Easy Unicorn Pixel Drawing

Unicorn Pixel Art – A new and easy style of coloring A large part of the pixel art comes from retro (classic) video games due to graphics cards with much lower performance than today’s graphics cards, especially from classic arcade games. For example, Space Invaders (1978) and Pac-Man (1980), and 8-bit (very low) systems such as the Nintendo Entertainment System (1983) and the Sega Master System (1985).

The term “pixel art” was first seen in the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center by Adele Goldberg and Robert Flegal in 1982. This original and clever concept dates back more than 11 years, but similar models can be seen in Richard Shoup’s SuperPaint (style) in 1972, also at Xerox PARC.

Some contemporary art forms, such as thread embroidery and certain other types of mosaics and beads, are very similar to pixel art. These art forms build from images very small units of colour similar to the pixels of modern digital computing that we see on our screens. Elsewhere we could see works with similarities, the larger scale concept can be seen in North Korea at the Arirang festival 🎮

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Before you get started in pixel art, remember: pixel art is just another artistic standard, like left, oil painting, pencil, sculpture or its close relative the mosaic. To make good unicorn pixel art, you must be able to make good basic unicorn drawings. In general, this means studying light and shadow, perspective, anatomy, color theory and even art history, as these are all Essential Elements To Make Good Unicorn Pixel Art.

You don’t have to have a large collection of 200 tools to make good Unicorn Pixel Art, and you can get by even with a good mouse and free and open source software. My installation includes a small Wacom pen tablet, a good mouse, a good keyboard and my favorite software is Aseprite, but you should use the one you are most comfortable with.

Here is a list of commonly used software for Pixel Art.

• Aseprite: Excellent professional editor with many time-saving features (for a fee)
• GraphicsGale: A classic, used in many games. It’s a bit complex, but full of interesting features (free)
• Piskel: Free online pixel art editor (free)
• Photoshop: Powerful image editor not intended to make pixel art but that you can set up to use it (paying)

But know very well that it is perfectly possible to make this pixel art with a ruler and colored pencils.

You can print this drawing and easily reproduce the unicorn. Start by drawing the body of the unicorn and then colour in the magic horned animal. Here is a second idea for colouring.

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