# The Masters of Pixel Art

3 Hacker News commenters recommended The Masters of Pixel Art and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a beautiful, amazing book about pixel art, with praise for its printed edition.

## Why people recommend it

- Beautiful printed book (1 comments): "It was a lovely surprise to be contacted two decades later by the author who wanted to print them in this beautiful book" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47571768))
- Amazing pixel art book (2 comments): "Also check this amazing pixel art book" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47571097)) "Those books look amazing!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47572201))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Ways of Seeing by John Berger](https://hackerapproved.com/p/ways-of-seeing.md): 8 recommend
- [Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud](https://hackerapproved.com/p/understanding-comics.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Masters+of+Pixel+Art&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "The Masters of Pixel Art", https://hackerapproved.com/p/masters-of-pixel-art/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).