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Pixel Video Game Characters

By prawn1 Wednesday October 5, 2011

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It’s not the first time illustrator Michael B. Myers Jr. (DRAWSGOOD) has worked with pixels portraits. He has already created a series of pixel renderings of popular Star Wars characters and various comic book super heroes. In his latest set of posters, Myers Jr. has drawn five pixel video game characters created for a gamer community, High Score Society.

Despite their simple blocks and colours, these badass video game characters are instantly recognizable. Have a look at them after the jump.

Dexter Meets Saul Bass

By prawn1 Friday September 23, 2011

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Illustrator Ty Mattson channels Saul Bass in his alternate openining credits to the smashing Showtime series, Dexter. Mattson had initially created a set of minimalist posters, one for each season of the show, highlighting the pivotal moments from each episode. Showtime was thoroughly impressed with his works and subsequently interviewed Mattson for a bonus feature in the season 5 DVD boxset.

Mattson then turned his focus to making the title sequence. With the help of friends from Fashion Buddha, he used his existing poster artwork to create the opening credits to Dexter as if the show was aired in the 1960s.

Have a look at Mattson’s alternate, animated Dexter intro below.

And have a gander at his fantastic poster designs after the jump.

Minimalist Game of Thrones House Sigils

By prawn1 Wednesday August 24, 2011

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From the boost in book sales to a highly successful TV series to all love and adoration from the Internet, there is certainly a lot of banter about Game of Thrones. Speaking about banners — OK, you got me, I said banter but what’s a little letter substitution amongst friends? — designer Tom Gateley shows appreciation for the series by creating a beautiful set of minimalist posters.

After watching the TV series, Gateley says he became slightly obsessed with the identity the houses and set about creating vector posters of each house sigil. He hopes we like them as much as he does. Have a look at his minimalist Game of Thrones posters after the jump.

Minimalist Caricatures by Stanley Chow

By prawn1 Monday February 28, 2011

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Illustrator and graphic designer Stanley Chow hails from Manchester, UK and has a penchant for cartoons, caricatures, and minimalism. Have a look at some of his character portraits after the jump.

Minimalist Video Game Posters

By prawn1 Saturday July 31, 2010

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TyrannicalDuck, Macross, Cloud_Ratha and I are from different walks of life. T-Duck won’t let a drop of alcohol touch his lips and I’m overly enamoured with bacon. Macross is in lust with his new plasma TV and Cloud_Ratha is, well, from Durban. If there is one thing we have in common, aside from being bipeds, it’s the love of gaming. It’s a passion shared by thousands of like-minded gamers across the world…I was going somewhere with this wasn’t I? Oh yes, it ties in with another fondness of ours – that of minimal poster design. It’s become quite a trend recently and even though we’ve seen a good selection of bare-bones movie and TV posters, it seems none of that love has been directed at gaming. Perhaps we haven’t been looking out for it but our Googlefu is strong tonight.

Boris Lechaftois, a freelance web designer from Toulouse, France tries his hand at boiling down the essence of some popular games and graphic designer Boss Logic from Melbourne, Australia applies his talents to simplifying some characters from Street Fighter.

We’ve compiled a selection of their minimalist posters after the jump. Have a look.

35mm: 35 films in 2 minutes. Can You Guess Them All?

By prawn1 Monday July 26, 2010

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35mm: 35 films in 2 minutes. Can You Guess Them All?

Together with his like-minded friends, German design student Pascal Monaco created a short film that is a tribute to the history of cinema. 35mm is a brilliant little animation that is jam-packed with 35 films, with each reference to the film being stripped down to its most minimal form and lasing only lasting a couple of seconds.

Monaco wants to see how many movies you can find in the two minutes that his short film spans. Have a look at 35mm below.

We only got the obvious ones – Titanic, Jaws, Carrie, Taxi Driver, One Flew over The Cuckoos Nest, Snow White, The Blues Brothers, Star Wars, Terminator, Toy Story, Fight Club, A clockwork Orange, The Great Dictator, Rear Window, Dracula, Apollo 13.

Let us know how you did.

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Need Versus Want, Illustrated

By prawn1 Monday July 5, 2010

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Another age-old argument – need versus want. I want a newer/bigger/flashier TV even though the one I have works perfectly fine. I want to be taller and ruggedly handsome, but what I need to be is more comfortable in my own skin.

Like many of us, artist Erin Hanson, also feels conflicted about what she desires as opposed to what she really needs in life. Her minimal illustrations show the stand-offs going on in her mind. Have a look at her Need to Want Less series after the jump.

Illustrated Movie Quotes

By prawn1 Wednesday June 30, 2010

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Designer Goran Patlejch from Prague, Czech Republic creates illustrations using quotes from memorable movies. From no one fucking with Jesus to big badda boom Patlejch’s designs are simple, fun, and altogether awesome. Have a look at them after the jump.

Pedro Vidotto’s Minimal Movie Posters

By prawn1 Tuesday June 29, 2010

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Don’t know if you know but I quite minimalist posters. They seem to be all the rage these days, and in steps Brazilian art director/designer Pedro Vidotto who boils down his favourite films to the bare essentials and creates a set of simple, fun promotional posters for them.

Have a look at Vidotto’s set of minimalist movie posters after the jump.

Music, Philosophy, Typography

By prawn1 Wednesday June 16, 2010

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Music, philosophy, and typography are three of the things London-based graphic designer Mico Toledo loves. And in his weekly project, Music Philosophy, he combines those three elements to create posters of memorable and often profound song lyrics from the likes of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, and even Jay Z. Toledo uses minimal colours and bold typography to great effect.

We totally love his project, have a look at some of his designs after the jump.