The eighty superheroes on this art print may be tiny, but don’t let those itty-bitty pixels fool you. They could still take you down. Read more »
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Tag Archives: 8-bit
Handmade Mario and Princess Peach Bras. Get Your DIY Kit Out
Almost every day something new and geeky finds its way to an Etsy store and often it’s difficult to keep up with all new awesome items on Etsy – or we think they’re cool but just not cool enough. This time though, user SceeneShoes caught my attention with a serious of handmade bras aimed at old-skool gamers and 8bit nostalgics. SceeneShoes has more 8bit items in store for Mario and Pokémon fans. Read more »
Get Your 8-Bit On
Nothing says geek like pixelated stuff in the real world. 8-bit is all the rage, because it playfully harkens back to the Atari/Commodore days of our youth. Plus, what’s cooler than holding in your hands something that Mario or Donkey Kong would use in one of their games? If you strive to reach the heights of geeky-ness, go 8-bit with these awesome real-life tchotchkies you can have for your very own. Read more »
Geeky Flowers
In honor of Spring’s arrival (up here in the northern hemisphere, anyway), here are ten of the geekiest flowers you’ll ever see. Read more »
8-Bit Terrariums Inspired by Videogames
Last year November I wrote about Jude Buffum’s pixel art; Yoshi: Tastes Like Chicken. These pixel arts showed characters form Super Mario as consumable meats. Yoshi and Koopa amongst other where dissected with information on what and how to eat their parts. This year for Game Over IV an upcoming show at Giant Robot San Francisco, Jude Buffum has created a more G-rated art pieces, also inspired by Super Mario and Legend of Zelda, namely 8-bit terrariums. Jude was inspired by his own terrariums and the imagination of how the plants from videogames would look like in a terrarium. Toadstool Terrarium The above terrarium is my favorite one out of Read more »
Are You Ready for the Moss Invaders?
All sorts of theories about alien beings invading the earth have been concocted over the years, and I am pretty sure that there has been at least one story written with moss as the invading life form. What Kimi Spencer and Marko Manriquez have created is not meant to cause fright and paranoia about aliens taking over our planet, though. The two have given urban art – a.k.a. graffiti – a different twist. Instead of spray paint and other “traditional” materials, Spencer and Manriquez are using moss to create a different kind of art, which was showcased at the ITP Winter Show 2010. The use of moss is not only Read more »
Yoshi: Tastes Like Chicken
For the upcoming show, “Pixel Pushers: An Exploration of 8‐Bit Digital Media”, curated by Giant Robot, artist Jude Buffum came with the idea to create pixel illustrations inspired by meat diagrams. These illustrations are not just any meat diagram, they are diagrams of 8-bit video game characters like our beloved Yoshi and the always present Koopa amongst others. Imagine you where to eat these video games animals; what would the meat parts be names, how to cook them best and what side dish and drink goes well with it. This is a real creative piece, it does take some fantasy to come up with something so unique and also the Read more »
Muse in 8-Bit
I know the 8-bit craze is nothing new, but I just discovered several videos of Muse’s songs that have been converted into this format. Needless to say, I have been watching/listening the videos a lot since yesterday. (I am sure you know how much fun it can be to play around with music.) Muse may not be every geek’s choice when it comes to music, but this one has a thing for Matthew Bellamy and his gang. One, he does have a British accent (yeah, some are suckers for that). Two, he is not bad looking at all (ask Kate Hudson). Three, he is a musical genius! (Maybe I should Read more »
8-Bit hanger for a geeky interior
I like discovering useful, fun and geeky home interior items, like these cable decorators a while back. Today I stumbled upon the 8-Bit hanger, a 8-bit mouse pointer that serves as a hanger. A totally must have for 8-bit fans like me. I always associate 8-bit with Mario Bros on the NES. You can use it like shown in the photo above, for your computer cables or you can use it to hang your coats and clothes. These hangers would fit very well in an design, webdev or other web company. If you have a geeky decorated room this would be perfect for it too. Details about the hanger: Made Read more »
8-Bit Pixel Art with Music Producing Software Ableton
Argentinean DJ Zantho (Santiago Luini) has discovered what is probably the most amazing use of Ableton Live, the well-know and popular sound editing suite. In true FG fashion, DJ Zantho took true childhood heroes and converted them with Ableton to amazing ’8-Bit artwork’. Among the awesome works: Donkey Kong, Mario, Darth Vader, Mega Man, Zero and many more. It may be really hard to believe but this appears to be really done in sound editing software. Mac boys, run to GarageBand and now make something similar, while respecting the Apple UI Guidelines! Read more »
