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pixelfuck

UK/ˈpɪksəlˌfɐk/

pixelfuck verb: to excessively nitpick or revise the minute graphical details of an artist’s work.

Verb

pixelfuck (third-person singular simple present pixelfucks, present participle pixelfucking, simple past and past participle pixelfucked)

  1. (derogatory, vulgar, visual effects) To excessively nitpick or revise the minute graphical details of an artist’s work.
    • I intend to give her a bit more definition in a couple of areas, but probably only through sculpting now. I want to keep her low-res enough that it'll be easy to pose and sculpt her without having to engage in whatever the polygon version of pixelfucking is.2010 May 5, Swizzle, “Cleavage and Catsuits”, in Polycount (forum), archived from the original on 19 Mar 2022
    • God I’ve worked on every marvel movie since Guardians 2 and every movie in between and so I have some stories to tell. From 10 hour days/6 day weeks at low pay to being pixelfucked on throwaway shots. It was one of the main reasons I left the artist side of vfx.2022 July 14, /u/meowingtons30, Reddit, /r/vfx, archived from the original on 14 Jul 2022

Forms of pixelfuck

third-person singular presentpixelfucks
present participlepixelfucking
past participlepixelfucked
pastpixelfucked

Origin of pixelfuck

pixel + fuck (“to defraud or treat badly”)

Questions about pixelfuck

What does pixelfuck mean?
Pixelfuck means to excessively nitpick or revise the minute graphical details of an artist’s work.
What part of speech is pixelfuck?
Pixelfuck is a verb.
How do you pronounce pixelfuck?
Pixelfuck is pronounced /ˈpɪksəlˌfɐk/ (UK).
What is the past tense of pixelfuck?
The past tense of pixelfuck is pixelfucked.

Words near pixelfuck in the dictionary

  1. pixelator
  2. pixelators
  3. pixeled
  4. pixeler
  5. pixelers
  6. pixelfuck
  7. pixelfucked
  8. pixelfucking
  9. pixelfucks
  10. pixeling
  11. pixelisation

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