Rant: I think the push for 4K in every digital art piece is getting silly

Last week, I saw a local gallery in Portland reject a really cool animated short because it was mastered in 1080p, not 4K. Three years ago, I was part of a group show where the most talked-about piece was a pixel art animation that looked amazing on a big screen, resolution be darned. Does anyone else feel like we're focusing on the wrong specs?

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lucas_jenkins1mo ago

Why do we care more about pixels than the art itself?

taylor.susan16d ago

Oh man, I've been there too. Best advice I can give is to zoom out and squint a little - if it still looks good at normal viewing distance, you're probably overthinking the pixel level details.

noahpark1mo ago

The art is the pixels, @lucas_jenkins.