When you look at a piece of art, whether in a live gallery or online, how long do you spend appreciating each it? I bet you usually take one quick glance, pass judgment, then move on to the next momentary distraction. It's easy to forget that art can take a really, really, really long time.
Aria Blarg from Ariablarg+Friends likes to do videogame art commissions, ranging from $80 to $400 depending on the size of the canvas. As an added bonus, she films herself painting the pieces and uploads time-lapse videos of the whole process. The vids run around four minutes in length, condensed down from who knows how many hours. I bet dollars to donuts that would-be artists doodling something for the first wouldn't even last two minutes before the frustration that they aren't Bob Ross sets in.
Anyway, the above is Aria's EarthBound number, based on the coffee break scene in Saturn Valley. Marvel as the characters come to life before your very eyes. Afterwards, check out some of Aria's other speed paintings past the jump.
Wow, that's pretty awesome! I've only started playing Eartbound recently, but it's such a charming, weird game. I wish Nintendo would release it on Virtual Console in EU/US or have some sort of Earthbound/Mother boxset.
Aria's painting casts are quite hypnotic, and her gaming casts are great fun. Anyone who doesn't already should tune in to her stream sometime (and of course the Dtoid one too)
Now I'm reminded that I still haven't played Mother 3; I hate playing gba games on emulators, screen has to be so small and feels completely awkward on my 24 inch.
Anyway, she's amazing, as someone who completely sucks at giving gifts, I'll probably be ordering a painting near holiday season for one my gamer relatives.
@WrathAndPride:
Depends on the emulator, I guess. I know VBA has some different graphics filters. Which one looks best will depend on your setup, but it's worth looking at.
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