Friday July 30th 2010, 6:26 am
Filed under: Art & Design
I’m definitely slacking with my blog posts these days. I posted a new completed animation on YouTube earlier this week and forgot to post about it to all my loyal readers! Shame on me…
For anyone who hasn’t heard ytcracker, he’s one of the top nerdcore rappers in the world and I have had the privelage of not only meeting him during his last tour but the honor of collaborating with him on this video. The track was created by yt, of course, with beats produced by Dicepticon, and the art/animation was done by yours truly. Enjoy!
Monday April 26th 2010, 3:46 am
Filed under: Art & Design
I finished the third (and final) act of my 8-Bit Dr. Horrible Project. The full runtime of all three acts clocks in at over 30 minutes…just fair warning.
Watch the entire animation (or any Act you haven’t seen yet) in high-quality Flash or check it out in two parts on YouTube:
I’ve made some additions to the Flash version, including a new title screen (plus the option to choose from one of three acts, or watch it the whole way through).
I’ve made some additions to the Flash version (aside from Act 2) including a pause feature (just click the screen to pause and click it again to unpause) and a title screen from which you can select acts by clicking “LOAD GAME”. Once Act Three is finished, they will all be available from that select screen.
First off, a huge thanks to everyone who watched, loved, commented, spread the word, donated and bought 8-Bit Jesus albums! I feel so loved today and it’s all thanks to you guys! A few things that might interest everyone:
Honestly, I’m blown away by the positive response to this project from everyone, but especially those involved in the creation of the original, amazing and horribly awesome Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog.
A huge thanks to Maurissa Tancharoen (writer), Neil Patrick Harris (Dr. horrible), Felicia Day (Penny), Jed Whedon (Writer and Bad Horse chorus #2) and Nathan Fillion (Captain Hammer) for tweeting! If anyone knows of other cast, creative contributors or crew of the original that gave mention, please let me know. I want to make sure to thank every last one of them.
Anyway, thanks again to everyone who showed their love for 8-Bit Dr. Horrible. It was (and still is) a lot of fun to make, and for anyone that wants to know when Act 2 is released, feel free to subscribe to my RSS feed and get those updates as I post them.
Quick note: I keep getting comments and emails about a spelling error in the dialogue. I am aware that “motor” is not spelled “moter”. Admittedly, it was a typo that it is too late to correct, and it was not intentional by any means. However, I wouldn’t fix it even if I could because part of the goal with this project was to be as true as possible to the original NES game format which, as a result of the fact that Photoshop doesn’t utilize a spell-checker and I’m not a spelling bee champion, includes misspellings. For those that are curious, most old Nintendo games were released originally in Japan and then translated into English for American distribution. As you can imagine, this resulted in many spelling errors and mistakes. My favorite example of this is in Double Dragon where the name “Billy” is spelled “Bimmy”.
Monday April 05th 2010, 9:56 pm
Filed under: Art & Design
I finished the first of three acts tonight so you can watch a high-quality Flash version on site or check out the video on YouTube. I can’t say for sure when the next two acts will be finished but I will be working on them a lot so expect something within the next few weeks or so.
If you haven’t heard anything about this project yet, it’s an 8-bit re-creation of the online musical. Check out the links above to see it now!
So as many of you might have seen floating around the Internet this past week, I’m working on an 8-bit re-creation / tribute to one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen online. If you’ve never seen Dr. Horrible’s Sing-along Blog, then your nerd license is herby revoked until you do.
I find it funny that I hadn’t yet posted about this in my own blog before it was picked up and tweeted by both Felicia Day and Maurissa Tancharoen, then re-tweeted by a slew of Dr. H fans, but better late than never, right? I already posted some tracks and “screen shots” of the hypothetical “Dr. Horrble” Nintendo game-in-the-making on the Autumn Society blog, so rather than post the same content here, hit the jump for some more info about the project, including more images after the jump!
This is rather last minute, but for anyone living in the greater Philadelphia area, there is a fantastic art show going on today and tomorrow in Lansdowne, PA, at which I will be selling bead sprites. There will also be a wealth of other artists, everything from Geekboy Press (original comic prints), Tammy Hoey (custom handbags), Liz Steele Coats (pottery and jewelery), Ben Wallis (photography), and many others, ranging from paintings to sculpture, etc. This is a great opportunity to do some early holiday shopping. Here’s the info:
A Bit Of The Arts (Holiday Art Sale)
Twentieth Century Club
84 S. Lansdowne Ave.
Lansdowne, PA 19050
Thursday October 15th 2009, 2:21 am
Filed under: Art & Design
Gamers love presents, especially game-inspired art!
Having said that, the holidays are coming up fast, and if you know a gamer (you probably do since you’re reading my blog), then you’re probably thinking about the perfect gift for that gamer friend, family member or special someone in your life. How about a custom piece of delicious, pixelated art related to video games?
I guess I forgot to mention that I was taking a hiatus from beading for awhile, although some of you that follow more closely probably wondered why you haven’t seen anything from me in awhile. Regardless, I am now accepting commissions for bead sprites just in time for the holidays…actually, it’s rather early yet, but the sooner the better. No one likes last minute shopping, so you might as well get it out of the way now – plus, the closer it gets to December, the busier I’ll be with my album release and shopping for presents myself.
Small, Large, Layered, 3-D, framed, mounted – you name it, I can do it - and all for a very reasonable price. I can do a custom piece to fit your budget or interest, or if you see something on the Bead Sprites Page of my blog that you like, feel free to contact me about purchasing it.
Jude Buffum and I have been talking about collaborating on a number of side projects lately, the first of which was his idea for an 8-Bit Keyboard Cat video. If you’re not familiar with this phenomenon, I highly recommend you check out the official Keyboard Cat website. Once you get the picture, then watch ours!
Sunday May 10th 2009, 10:45 pm
Filed under: Art & Design
Anyone who follows me on Flickr! or deviantART will likely have seen these already, but for those that visit my blog for music related news, I want to share these.
Videogames lend themselves well to bead art, as the beads easily represent pixels in the pieces, but ever since I’ve been beading from custom pixelart, I’ve tried to expand into other nerd culture besides videogames, one of the the first of which is comic books.
Just in time for the movie with the most ridiculously profitable opening day, I present Wolverine!
This piece contains 23,188 beads and is currently sitting inside a black frame. It’s the size of a standard movie or music poster, at around 36 x 24 inches, and this is definitely my favorite so far, especially the details on the reflection of the claws. Just for the hell of it, you can hit the jump for pictures of the other two, Magneto and Phoenix.
