Triptych: A Wolf With A Paintbrush

"Bobkami" (t-shirt) by Nathan Davis

"God Hound [Okami]" by Alessandro Marano

"Okami - Yamata no Orochi" by Caroline Lahaise

Showcase: Jude Buffum's Jurassic President Series

"Jurassic President, Episode 1: American History Rex"

"Jurassic President, Episode 16: High Score and Seven Years Ago"

"Jurassic President, Episode 26: Stalin For Time"

Former US Presidents versus historical villains, atop cybernetic dinosaurs, attacking each other with energy cannons. THIS IS THE PERFECT GAME.

I also dig how Stalin's videogame avatar looks like Mario.

[Jude Buffum's Jurassic Presidents]

Triptych: This Is Not My Beautiful Spaceship, This Is Not My Beautiful Metroid

"In Super Troidicolor" (t-shirt) by Ross Sauby

"The Ancient One" by Hex Carter

"Samus It Ever Was" (t-shirt) by MangaKid

Showcase: Orioto's Incredible Nintendo Platformer Paintings

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"Mario World"

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"Zebus Cave"

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"City Borders"

I've been meaning to post some of Mikaël Aguirre's, A.K.A. Orioto's, videogame remake paintings on Apocalypse POW! practically since I started this blog, and the fact that I'm only getting around to it now is somewhat criminal. I chose to showcase the above three paintings because they seemed to adhere to the whole 3M (Mario, Megaman, Metroid) classic NES retro theme, but if you click over to his Deviantart gallery folder, you'll see his take on everything from Sonic to Limbo to Space Invaders. Also, do yourself a favour and check out all of the above in full-resolution, because the level of detail is absolutely astonishing and you just don't get the full effect from a shrunken-down thumbnail.

[Orioto's Deviantart -
Videogame Remakes]

Spotlight: Laura Bifano's Pixel Menagerie Series

"Pixel Menagerie #1: Deer"


"Pixel Menagerie #4: Honey Badger"


"Pixel Menagerie #3: The Scorpion and the Turtle"

[Laura Bifano]



Laura Bifano's pixel portraits of forest critters are awesome and just a little bit surreal. I'm looking forward to future installments!