Editing Pixel art (section)

===Styles===
Because pixel art is a flexible medium, pixel artists can often imitate styles from traditional media, such as impressionism or pointillism in oil painting or cross-hatching in embroidery.<ref name=":8"/> Pixel art is not a style itself, but a broad artistic medium.<ref name=":6"/> However, there are different styles within pixel art that revolve around pixel placement. One common distinction in style is the use of clusters. A cluster is a field of connected pixels with the same color. The opposite of a cluster is an isolated pixel (1x1) surrounded by pixels of other colors. Cluster size has become an important marker of pixel art styles, where some pixel art uses large clusters and avoids isolated (orphan) pixels, whereas other works use clusters of all sizes in combination with isolated pixels, or even rely primarily on isolated pixels and small clusters for a more grainy, noisy texture. Styles that rely more on small clusters and isolated pixels often have similarities with pointillism and impressionism, whereas pixel art with larger clusters and geometric shapes has similarities with cubism and [[suprematism]]. Although some artists have been known for championing a particular style, many pixel artists alternate between different styles in their works.
[[File:Xcom2.png|thumb|Isometric pixel art graphics in ''[[X-COM: UFO Defense]]'' (1994)]]