Tag: Pixel Art

The new music video for the band Goldfish perfectly captures the spirit of classic 8-bit and 16-bit console and arcade games in a tidy little package. The music video for We Come Together makes reference to…

John Buonvino’s user name on DeviantART says it all: “NES–still-the-best”. He paid homage to his favorite console by making 3D voxel renderings of many popular NES games. Buonvino considers his Super Mario Bros. render below to…

For those not familiar with the Nyan Cat meme, I’ll just assume you’ve been living under a rock, or have better things to do than sit on the Internet watching an 8-bit Pop Tart cat farting…

Slaterman23 created these awesome-looking Star Wars pixel posters (or pseudo-pixel posters?) that were inspired by Superbrothers’ pixelated roleplaying game for iOS Sword & Sorcery. If you’ve played the game, then you’ll easily recognize these.…

While I don’t know how good some of these movies will be, I know that hopes are high that The Dark Knight Rises is going to be awesome. Since Thor will lead Marvel Studios to their…

John Martz teamed up with Koyama Press to create this comprehensive pixel art Star Trek roster, featuring 235 characters from the series. I think Star Trek fan clubs can use this as an intermediate test for…

I’m always amazed by all of the crazy things that people have been able to do with the primitive forms in the game Minecraft. Remember the time that Minecrafta2z made a version of Pac-Man in the…

Made by Jonas and Simon Schwarzer, A Little Bit World sees classic video game characters emerge from a question mark block. It’s practically the low-budget version of Pixels by onemoreprod and Patrick Jean, though I wouldn’t…

While I personally wasn’t that into Duck Hunt, the classic shooting game on the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System, I have to say that this piece of art that combines pixel art with traditional art is lots…

Here’s a set of stickers worthy of space in a photographer’s wall. Made by pixel art specialist Bill Brown, they come in packs of matte vinyl Polaroid, medium format and SLR cameras drawn in 8-bit style.…

Last year, Etsy seller kongscut pounced on the success of Minecraft and came out with a set of Minecraft magnets. Now kongscut has competition, from no less than ThinkGeek, which is now selling official, licensed Minecraft…

Inspired by this template for a papercraft 8-bit trash can, Instructables member BrittLiv decided to make a functional version out of plywood. It seems roomy enough that a whole computer could be dumped inside. Since it’s…

Here’s a fun bit of jewelry for you geeky girls out there. These clever pixel necklaces are based on mouse cursors.…

This great pic combines the iconic imagery of Galaga and Independence Day into one. 8-Bit Independence was created by Steven Lefcourt (aka Ste7en), and manages to mash up one of my favorite video games of all…

Fans of the Super Mario Bros. games would love to have these awesome wooden magnets to stick up on their fridge.…

Can you believe that 12 months ago, if you had said the words “Angry Birds”, most people would have thought you were talking about an Alfred Hitchcock movie. Now, it’s the mobile gaming juggernaut of 2010.…