Here is a super impressive piece of early pixel art - it’s ‘4 Byte Burger’, by Jack Haege. This image was printed in the September 1985 issue of Amiga World magazine. In order to reproduce the image in the magazine it had to be photographed from a computer monitor. The image was actually displayed sideways, and then the photograph was rotated for printing in the magazine; hence why the scan lines are vertical instead of horizontal.
In 1985, Commodore International hired several top-notch artists to create artwork using their new Amiga personal computer. Much of that artwork was printed in their magazine, Amiga World.
One of my favorite youtubers, Ahoy, made an excellent documentary about his efforts to reproduce this artwork exactingly, using correct hardware and software. It’s worth a watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4EFkspO5p4&themeRefresh=1
Fantastic video. I referenced it in the sidebar as a inspiration for creating this community. I loved it so much that I made a wallpaper pair out of his recreation then made some adjustments to it to try to replicate the photo of the photo of the screen.