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Bellingham offers pleasant sights and sounds to all who have ever called the city of subdued excitement home. This has long interested Seattle artist Ryan Haight, whose Instagram  depicts Washington scenery in the style of early 8-bit and 16-bit video games.

“I was born in Spokane, and I grew up there until like I was 18, [when] I moved over to Bellingham to go to school at Western,” says Haight. “I really enjoyed Bellingham a lot more than Spokane. And I also feel that Whatcom County has really excellent scenes for pixel art.”

Haight’s art has quickly become popular on social media. On Instagram, over 3,700 followers share his animations of familiar scenery depicted in a comfortably retro art style.

Whatcom County scenes in Haight’s art include various �������� locations, the Bellingham Herald building, Pel’meni Restaurant, and several local houses.