pikselimäisellä

Pikselimäisellä is a Finnish adjective that translates to "pixelated" or "pixellated" in English. It describes something that is composed of or resembles pixels, the smallest individual units of a digital image. When an image or object is described as pikselimäisellä, it implies that its detail is coarse and appears blocky, rather than smooth and continuous.

This term is commonly used in discussions related to digital art, photography, and video. For instance, a low-resolution image might appear pikselimäisellä when enlarged beyond its intended size. Similarly, certain visual effects in video games or computer graphics can intentionally create a pikselimäisellä aesthetic, often as a stylistic choice reminiscent of early video games.

The visual characteristic of being pikselimäisellä arises from the discrete nature of digital displays, where images are formed by a grid of tiny squares of color. When the density of these squares is low or the image is magnified significantly, the individual pixels become discernible, leading to the characteristic blocky appearance. The opposite of pikselimäisellä would be smooth, high-resolution, or vector-based imagery.