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Pixel art is a type of digital art where images are created at the pixel level.
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The idea of pixel art came years before it was given a term. This can be seen in Richard Shoup's SuperPaint system.
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Pixel art catches the eye of many digital artists. Begins to appear in video games.
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The name was published by Adele Goldberg and Robert Flegal of Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in 1982.
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Although having much popularity through the 80's, pixel art begun to die off due to the increase of 3D art.