Game Art: dipdop's "Depixelating Mario" (2011)
"Depixelating Mario: this is what video games look like when you round up the vectors… A new algorithm to create smooth vector graphics from pixel art, by Johannes Kopf and Dani Lischinski. Here's their paper."
Related: Depixeling Pixel Art
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