Mario Sunshine - Delfino Plaza 2D

[Cobalt Blue]

this is certainly not pixel art. maybe a huge drawing done in MSPaint with the line tool and no antialiasing here and there, but in no way pixel art.

Please don't try to start a "what is pixel art?" argument, clearly there is a level of pixelwork in his background (windows and statues, for instance)

Sorry my dear, i'd love to have an argument about this except for the fact there is nothing to be argued about it.

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there is stuff done with 1px brush and stuff painted with flat colors, and as such, you could go ahead and call that "pixel art". but even then, there is absolutely nothing else besides that that could be considered as what we all understand as such.

this is not pixel art, just just a huge digital drawing with stuff drawn with 1px lines and thats all. there is merit on the size and attention to details, and thats all. shading could and should be improved, but for that it would require OP to actually shade everythign follow a fixed lightsource - and that alone would require a complete redo of the whole thing, if not just take a darker brush and darker every object accordingly.