"Down at the Barcade..."

Scott Derby / scottderby.blogspot.com

This is my submission to Gallery 1988's "Old School Video Game Art Show." I decided to try and show what video game characters might do after a long hard day of fighting off a gorilla, chasing after a hungry yellow sphere, our endlessly pouring beers for thirsty customers (bartenders are never off-duty...). This was done using Micron ink pens and Prismacolor markers. The original piece and a very small edition of prints will be available at the show, and on the gallery's website the day after the show.

Gallery 1988: Venice
214 Pier Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90405 
nineteeneightyeight.com

GDC in San Francisco

Congrats to some Autumn Society members who had prints from the 8-bit & Beyond Video Games Art Show made with Gallery 1988. This past week, a few of the prints were framed and shown in the Hotel des Arts in San Francisco for the Game Developer's Conference in a show titled, 'Into the Pixel.' A bunch of original paintings were also shown, all relating to video games! Really neat stuff, you can see a few quickie snapshots here.

Almost... made it...

Hey all,

I finished this up the other day and forgot to post... Here is the third and final in my series for the 8-Bit show, recognizing the genius of "Frogger". Looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow night...Enjoy!

Derb-

King of Pop vs. King of Hop

Hi Everyone, here's my submission for the 8 Bit & Beyond Show! I decided to do Q*bert, since that was one of my favorite arcade games as a child. I fondly remember playing Q*bert in Chucky Cheese's, back when it felt like a tavern for kids... it was dark and they had no windows. I wanted to do more than just Q*bert hopping around. Then I thought about another character that "lit up" squares as he stepped on them, Michael Jackson in the "Billie Jean" video. With Michael all over the news, this inspiration was hard to avoid. So I went with it. I like that the video and Q*bert are from the same era, I'm sure someone thought about the similarities before.

8-Bit + Beyond: Contra! **Updated**

New Version

Old Version

Just finished up my contribution for the upcoming show... i had many ideas but in the end i went with my childhood favorite video game... Contra! Maybe i subconsciously loved it cause it was kind of like Predator in video game form, maybe? Any thoughts, comments, suggestions? And if anyone was curious, the Japanese writing that runs vertically actually says "Kontora"; which is the direct translation from Japan of the word Contra. The other group of characters says "Consider yourself a hero" which is a line from the game after you beat it. Welp, that's it!

**Updated**

I decided to go back and tweak the design a little bit. I changed the color of the helicopters, added the side scroller shot on the bottom as well as 'The Code' by popular demand!

Video Game Show

Hi! This is my first post-- My name's Kasey and I'm a disabled artist. I've been paralyzed for almost 9 years now and art has always been my most significant outlet and extremely therapeutic in dealing with it. Anyway, this is my submission for the Video Game Show (8 Bit and Beyond). "Pixelated Princess Of Revitalizing Fungi" It's my version of Princess Peach as a One-Eyed Girl (1EG), a series i've been focusing on lately. I'll be posting more 1EG's in the future.. Hope you all enjoy!

Dragon's Lair Poster

Another month, another awesome group theme from The Autumn society of Philadelphia! For August's "8-bit and beyond" show, I chose to illustrate my take on Dragon's Lair, the most gorgeous (and simultaneously frustrating) game of the 1980's. I had a chance to work out the sketches for this piece on my trip to LA last week, and i think the finished piece has retained some of that sun drenched 80's west coast vibe.

'We're Gonna Need a Bigger Rucksack' Final

Maybe I'll tweak it some more, but it's basically done! My entry for ASOP's 8-Bit and Beyond Video Games Art show. Link's all ready to trek around Hyrule with literally everything except the kitchen sink!

laser-breathing dragons

Here's the (almost) finished drawing for my contribution to the 8-Bit show. Totally excited and nerding-out about this piece and it feels like the first painting I've worked on in ages that I really dig. Still have to work out the pistol (gun? blaster?!) and the hand up front, and can't wait to attack this thing with some color! Would love to hear some input from you folks.

ps - everything looks super awesome!! thanks to y'all for keeping me motivated.

NC's Shadow

Hey guys. Here's another fun study I did while playing around with sketches. First and foremost- has any other artist done this? I did a search, and it seemed like an obvious choice for a parody, but I didn't find anything. So, if I'm late to the game here, let me know. Otherwise, enjoy some purple shadows. Thanks!

Got a pocket full a quarters, and i'm headin' to the arcade...

I got Pac-Man Fever!!! I decided to go old school for the upcoming 8-bit & Beyond show and do pieces based off of two of my all time favorite video games, Mrs. Pac-Man & Dig Dug...

WIP - We're gonna need a bigger rucksack...

It's our favorite pointy-eared hero! ...Who's not too happy about all the items he's gonna have to lug around Hyrule.


The work-in-progress of my piece for the 8-bit and Beyond Video Games show that'll be at Brave New Worlds! ...Phew, that's gonna be a lot of coloring.

GAMERVISION.com ASOP Interviews (Week 2)

Every week until the premiere of the "8 Bit & Beyond" Video Game Show, GamerVision.com will be conducting interviews with Autumn Society members on their artwork for the show. This week's interviews include Jorsh Peña, MaryAnn Held, and Tilen. Check out the full interviews HERE or by clicking the image below.

WWW.GAMERVISION.COM

8 bit & beyond >> Gears of War vs BioShock

My drawings for upcoming "8 bit & beyond",

on the way to Brave New Worlds (might took 1-2 weeks)

pen+marker=magic

Video Game Studies

Hey gang. It's been a hectic week, so I wanted to sit down in my free time and work on some brief studies for my contribution to the video game show.

I'm going to tackle what is, hands down, my favorite video game ever made. It's beautiful, mysterious, and filled with this ancient and legendary vibe. I don't know how my piece is going to come together yet, but I'm having a ball getting reference and doing sketches. Thanks.

GAMERVISION.com ASOP Interviews (Week 1)

Every week until the premiere of the "8 Bit & Beyond" Video Game Show, GamerVision.com will be conducting interviews with Autumn Society members on their artwork for the show. This week's interviews include Mike Wohlberg & Andrea Tallone. Check out the full interview HERE or by clicking the image below.

WWW.GAMERVISION.COM

Posting Pretty Pink Princess Peach Pinup!

Hey everybody!

I was really excited to hear that we have yet another show at Brave New Worlds! Here's my rendition of Mario's favorite damsel in distress. Hope you like her :)

Special Musical Guest: Doctor Octoroc!

I have very special announcement! Musical 8-bit genius, Doctor Octoroc will be playing live for the opening of the Video Game Show on Friday August 7th, starting at 6pm at Brave New Worlds!

Check out samples of the Doctor's music HERE

Cover Art by Jude Buffum
You can purchase his latest CD, 8-Bit Jesus HERE

Doctor Octoroc also makes Bead Sprites inspired by video games. Check those out HERE

WWW.DOCTOROCTOROC.COM

PRINT ME OUT!

A black & white printer friendly flyer for the upcoming video game show designed by Bleeding Edges. So what are you waiting for? Print it out and get the word out!

my autumn society show debut!

NO GODS OR KINGS. ONLY MAN.
piece inspired by BioShock

11" x 17" screen print, gold and black on black paper
a very limited number will be made for the video game show.
be cool enough to get one! see you in august!

<3tfk!