What should the Pixel Art Book be Titled as?

sheamkennedy · Post by **sheamkennedy** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 6:52 pm

For everyone who is taking part in creating the Pixel Art Book, I would like to get some suggestions on what the book's Title should be.

I just realized I'd have to give the book a definite title before I can proceed with creating the "release document" to send to each artist.

I'm thinking a good name is one which represents that this book is a compilation by many artists of different internet backgrounds, but of course this is open to discussion.

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:08 pm

A Grid of Many Pixels
Expressions in Rectangular Pointillism
Many Bright Square Dots
Through Rectangular Eyes
Fewer Bits, More Love

I don't know I am just making these up off the top of my head :)

Oh! Also wanted to know what the shape of the book will be? Will it have a typical paperback novel's aspect ratio? Will it be square? Portrait? Landscape?

I have one piece in progress that is composed of smaller tiles, but I could orient it either vertically or horizontally, depending which gives it the better amount of space on the page

sheamkennedy · Post by **sheamkennedy** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:38 pm

Bob the Hamster wrote:A Grid of Many Pixels
Expressions in Rectangular Pointillism
Many Bright Square Dots
Through Rectangular Eyes
Fewer Bits, More Love

I don't know I am just making these up off the top of my head

Oh! Also wanted to know what the shape of the book will be? Will it have a typical paperback novel's aspect ratio? Will it be square? Portrait? Landscape?

I have one piece in progress that is composed of smaller tiles, but I could orient it either vertically or horizontally, depending which gives it the better amount of space on the page

I like the names: Expressions in Rectangular Pointillism (because it's hilarious), Through Rectangular Eyes (because it's straight to the point), and Fewer Bits, More Love (Because it's just awesome).

The shape of the book will be square, so it shouldn't matter which way you orient it. For many artists that are doing rectangular pieces of art, I think I will show the full rectangular piece on the square page, then fill in the leftover space with zoomed-in details of that piece. So don't worry if you've done something rectangular because I'll arrange it all so it looks good on the page.

Willy Elektrix · Post by **Willy Elektrix** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 5:53 pm

How about...

Pixel Zap!

or...

Zones of the Pixel Frontier

or...

Pixeloids: Beings of Pixels

sheamkennedy · Post by **sheamkennedy** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 7:49 pm

Willy Elektrix wrote:How about...

Pixel Zap!

or...

Zones of the Pixel Frontier

or...

Pixeloids: Beings of Pixels

Nice, I like those. Maybe not the last one since it suggest people are drawing pixel art of beings but the other two for sure. It looks like things are pretty dead. I'll host a poll soon with all the suggestions I've received. There's still time for some last minute suggestions.

Spoonweaver · Post by **Spoonweaver** » Sat Jul 19, 2014 9:36 pm

Suggested titles:

Pix
A Little Bit
Pixel Fist
Uncle Krunkle's Sugar Pot
A Pixel Is Worth One Word
Pixel by Pixel
Low Res, High Art
Pixel Art
Art in Squares
Art^2

Post by **Bob the Hamster** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 4:23 pm

I like many of these suggestions. I think it is a good idea to google each of these, and make sure we don't pick one that conficts with the name of an existing book, or an existing artists nickname, or an existing chiptune band name, or an existing photoshop plugin.

I notice that this thread is the #1 search result for: "Zones of the Pixel Frontier" :)

Spoonweaver · Post by **Spoonweaver** » Sun Jul 20, 2014 8:17 pm

Googled titles:

Rarely/never used

A Grid of Many Pixels - we're the third result after some sites that clearly use the phrase casually
Expressions in Rectangular Pointillism - we're the only result
Many Bright Square Dots - we're the only result
Through Rectangular Eyes - we're the first result (might be good to have top billing for a phrase used elsewhere)
Fewer Bits, More Love - we're the only result
Zones of the Pixel Frontier - we're the only result
A Pixel Is Worth One Word - no matches
Low Res, High Art - seems like a phrase some people used a couple times. (might have top billing once my suggestions appear on google)

Often used

Pixel Zap! - This is used pretty heavily, I'd say it's out
Pixeloids: Beings of Pixels - Pixeloids is a game on android and a few other things, I'd say this one's out
Pix - This one has a bunch of results, I'd say it's out
A Little Bit - Clearly used a ton
Pixel Fist - surprisingly over used
Uncle Krunkle's Sugar Pot - there is an uncle krunkle. (This wasn't a serious suggestion)
Pixel by Pixel - very used
Pixel Art - clearly overused
Art in Squares - Used quite a bit
Art^2 - (or ART²) is the name of an institution

Willy Elektrix · Post by **Willy Elektrix** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 12:19 am

So how do we choose? A vote is a good idea, but probably not enough people are going to vote to make it worthwhile. For the record, my two favorites are "Through Rectangular Eyes" and "Zones of the Pixel Frontier".

I also think "Hot Dots" would be awesome, but it is very search engine unfriendly. Maybe with a subtitle? "Hot Dots: Through Rectangular Eyes".

I keep laughing about "Hot Dots", so it's either really good or really bad.

Taco Bot · Post by **Taco Bot** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 12:54 am

My personal favorite is "Expressions in Rectangular Pointillism". I like the way it sounds. Spiffy, fancy, and classy.

RMSephy · Post by **RMSephy** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 2:27 am

more liek 'expressions in rectangular pointlessness' amirite? rofl!

sheamkennedy · Post by **sheamkennedy** » Mon Jul 21, 2014 3:46 pm

I like the idea of using only titles that are search engine friendly. For this reason I'll stick to only those titles in the poll. I will be posting a poll in a short while.