When it comes to art, we're no experts. Still, that doesn't stop us from enjoying Jimi Benedict's surrealist pieces, which portray some of our favorite video game characters in ways we've never seen them before. Even some of his works that aren't video game related are 8-bit inspired, like his portrait of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama.Check after the break to see the full Mario portrait (the picture to the right is just a tease!), and a Zelda one as well (featuring Link).
[Via Technabob]
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2-07-2008 @ 10:12AM
Saxon said...
Wow, that's creepy.
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2-07-2008 @ 10:15AM
TheCoats said...
Hella-Creepy
2-07-2008 @ 10:21AM
Kishna (Frostmane) said...
"???" indeed at the Mario piece.
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2-07-2008 @ 10:45AM
Ryan G said...
Reminds me of the illustrations from The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.
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2-07-2008 @ 10:49AM
Raytia said...
Oh wow, yeah they do. Wow I haven't looked at that story in ages. *nostalgia*
2-07-2008 @ 3:09PM
Niji said...
NOSTALGIA BOMB.
2-07-2008 @ 11:05AM
The Theory said...
those are basically really awesome and I'd totally wear a t-shirt with either image.
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2-07-2008 @ 11:22AM
Raytia said...
They are pretty cool, and definitely painted/rendered nicely, but theres still an aspect of creepyness to them that is a bit unsettling, esp Link's face.
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2-07-2008 @ 2:16PM
Alisha Karabinus said...
He's meeeeltiiiing....
2-08-2008 @ 3:14AM
Abubi said...
He's not melting, the illustrator just fit his face into the "pixels" of the original sprite graphic, how Nintendo intended his anatomy to be.
2-07-2008 @ 11:36AM
Adam_Y said...
I did something similar ages ago... well, not that similar, but close enough –
http://theflowfieldunity.com/?p=52
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2-08-2008 @ 10:36AM
AVinc said...
The title is incorrect, it should say: Mario and Link get surreal.
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2-08-2008 @ 1:58PM
Zardoz said...
Its like theyre are some mishapen demons now inhabiting the center of the pantheon of our historic religious paradigms.
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