The 8-Bit Arts

Mega Man

Sense memory is an amazing thing. A single, errant scent, sound, or taste, and a person can be thrown back decades in time to relive experiences long forgotten. For anyone who invested hours of their childhood playing the NES, the modern art scenes inspired by 8-Bit acts as a bridge to worlds familiar yet foreign.

Blip Festival NYC 2012 just concluded. Had I access to a TARDIS, I would definitely check it out. Lacking said technology, I'm left basking in they afterglow remotely.

Moleman 2 - Demoscene - The Art of Algorithms has been released for a few months, but since it is a documentary about an art scene that is still generally unknown by the general public, it felt important to showcase.

Loved is an example of what I hope for more of in the future of video games. If you have a couple minutes, I highly recommend that you play it. The game is relatively short, and worth more than a few plays.

There is still an incredible amount of 8-Bit inspired arts out there. What are your favorites? Also, Happy Memorial Day!

Sun Flowers

"My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it."

 -Mark Twain

My mother has given me so much over the course of her life, but the one gift I have valued over all others is the gift of imagination. Through it, she has given me the heavens and the earth as well as a light to guide me through the brightest days and darkest nights.

This year, to say thanks, I reached up and stole a piece of the sun to create these "sun" flowers especially for her as a small token of appreciation and a symbol of the light and love she has always provided.

How I Learned to Stop Bashing and Love the Zombie

Zombie 5412
Digital Painting
2012

For years, I've avoided zombies. They are far from my favorite monster. I'm much more of a werewolf guy myself. However, as a first, I feel this zombie portrait turned out alright. I may even try another in the future. Any opinions?

The Journey Towards Cloud Consciousness

There will come a day when iPhone level tech become so pervasive that every child will be given a device upon birth. The device will then track the child's educational growth and adapt in both programming and hardware to match the child's maturity level. The data that the device records will follow the child into adulthood, acting as a lifetime resume, giving employers metrics regarding the individuals learning curve that will influence the hiring process.

The device will follow the individual into old age, acting as a companion and a caretaker, tracking things as common as an inventory of paper towels or toilet paper and automatically reordering before the individual runs out, to as specialized as mental and physical acuity, scheduling trips to the doctor when necessary.  Eventually, the device will act as the AI necessary to keep the individual's consciousness alive by transmitting all the knowledge the individual collected as well as patterns of curiousity and creativity based on algorithms into the ethereal web, forming a Cloud Consciousness, and allowing the next generation of DaVinci and Einstein to collaborate with the living over the course of centuries.

Toys like this are only the first step towards that future, and it will be beautiful. :)