If I bought every halfway decent-looking poster I saw on the Internet, my walls would literally be covered with a collage of mismatched art -- it'd look like someone vomited pop culture everywhere. As appealing as such an idea sounds, I need to keep my impulses in check.
Although, this set of minimalistic posters by Justin Russo is oh-my-God-good. He's taken the less-is-more approach with his designs, but it works well on a few levels. Each poster depicts the body of a popular videogame character; to the non-gamer, only Mario will be instantly recognizable. Love it!
Anyone else feeling Russo's work, or am I just overreacting as usual?
Video Game Characters For Minimalists, Without The Faces [GameSetWatch]
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5:40 PM on 03.18.2010
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its been done already. and quite better as well.
i dont know why people put words in their "art", it totally ruins it for me.
OH-MY-GOD-GOOD!!! =)
i would give a more inciteful comment but it is minimalism
So, sorry to sound like an angry guy, but these are a no go for me. Only thing good on them is the sayings.
I Like minimalism, but neither the quotes or the designs are really iconic enough to get who the characters are (barring obvious cases like big daddy or Mario).
And as an artsy special edition cover? Hell yeah!
Sooo much better than most of the stuff you see out there!
http://justindavidrusso.blogspot.com/2010/03/poll.html