# 8-Bit Patternized Photography Customize the Images of Your Loved Ones with Pixel Portraits By Gil Cohen | Published 2012-11-27 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pixel-portraits References: [holycool.net](http://www.holycool.net/pixel-portraits/) & [pixel-portraits](http://www.pixel-portraits.co.uk/) Get artistic when hanging pictures of loved ones on your wall by making them Pixel Portraits. Photographs of your children, [pets and relatives](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pawfoto) can be customized to have a specialized pattern and color, giving them a unique look that is like a [work of art on your wall](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/fraimic). You get to choose from 20 different colors, ranging from bright and cheerful to darker and more sophisticated, as well as 10 different patterns including stars, hearts and paw prints. These patterns are used to create a pixelated design of your portrait -- when you are up-close to the print you can see the pattern, and when you step back you can see the entire portrait. Pixel Portraits give your photos a funky twist. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.2/10 - Popularity: 52% | Activity: 5% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe, Asia ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Customized Photography:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop a platform that allows users to create and customize unique patterns and color schemes for their photographs. - **Pixelated Designs:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create software or apps that automatically transform photographs into pixelated designs, offering a new and edgy aesthetic to digital art. - **Personalized Home Decor:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Design a range of customizable home decor products that incorporate personalized patterns and colors, adding a unique touch to interior design. ### Who This Affects Most - **Photography:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop innovative printing techniques that can reproduce pixelated designs accurately and at an affordable cost. - **Art and Design:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Create a marketplace or platform where artists and designers can sell or license their pixelated designs, tapping into the growing demand for unique and visually striking artworks. - **Home Decor:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Introduce a line of customizable wall art and home decor products that incorporate pixelated designs, offering consumers a playful and modern option for decorating their living spaces. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Customized Numeric Paintings](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/paint-by-numbers-customized.md) - [AI Pet Portraits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/drawmypet.md) - [AI Pet Portraits](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/petpic-ai.md) - [Colorful Retro Pixel Mirrors](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/paint-mirror.md) - [Image Pixel Converters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/picture-to-pixel-art.md) - [Retro Image Converters](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/image-to-pixel-art.md) - [Projected Photo Canvas](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pixybeam.md) - [Pixelated Toy-Like Artwork](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/litebrite-pop-wow-wall-art.md) - [Color-In Photo Cameras](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/toy-camera-concept.md)