Device and method for creating ultra-low resolution image

An ultra-low resolution image making apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of kinds of basic pieces having a same size and a same external shape and having three or more kinds of gradations such that the plurality of kinds of basic pieces constitute one pixel unit;
• wherein the basic pieces of predetermined gradations are adapted to be disposed respectively at pixels of the drawing surface corresponding to an outline or a shadow of the drawing image to fill the pixels of the drawing surface by the basic pieces, thereby making a desired drawing image;
• wherein each of the plurality of kinds of basic pieces constituting the pixel unit has a geometric pattern provided on a surface thereof, and the geometric patterns are configured so as to realize two properties of a gradation expressivity and a background pattern forming property;
• wherein, via the gradation expressivity of the geometric pattern of the basic piece, the geometric patterns on the surfaces of the basic pieces express different gradations by changing densities thereof on the surfaces of the basic pieces, respectively, in accordance with the kinds of the basic pieces;
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• wherein the geometric patterns are configured such that, via the background pattern forming property of the geometric pattern of the basic piece, the geometric pattern of one of the basic pieces is integrated with the geometric pattern of another one of the basic pieces, that is adjacently arranged on the drawing surface, by adjusting an arrangement direction of the basic piece in each of the pixels on the drawing surface to one of a top, a bottom, a left, and a right, thereby forming a background pattern composed of another predetermined geometric pattern different from the geometric pattern of the basic piece.