pixel-art-style

Pixel Art Style

Texel discipline. Crisp pixels. Limited palette.

Tenets

1. Declare target texel size / texture res
2. Nearest filtering intent
3. Limited palette
4. Avoid thin triangles that shimmer
5. Ortho or locked angles help readability

Reference Guide

Topic	Reference
Texel rules	references/texel-rules.md

Recipe

Target 320x180 internal render (16 px tiles), dimetric 2:1 camera, a 16-32 color palette, nearest filtering, no shading gradients.

1. Camera: iso_camera.py projection "dimetric_2_1" with pixel_tile 16 (2:1 pixel-art tile ratio, crisp resolution multiple).
2. Shading: toon_material.py with bands 3, rim 0, outline 0 for flat palette-friendly bands.
3. Render preset: render_preset.py stylized_flat (Standard view transform keeps palette colors exact). Run it before ps1_look.py, since presets reset resolution.
4. Render settings: ps1_look.py with snap 0, resolution [320, 180], flat True, fog False (low-res, Nearest texture filtering, 32 px textures).
5. Palette reduction is not scripted: quantize afterwards in an image tool, or use a ColorRamp with constant interpolation in the compositor.

import runpy
skills = "<skills_dir>"  # parent folder of this skill (the plugin's skills/ directory)
target = "SM_Asset"      # object to style / dress
r = {}
r["camera"] = runpy.run_path(f"{skills}/isometric-style/scripts/iso_camera.py", init_globals={"ARGS": {"projection": "dimetric_2_1", "target": target, "pixel_tile": 16}})["result"]
r["toon"] = runpy.run_path(f"{skills}/stylized-style/scripts/toon_material.py", init_globals={"ARGS": {"name": "MAT_Toon_Pixel", "base_color": [0.8, 0.5, 0.3], "bands": 3, "rim": 0.0, "objects": [target], "outline": 0.0}})["result"]
r["render"] = runpy.run_path(f"{skills}/rendering/scripts/render_preset.py", init_globals={"ARGS": {"preset": "stylized_flat"}})["result"]
r["pixel"] = runpy.run_path(f"{skills}/lowpoly-style/scripts/ps1_look.py", init_globals={"ARGS": {"objects": [target], "snap": 0, "resolution": [320, 180], "flat": True, "fog": False}})["result"]
result = r