also known as a
pixel artist or
pixeler, a graphician is a computer
artist that works in conjuction with
coders (
programmers) and
MOD musicians to make
demos. traditionally, graphicians create their work at the
pixel level—where
line,
color,
dithering and
anti-aliasing are achieved through manual means. traditionally, also, since graphicians and the
demoscene originated on the
amiga in Europe, the resolution of most pixel art was at 320x256 (which is the standard
screen resolution of most early
PAL RGB amiga monitors).
although most of the demoscene activity has moved on to faster, more powerful PC machines, higher resolutions (
640x480 and up) and
Adobe Photoshop there are still a number of dedicated individuals and groups that continue to create both demos and
pixel art on the amiga.
many graphicians both amiga and PC can be found on the Euro EFnet
IRC channel
#pixel.