I’ve been a fan of the Metal Slug pixel art for some time now, but those games are old old news. If you really want to check it out and get spammed with ads, someone over at MetalSlugSprites.net has ripped a ton of images and animations from the game(more than likely illegally). It’s worth a look for study purposes, but please don’t use them for your games.

Metal Slug, I’ma let you finish, but… the other day I stumbled on a guy named Yuriy Gusev, whose art left me completely stunned. He goes by the alias “Fool” on some websites, including Pixel Joint. He runs his own website, Foolstown, which is a delightful experience in itself.

I originally came across a few of his characters and immediately had an interest in his style. But his scenes and animations are what really take the cake and qualify Yuriy as one of my favorite pixel artists of all time. How can this not make you weak in the knees?