best with .GIF and .PNG files though!)
Give it a try and let me know if you have any requests!
https://www.the-pixel-artist.com/tools/free-pixel-art-color-palette-extractor
#pixelart #pixelartist #pixelartapp
The Pixel ArtistMar 30
Here’s a pixel art portrait to commemorate the anniversary of Vincent van Gogh’s birthday. 
#pixelart #pixelartist #8bitart #portraitart #pixelartportrait
The Pixel ArtistMar 30
Do you ever feel like your mind is a little "monster" that you just can't tame? I've found that by sitting and meditating every day, and doing yoga every Monday, I've learned to make peace with my mind.
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This is a pixel art illustration of the Gill-man doing Boat Pose, from my Mindful Monsters series.
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As an illustrator who does 8-bit art, I find something very meditative about placing each pixel one at a time.
#mindfulmonday #monstermonday #pixelart
Show threadThe Pixel ArtistMar 29
I've done a few projects for and about Ernie, including a pixel art portrait for Mother Jones magazine and his family's Holiday Cards in 2017 and 2020!
#pixelart #pixelartist #8bitart #ErnestCline #ReadyPlayerOne