Every once in a while you get the kind of surprise that makes you say, “Oh yeah, someone should have done that a long time ago.” or “I was just thinking that someone should do that!” Well, New York artist, Shinji Murakami has done just that. This is the kind of art gives me hope. [...]
Mark Essen considers himself an artist. His medium is the videogame. He’s been around for a bit making classically-inspired games with a development tool called Game Maker (that’s a genius name there). Unlike other developers and programmers, Mark is able to call himself an artist. This is because when he talks about his work it [...]
Everyone loves Final Fantasy art. People just can’t get enough of that future-classic-big-bright-andro-sexy-soft-animal-fantastic thing. Because of that, there are always artists remaking characters from it. Here’s some Final Fantasy interpretations that I thought were pretty good. Source by order of appearance: Chester Campo Vicente Cifuentes Maribel Monidero Sam Filstrup via the Swedish site Sugoi MisterBenja.
I like street art, and I like video games. And although I always hope they come together like peanut butter and jelly, many times the end result comes together like ketchup and cheesecake. I see a lot of commercial regurgitation and illegal fanboy-ism. Fortunately, The 8-Bit Cubist is here to give you the good stuff. [...]
Artist / Designer Hollis Brown Thornton does a few different types of art, but it’s obvious to tell that he has played a video game or two. I don’t know, they could have been Atari games, possibly. The important thing is that his works contain his view of things. You don’t get too much originality [...]
