Smashing Magazine has done an amazing job collecting an incredible variety of pixel art in this blog post. The sheer variety and creativity of these artists is inspiring. There's something about pixel art that is so basic and familiar, and, yes, comforting to me. I don't know why. Maybe it's because I grew up on pixel art on the computers and video game systems of my youth.
More pics after the jump.
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Check out this awesome Iron Man sketch by MIX member madd sketch! Dammit, we have the most talented fans!
Imagine a wall of digital media that uses ZERO energy. That's the claim of the GreenPIX project, which is set to roll out in Beijing for the Olympic Games. It's supposed to be dedicated to digital art, but if it's a successful rollout there are certainly tons of commercial applications. For example, these could be great alternatives to energy-sucking ad billboards.
From the GreenPIX website:
GreenPix is a groundbreaking project applying sustainable and digital media technology to the curtain wall of Xicui entertainment complex in Beijing, near the site of the 2008 Olympic Games. Featuring the largest color LED display worldwide and the first photovoltaic system integrated into a glass curtain wall in China, the building performs as a self-sufficient organic system, harvesting solar energy by day and using it to illuminate the screen after dark, mirroring a day’s climatic cycle
The Media Wall will provide the city of Beijing with its first venue dedicated to digital media art, while offering the most radical example of sustainable technology applied to an entire building’s envelope to date. The building will open to the public in May 2008, with a specially commissioned program of video installations and live performances by artists from China, Europe and the US.
More pics after the jump.
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Flickr user Joe D! refaces U.S. bills to resemble pop culture icons in his collection: Refacing Government Tender. Aside from the humorous aspect of the refacing -- the project makes you think about the real value of paper money -- an important question nowadays as we watch the value of the U.S. dollar plummet.
As a side note, I wonder what would happen if he tried to spend his art. Would merchants would accept the bills? Legal tender is legal tender, although I'm not versed in the legality of "refacing" currency.
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Week in Review offers weekly hand-drawn images of the week's top news stories -- created by groups of local correspondents who gather at bars and talk about the stories that are important to them. The illustrations are informative, charming, and 100% unique. They offer a great deal of insight into the collective mindshare of participants.
Right now 4 editions are being generated from chapters around the world: Los Angeles, Cincinnati, Ireland, and Singapore. Unfortunately, those last 2 seem out of date.
This is why I love internet video. Multimedia artist Paul Slocum accumulated footage for this Full House homage over a period of 3 years and found actors across the globe (via Craigslist) to depict the classic confrontation between Joey and DJ.
Aside from the obvious humor of a corny scene being depicted over and over again, it's really quite interesting to see just how many ways it can play out.
(via A.V. Club)
In this week's show and campfire discussion, we talk about 90dayjane.com. The 90 Day Jane blog was only a few days old before it was taken down by its owner. See, the blog documented the final ninety days of Jane's life before she commits suicide. She didn't know how she was going to do it, only that she was going to do it, and she was taking us along for the ride.
Check out this amazing piece of billboard graffiti by AUGOR in LA at Melrose & Mansfield. Pay attention to the detail and integration with the original billboard art. PT Anderson should be proud.
More pics and info at LAist.
YouTube user Keshen8 recreated the official Dark Knight trailer (embedded after the jump) shot-for-shot using Legos. There's a higher quality version of the video on Stage 6.
Chip Whitehouse is a student at Indiana University getting a BFA in painting. Recently he's gotten into making speed painting videos, where he documents his painting process in generally under five minutes.
He uses ArtRage and a Wacom Intuos3 6x8 graphics tablet to make the art, screen captures the process with CamStudio and edits it all with Windows Movie Maker. He recently made one for us. It's really impressive to watch. Drop him a line and let him know what you think.
We featured Natasha Wescoat and her artwork on the show previously. She recently twittered that she had a new video up for her artist guide series about artist pet peeves. If you're an artist, or aspiring to be one, definitely check out her blog posts, art and videos at natashasartcandy.com. Good tips and good inspiration. Also, I hear her birthday is coming up. Happy birthday Natasha!
MIX member Tia is a really talented jewelery craftsperson. I remember seeing her stuff when she uploaded a bunch of photos to MIX when she first joined many months ago and thinking how lovely the stuff was. Check out a few pieces, and then go to her store and support independent artists and craftspeople!
I've been looking for a way to work this project into a show for the past 4 months, but since it hasn't happened, I wanted to post it on the blog because I think it's such a great project. Hope Larson is an art school student and created a "kiss book" that she intended to pass around to her classmates for them to illustrate. She writes:
It ceased to be a kiss book the moment it was passed to someone without my knowledge, which was disappointing, but it turned out well anyway.I think it's fantastic. Check out some pics below, and here's a link to her blog entry with more pics, and she has her own website, too.
We live in public trailer from RADAR on Vimeo.
I saw my friend Kenyatta twitter about this a few days ago, and just recently my other friend Jay was discussing it in the videoblogging group.
If you haven't seen it yet, definitely check out web entrepreneur/multi-media artist Josh Harris' trailer for his new documentary We Live In Public. It's a socio-political and artistic experiment that looks at what happens as we propel ourselves into lives that are on perpetual public display via the web. Eight years in the making, the million dollar project hooks up 32 web cams in a Manhattan loft that's set up bunker-style and records the lives of a 100 volunteer artists/guinea pigs while discussing the implications of the project as it d/evolves into madness. It asks the question: Will we survive in public?
We have some amazingly interesting friends. Take our friend Bre Pettis for instance... who else of all the people we know would laser the 2008 calendar right onto their thumbnail? No one we can think of - except for his friend Martin apparently.
I could see this being useful for a personal countdown... difficult to forget something when it's etched on your fingernails... And if not that, well, it's definitely a conversation starter. :)
One of our MIX members, Maiflowers, recently posted a really interesting topic for discussion:
Me and my brother went to an Art musium today (because were art freaks and have nothing better to do) and we came across a painting of a while canvass with three colored lines going down across it (Blue Black and Green.. I think). We were trying to think of meaning of it without looking at the little info card and we came up with compleat opposit meanings which were absolutly different from the card. Which brings me to my "Experiment"There is a meaning behind this (my meaning) but I want to you come up with you think it is. Ready. Set. Post.
Apparently, there are at least 56 different types of geeks, according to this illustration. Which type are you? If you don't find your type, Scott Johnson can create one for you! I vote for the videoblogging geek. :)
Recently joined MIX member bronx made has some great graf skills. Bronx is the birthplace of hip-hop and bombing, and both Zadi and I are from the Bronx originally, so we're glad to see bronx made on MIX. And check out the tattoo!
