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
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!
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.
For those of you who downloaded the Here Comes A New Challenger album put out by Game Music 4 All last year, here’s a little sneak peak of the album art I’m working on. For those who haven’t I recommend following the link above to download it for free and listen to it!
I don’t want to show too much, but as you can see, I’m not holding anything back on this one. I took a different approach from the hoard of custom sprites I did for the first nerdy compilation, but I’m really liking how it’s turning out. Check the links below to download sweet wallpaper for your desktop!
While not as grand a scale as the 3-D X-Wing Bead Sprite I made awhile back, I think this one is my favorite so far. It might be because it’s new and fresh, or because it’s based on one of the greatest side-scrolling space-shooters of all time, but I like how it looks more like a sprite (only in 3-D) than just a simple recreation of the craft in beads. Withoout further adieu, I present the Vic Viper from Gradius.
Time for another small scale 3-D bead sprite model in the series of a classic TV and movie cars, the Party Van from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. Of course, it’s based more on the toy that came out in the 80’s. Check out the tutorial for the TMNT Party Van bead sprite here.
