‘A Sunday paper is running an article called ‘Pixels – An Alternative National Heritage’ looking at the legacy of onscreen technology over the last 40 years. They want you to playfully represent traditional views of heritage through the lens of the pixel.
Working within the limitations set by a grid of square pixels, and a range of no more than six colours, recreate a range of national landmarks, personalities, characters, flags, landscapes, names or other indicators of traditional national heritage.
Set your grids to any size and dimension, but remember that they want the qualities of the pixel to be dominant so the fewer pixels you use the better. You may want to work on graph paper, work at a low resolution on Photoshop or set up your own grid system on your DTP package.’
The first question I had to ask myself with this task was what are the things that make us British, and what do I associate with our heritage. Below is a short list of the things I came up with…
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Very stereotypical, I know. But I figured that is sort of what this brief is asking for! I then chose a handful of the above to think about and develop into ‘pixellated’ illustrations.
Using the above grid to help me plan and draw out my illustrations, I ended up with the below result: Which I am pretty pleased with, having captured what I feel is a great snapshot into the British heritage.
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