One hero, one sword held high and a row of round little monsters who never saw it coming.

This pixel art knight poster, Monster Mound Knight, shows a bearded hero in silver armor lifting a glowing ice-blue sword on a grassy hill above a row of cute, colorful monsters. The sturdy matte sheet holds the chunky pixels crisp, and any player who remembers beating the first level of a fantasy RPG will know this pose.

The design: a bearded hero, an ice-blue blade and the monster mound

In the center stands a sturdy little knight drawn in chunky game-sprite pixels: short brown hair, a full brown beard, bright blue eyes and a calm, confident look. He wears polished silver plate armor with round gold studs on the shoulders, a brown belt with a gold buckle and maroon cloth showing at the arms and legs. There is no helmet, no shield and no cape, so nothing hides his face.

His sword stands upright in his right fist, the long blade rising well above his head and shining ice-blue like a shard of frozen light, with gold at the guard and the pommel. He plants both boots on a small, rounded mound of green grass, and just below it a row of round blob monsters peeks up from the bottom edge in blue, orange, pink, green, red, teal and purple. Some grin, some scowl, and a couple wear tiny ears, horns or leafy sprouts, more mischievous than menacing.

Behind him there is nothing to distract: a smooth gradient slides from dark navy at the top to a lighter blue at the bottom, so the silver armor and the bright blade stand out. It is the moment every player knows, right after a level is cleared and before the next one loads, when the hero gets to strike a pose.

Sturdy matte paper for sharp sprite outlines

• Sold in 16 sizes: eleven tall formats from 5″×7″ (12.7 × 17.8 cm) to 24″×36″ (61.0 × 91.4 cm), A1 and A2 among them, and five squares from 10″×10″ (25.4 × 25.4 cm) to 18″×18″ (45.7 × 45.7 cm)
• Enhanced Matte Paper, 189 g/m² and 10.3 mil thick, with a calm, non-shiny face, so the glowing blade never fights a reflection
• 94% opacity, so the navy background prints as one even, deep tone
• 104% ISO brightness, so the candy colors of the monster row print bright
• Paper sourced from Japan
• Printed on demand once you order; ships unframed

Who it's for

RPG fans, retro gamers, kids who love knights and monsters, and anyone who still marks a cleared level with a little hero pose of their own. It brightens a game room, a child's bedroom, a dorm or a desk corner, and makes a fun present for a nephew, a gaming roommate or a coworker who still talks about old RPGs.

Quick answers

Is this a character from a video game?

No. He is an original RaZits hero drawn in a classic game-sprite style, so he feels familiar without belonging to any one series. There is no logo, title or lettering anywhere on the print.

Are the monsters scary?

Not at all. They are round, toy-like blobs with simple faces, a few grumpy and most smiling, so the print sits as comfortably in a child's room as in a grown-up game den.

Will a square print crop the hero?

No. The squares keep the whole knight, his sword and the grassy mound, with a slightly narrower row of monsters. The tall sizes add more open blue space above the blade, which gives the raised sword extra room.

What size suits the wall behind my monitor?

Behind a screen,12″×18″ (30.5 × 45.7 cm) or the 16″×16″ (40.6 × 40.6 cm) square stays in proportion with the desk. For a bedroom feature wall, 24″×36″ (61.0 × 91.4 cm) lets the chunky pixels show from the doorway.

Shipping and returns

Free US shipping. US delivery usually 5–12 business days. Easy 30-day returns.

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