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A Pixel art illustrator is a digital artist who creates retro-style imagery by placing individual pixels on a grid, often for video games or NFT art. Their core responsibilities include:

• Sprite Creation: Designing characters and objects with limited resolution constraints.
• Animation: Creating frame-by-frame movement sheets (spritesheets).
• Palette Management: Curating specific color palettes to maintain a cohesive aesthetic.

Pixel artists use specialized raster software:

• Specialized Software: Mastery of Aseprite or Pyxeledit for grid-based creation.
• General Tools: Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop (configured for nearest-neighbor scaling).
• Game Engine Integration: Understanding how assets import into Unity or Godot.

The difference is the underlying math of the image:

• Pixel Art Illustrator (Raster/Fixed): Focuses on a fixed grid of pixels; scaling the image up causes "blockiness" (which is the desired aesthetic).
• Vector Artist (Mathematical/Scalable): Focuses on paths and curves; scaling the image preserves perfect smoothness at any size.