Looking at these sculptures from a distance gives the illusion of pixelated illustrations. Artist Shawn Smith has managed to make them out of ink, plywood and acrylic paint so they would look computerized in a way. He is interested in the connection between technology and the real world.
The television gives us a perfect picture of the nature, but all we actually see are pixelated pictures of it. The unique 3D sculptures Smith creates are mostly of animals like for instance a colorful peacock or a majestic vulture.
Pixels have also been inspiring for another artist that has made 8-bit illustrations of popular characters and themes from old school video games and movies.
some really do look pixelated, some just look like legos
Voxels, not Pixels.
voxels or boxels they are synonym