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8-Bit Terrariums Inspired by Videogames

by Darice de Cuba
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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 »

Mimeo and the Kleptopus King

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Mimeo and the Kleptopus King

For the old skool style gamers out there who own an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad there is a game to look forward to. Mimeo is a pixel based game being developed by Shaun Inman, expected release is late 2010. Mimeo (even the name) started as a Mario clone with a twist: instead of power-ups affecting the player, they affect the entire game world. A story and mythos quickly developed. The so-called Mimeoverse consists of two 16-bit demiverses sharing 32-bits between them. When the evil Kleptopus King, an 8-bit octopus with an inferiority complex, discovers a portal into Mimeo’s realm and begins to syphon off its bits, Mimeo is sucked Read more »

32×32: Cool pixel art editor for iPhone

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32×32: Cool pixel art editor for iPhone

Here’s a pretty cool app for anyone designing pixel art while on the move. The title gives a clue: this is a 32×32 pixel editor with a pretty intuitive interface that lets you map out thoughts in grayscale pretty quickly. The idea is that you sketch out ideas on the move, then sync up and use more advanced software on your laptop or PC to do stuff such as color, animation and so on. Read more »