Pixel art is cool!

[6000SUX]

So I'm decorating my one-year-old's room, and I stumble on these "eBoy" posters. Man, they are just wicked cool-- very vibrant and full of detail. They seem to do a lot of cityscapes, like this one of Singapore (credits).

Anyone else like this stuff? I'm ordering a 47 X 33 poster of NYC for 20 bucks. I'm not allowed to paint the walls in my kid's new room where we're staying right now, and I just want to liven things up.

 

[6000SUX]

And on this related site, found a pretty cool item: the Pig Catapult. Bet someone'll be glad to get that one in the office gift swap.

 

[mugs]

Wow, that looks EXACTLY like NYC.

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: mugs
Wow, that looks EXACTLY like NYC.

:laugh:

 

[6000SUX]

Originally posted by: mugs
Wow, that looks EXACTLY like NYC.

Heh heh. I guess so. At least it FEELS a little bit like it, but more importantly, it's kinda entertaining to poke around in. I wish it were big enough to use as a wallpaper on my SXGA+ screen without a border.

I originally went looking for some of the big micro-detail funny posters they used to sell in the 80's and 90's, but couldn't find any. Like a big 3/4 view of a campground, with a thousand or more cartoon people all doing funny things. Apparently that part of our culture has vanished without a trace.

I did find out one funny thing in that research, though-- apparently Waldo fell from grace due to a tiny, stylized nude pinup appearing in one of the "Where's Waldo?" books! Conservatives denounced it, and that was enough to kill sales.

 

[chcarnage]

Mordillo made some crowded cartoon posters like this one, but I don't know if the posters are still around?

 

[6000SUX]

Originally posted by: chcarnage
Mordillo made some crowded cartoon posters like this one, but I don't know if the posters are still around?

Thanks a lot! That's the sort of thing I had in mind, and it's at least a great lead.

 

[jonessoda]

I dunno. The pixel art does show skill and it's somewhat entertaining, I just feel that it somehow just doesn't feel right.

 

[E equals MC2]

It's like a visual seizure. No real composition, crap everywhere. I guess that's what makes it cool...

 

[Ika]

thats kind of cool. it's like a "wheres waldo" picture, except with less people

 

[Aharami]

i like em

 

[MisterJackson]

reminds me of a lego train game my son used to play but I got addicted to. You could build cities and track then animate it all. I loved that game.

 

[tami]

nice, but that nyc one is a little crowded even for nyc

 

[Juno]

whoa, i wanna order the nyc poster!!