Jacob Patterson

…an artist who doesn’t come across as having the desire to promote human welfare.


Ongoing Projects - Writings - From My Balcony - A Show Called Kicks.
Find Me - YouTube - Twitter - Website

Big dreams with small means.

"You don't owe your audience your art; you owe your audience your life."
-Howard Bloom
Mar 16 '11

gamefreaksnz:

“Painting with Pixels” time lapse (by iam8bit Productions)

To commemorate the 25th Game Developer’s Conference (gdconf.com), iam8bit was invited to conceive of something swanky that would engage festival-goers.

An art installation plus social experiment, PAINTING WITH PIXELS is a tribute to the perseverance of the pixel through several decades of gaming culture. Despite polygons prevailing in this modern area, the geometric prowess of the pixel is still one of intrigue and luster. Each conference attendee was gifted a single pixel (exactly 2x2 inches) to contrinute to a 20-by-8-foot pop portrait by famed designer Jude Buffum (judebuffum.com). Through the course of the convention’s week long run, the large-scale image revealed itself (all 5,760 pixels of it), illustrating the true power of collaboration.

This time lapse is compiled from 40 hours of footage captured from February 28 - March 4, 2011.

I gotta say, even if just for my love of collaboration, this is a beautiful creative process. What a beautiful idea!

76 notes (via gamefreaksnz)Tags: collaboration pixel art mosaic

  1. dexterthedarkdefender reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  2. humanegames reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  3. niub reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  4. plainjan3 reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  5. carril-conga reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  6. goinnsane reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  7. etrove reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  8. justmycupoftea reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  9. fuckyeahcollabs reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  10. ersi-giannoulatou reblogged this from jacobpatterson
  11. ohwhychy reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  12. thesoftwatches reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  13. wttdh reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  14. kaleidothrope reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  15. This was featured in #Art
  16. jacobpatterson reblogged this from gamefreaksnz and added:
    I gotta say, even if just for my love...beautiful creative process. What
  17. addeclectic reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  18. 240sxtacy reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  19. hendrixdeguuzman reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  20. fudgeymushrooms reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  21. mattyantzi reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  22. gcshira reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  23. mizzymik reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  24. unwinnable reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  25. 1ogro reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  26. anguishmeetsorigami reblogged this from gamefreaksnz
  27. geekmuch reblogged this from gamefreaksnz