Game Art: Jude Buffum ”Ich Bin 8-bit installation” (2009)

Jude Buffum is an illustrator and designer from Philadelphia. He graduated from the Tyler School of Art in 2001 with a BFA in Graphic Arts and Design. In the Spring of 2009 he created an installation at the Nerotitan Gallery in Berlin called “Ich Bin 8-bit installation”. With help of post-it notes in different colors Jude created pixel characters on the gallery walls. LinkJude Buffum 

Buffum has also created other art projects that evoke the Pixel Art style of the Eighties. One example is “Rainbow Bloodbath”, showed at the “80s pop show” in Philadelphia and “Mushroom Recession” for the exhibition “8 bit and beyond” also in Philadelphia.

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The Super Keyboard Cat Bros” Buffum created a pixelized, 8-bit style, version of the (jn)famous YouTube playing cat and mixed it with Super Mario Bros. Chiptune artist Doctor Octoroc have contribut by making an 8-bit composition of the music in the orginal video. (Mathias Jansson)Link: Flickr gallery Link: Jude Buffum

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