An editorial journal on digital art & creativity
Where pigment meets the pixel.
Slow, practical essays for people who make art on screens — on the craft of seeing, the discipline of color, the strange new brush of the algorithm, and the work of being noticed.
The Essays
Four pieces, no fillerThe Quiet Power of Negative Space in Digital Art
Why the emptiest parts of a canvas often do the most work — and how to design with absence as deliberately as you design with form.
Read the essay → ColorColor Theory for Screens: Building Palettes That Work
Screens emit light; paint reflects it. Here is how to build palettes that survive that difference — from hue families to contrast that holds up.
Read the essay → ProcessGenerative Art: When Algorithms Become the Brush
What it means to author a system instead of a single image — randomness, constraint, and the artist's role when the computer makes the marks.
Read the essay → CareerHow to Build a Digital Art Portfolio That Gets Noticed
A portfolio is an argument, not an archive. How to choose, sequence, and present work so the right people stop scrolling.
Read the essay →About the journal
A small magazine for people who make things on screens.
Pigment & Pixel is a reader-supported corner of a designer's portfolio. We publish careful, original writing on the craft of digital art — no trend-chasing, no AI-generated filler, just essays we'd want to read ourselves. Everything here is free to read.
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