Tuesday, June 1, 2010

8-bit mona lisa


This is a painting for the next Hive show which has a video game theme... I only worked on games as far back as 16-bit, but I have fond memories of the Atari 2600! this was a 5 color palette (white, yellow ochre, burnt sienna, burnt umber, and ultramarine blue)and 216 total brushstrokes. acrylic on canvas, 36 by 24.

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2 comments:

Arthur Fong said...

8-bit!!! Its amazing how you captured this.

alex schaefer said...

Thanks Arthur! It reminds me of the "good old days" making games in the 90's... ahhh... we were so innocent way back then. ;)