Pixel art is not only awesome, but it also carries a certain nostalgia as many associate it with their childhood when they used to play on their old Nintendo and Atari consoles which is why we see it influencing a lot of graphic designers now.

The works you see below are by artist and painter Octavi Navarro from Barcelona who uses pixel art as a brilliant way of illustrating small stories. The paintings are inspired by classic games that he used to play when he was 9 years old and carry the same look and feel with their slightly washed out colours.

You can check out more of the artist work via his Tumblr blog.

via Ultralinx