Showing posts with label 8-bit Calavera. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 8-bit Calavera. Show all posts
Monday, August 29, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Purchase 8-Bit Calavera NES Art Online!
Hi everyone!
Now you can own a one-of-a-kind masterpiece painted on an old-school NES game!
In November 2010, we participated in an amazing & unique art installation @ Ground Kontrol (Classic Arcade) – 40 of our Autumn Society members hand-painted on 40 NES cartridges in celebration of the Mexican holiday, Día de los Muertos. Those not familiar with Ground Kontrol, it is the # 1 place in the country to get your Classic Arcade fix! You can also purchase old games & consoles in the nintendo, super nintendo, and other 8-bit / 16-bit formats!
Check out Ground Kontrol's virtual 8-Bit Calavera display & store to view the submissions and purchase one today!
Monday, November 22, 2010
8-BIT CALAVERA - INSTALLATION REVEALED!
Photo by Isaac Sonnenburg
Hi Everyone,
Thank-you to those who participated in the 8-bit Calavera Show!, which took place @ Ground Kontrol (Classic Arcade). A special thank-you to Art Santana for his help and cooperation with this entire project. Please click on the photo above to view some awesome Hi-res photos of the Installation! A video coming soon too!
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
8-BIT CALAVERA - POSTER (THIS THURSDAY - NOVEMBER 4th)
This Thursday will be the premiere of the Autumn Society's 8-BIT CALAVERA Art Show / Installation Project @ Ground Kontrol (Classic Arcade), premiering this Thursday, November 4th. I will personally be flying out to the show for coverage, so stay tuned!
ABOUT 8-BIT CALAVERA
8-BIT CALAVERA is an Art Show Installation in collaboration between The Autumn Society & Ground Kontrol (Classic Arcade). Consisting of 40 NES CARTRIDGES (with painted skull designs in tribute to DIA DE LOS MUERTOS) acting as pixels to create a final skull design / installation.
ABOUT GROUND KONTROL (CLASSIC ARCADE)
Ground Kontrol is a bar and video arcade in Portland, Oregon, United States. Recognized as one of the best arcades in the US it is known for preserving games from the Golden Age of Video Arcade Games. It also serves as a venue for DJs, live bands and Rock Band events. Also of note is its collection of 28 pinball tables. Ground Kontrol is meant to be a social experience blending the hard core and casual gamer with video games and pinball machines both new and old.
ABOUT THE AUTUMN SOCIETY
The Autumn Society is a collective of Illustrators from around the world. From art galleries, art books, to fundraisers, the Autumn Society will rise to any creative need or challenge.
Monday, November 1, 2010
Deathtris
Here's my contribution to the Dia de los Muertos NES cart piece. A bit on the minimalist side, but hey, so was Tetris.Alex Campos
Friday, October 29, 2010
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Mucha Calavera!
Hello everyone, this is my piece for the upcoming show "8-bit Calavera" , was a long time since i painted something so i think im a bit rusted, but anyway i hope you like it.
NOTE: excuse my bad picture, as you can see i'm so bad taking pictures, and more with a cheap cellphone!
8-Bit Calavera!
This is my piece for the "8-Bit Calaveral". It's an honor to
be apart of this show, had a blast working on this project.
Thank you.
8 Bit Calavera!
Sorry I wasn't able to take a better pic of my NES cartridge, but this was taken seconds before packing and one merciful FedEx employee away from shipping.There are some amazing contributions for the 8bit calavera show!! I'm thrilled guys.
I personally found painting the cartridge a painful, yet interesting task I really enjoyed it.
Calavera submission
This is my submission for the 8 bit calavera show. "La Catrina Hermosa"-(The Pretty Catrina Doll), in tribute to Lola Glaudini. Materials: Nintendo Top Gun cartridge, Acrylic paint, gold leaf.
8bit Calavera
the original NES cartridge I received before painting
with bone white background ready to hang with the others
Su Pasado
4 5/8" X 5 1/4"
acrylic on NES cartridge
Australopithicus afarensis is known as the earliest known true hominid on the path to Homo Sapians (us). Only found on the continent of Africa 2.9 - 3.6 MYA.
In keeping true to the theme of Dia de los Muertos, I felt it was fitting to honor this long gone ancestor of ours. For without its struggle for survival would we be here today?
They had ape sized brains, large jaws and teeth. Due to the changing landscape of Africa, Australopithicus was forced down from the trees in search of food. They lived in social groups for protection. Scavenging meat may have sparked brain growth and set us on the long path to humanity.
Only a portion of the skull is pictured on my cartridge. It is after the fossil discovered by J.T. Robinson, in Sterkfontein, South Africa in 1949. The same goes for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Nintendo is supremely important in the evolution of video games. Would video games be where they are today with out this revolutionary system?
In keeping true to the theme of Dia de los Muertos, I felt it was fitting to honor this long gone ancestor of ours. For without its struggle for survival would we be here today?
They had ape sized brains, large jaws and teeth. Due to the changing landscape of Africa, Australopithicus was forced down from the trees in search of food. They lived in social groups for protection. Scavenging meat may have sparked brain growth and set us on the long path to humanity.
Only a portion of the skull is pictured on my cartridge. It is after the fossil discovered by J.T. Robinson, in Sterkfontein, South Africa in 1949. The same goes for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Nintendo is supremely important in the evolution of video games. Would video games be where they are today with out this revolutionary system?
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
8-Bit Calavera
8-BIT CALAVERA by Nick Jennings
The Autumn Society proudly presents an exclusive "calavera" by the fantastic, Nick Jennings, for our upcoming "8-BIT Calavera" installation at GROUND KONTROL (Classic Arcade) in Portland, Oregon.
8-bit calavera
i had very, very limited time for this, but it was fun and i like the outcome... despite it looking like a chubby, goofy skeleton. love everyone else's skulls!
Hongo De La Muerte!!
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8-Bit Calavera
This is my piece for the 8-Bit Calavera show. I tried to loosely tie into the death theme by thinking about what happens to patients in Dr. Mario if you lose a round. Do they die? Just stay sick? ...Or does Dr. Mario even have any patients? I think the plumber's legal ability to practice medicine has been in question ever since the game debuted. At any rate, Dr. Mario is one of my favorites so I decided to draw the virus characters from the game and display them by cutting a special skull-shaped mat for the front of the cartridge.
Here's the digital artwork of the viruses for a better look:
8 Bit Calavera
"Skully Girl" - was once "Double Dribble." The entries posted here are looking awesome!
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8-Bit Calavera!
Fellow Autumn Society members, hello! I'm Lawrence Hugh Burns & It's my first post in a long, long LONG while here, but it's a good one: my piece for the 8-Bit Calavera show! I'm glad to be among many a fine artist, and I hope you all enjoy! You can see a couple more photos of that guy on my blog, so ch-check it!
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