8-bit in German

Check out my I am 8-Bit painting in this German magazine GEE. I'm in great company alongside Scott Campbell and PaperMonster. Pretty Awesome!

I am 8-bit #4

It's time for another I am 8-bit art show!!!! It's tomorrow night at the World of Wonder storefront Gallery, 6650 Hollywood Blvd. in Los Angeles.

I collaborated with my girlfriend Kellie Smith to make a Luigi plush. Well, it's more of a wool sculpture because the whole things made of wool! Nothing is sewn except for the arms and legs to the body. It's a crazy process where you stab some wool with barbed needles to get it to knot itself. And you sculpt the shapes you want and knot them together. It takes a really, really long time.

He's about 9 inches tall, but doesn't stand really well except when leaning against something.
Here he is in progress. Kellie made the whole thing with me helping a bit. She worked off some drawings I did, and I tried to direct her to get it as close as she could. I think it turned out awesome!
Here's a half a turnaround I did based on the first drawing.
And here's the first sketch I did.

PART 2

For my painting this year, I decided to tackle one of my favorite games growing up, Bubble Bobble! My brother and I used to play this nonstop. Above is the final painting, 5x7, done in cel vinyl on illustration board.

Here is the digital color comp I did in photoshop.

Here's the final drawing I went off of. You may noticed that I flipped the guy in the bubble for the final piece. I think it makes a better composition.
Here's the second drawing I did.
And here's the first sketch, the seed of the idea!

8-Bit Painting Process

Here's a quick overview of the steps to get to the final paintings I did for the I Am 8-Bit show.

1) Random pen doodle2) Bigger pencli sketch
3) Composition thumbnail sketches

4) Digital color comp
5) Final painting

1) Exploration pen sketches

2) More exploration pencil sketches

3) Full size pencil sketch of composition
4) Last minute change to the pose of the chef

5) Digital color comp

6) Final painting

I AM 8-Bit

The I Am 8-Bit show went up last night at Gallery 1988. It was jam-packed as usual, but they did a better job filtering people in and out of the gallery. The show was pretty amazing overall. Here are my two humble entries. The Burgertime painting is about 8x10 and the Mario/Luigi painting is like 21x10 or something like that. I really like how they turned out. If you get a chance, you should check out the show because there are some amazing pieces.

I AM 8-BIT

The I Am 8-Bit art show opening at Gallery 1988 was last night and it was a blast! So many people showed up and there was a line out the door the entire night. There was so much great artwork, it was insane. Here are the two pieces I contributed. Above is Mario, and below is Luigi, of course. Don't be confused by these thumbnails though, the Luigi piece was actually much bigger than the Mario one. Which do you like better and why? I was asking people all night and everyone had a different answer. This question started because at first, the gallery was only going to be able to fit one piece, and Jon Gibson, the curator, picked the Luigi one because he felt it was stronger. But to my luck, when I showed up at the show, they were both up! So thanks again Jon! I think the show's up for a month, so get yourself to the gallery and check out all the amazing artwork.