Draw pixel art using CSS only Bye bye images.

It is crazy and i wouldn't recommend it, but it does not need to be a separate request - that is false. Also, an image WOULD be separate request.

Not really. You can inline base64 encoded images. The main problem being that it's about equally as insane as drawing your images with CSS.

The separate request is not why it's a bad idea.

The reason it's a bad idea is that it needs to be re-rendered every time the user loads that page - which can become significant overhead on devices where CPU resources are constrained e.g. mobile phones.

i don't think the creator intended this to be something to actually use in a productive way - i more believe that he/she wanted to do something cool with the css3 - i think it's a pretty cool idea even if there is no practical use for it

I agree. I think it's awesome.

My comment was more in reaction to "bye bye images" in the submission title.