I got 8 BIT!

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I got 8 BIT!

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of course it was only a matter of time, clearly mine is much better (although i do enjoy the 8bit take) :D

there are no more original ideas! but obviously now i have to make a way cooler screenprint! now how do i make a screenprint wink?

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Hi there,

Just wanted to let you know I'll be a part of another group show taking place at Blank Space Gallery in Milford, CT this coming weekend. Titled In the Garage: Art Celebrating Geek Culture, the show harkens back to a simpler time in our lives, like saving the Princess in the Mushroom Kingdom, covering three chord punk songs in the garage with friends, or fighting in the ring against Bald Bull.

I've attached a pic of the print I made for the show. 8BIT is a 18"x24" two color, hand-pulled screen print Super Mario mashup in a signed/numbered edition of only 25. The show opens this Friday, April 20 with prints available at the opening and later online. Check out their Facebook page or website for details. You can also follow them on Twitter @Blank_Space_Art for more info.

Cheers,
Armando
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super cool
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Wow! What a biter! Did he ask you to use your image?
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Sucks, armando who?
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Gigantico wrote:Sucks, armando who?

armando "chainsawhands" :lol:
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whyhoo wrote:
Gigantico wrote:Sucks, armando who?

armando "chainsawhands" :lol:
Super weak, doesn't he post on EB? A rival of yours? :lol:
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whyhoo wrote:
Gigantico wrote:Sucks, armando who?

armando "chainsawhands" :lol:
That guy did this? What a joke! Sorry your idea got ripped of by that unoriginal hack.
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spagucci1 wrote:
whyhoo wrote:
Gigantico wrote:Sucks, armando who?

armando "chainsawhands" :lol:
That guy did this? What a joke! Sorry your idea got ripped of by that unoriginal hack.

meh, i ain't sweatin' it, we all know where it originally came from :D

i should have made the print 5 years ago! such a slacker

bah its too bad i can't post as myself over at ebeans!!!
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I make a thread on EB calling this guy out on his nonsense. It is not cool what he did.
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This calls for some "facebook stalking"
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Is this the same armando that sent out free prints to board members a few years back?
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Phởgg wrote:Is this the same armando that sent out free prints to board members a few years back?
No, I was wondering the same thing at first. Our wives work together.
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Would anyone have thought to appropriate Marilyn if Warhol hadn't? "8 bit", Mario is an 8 bit character, Obey stickers all over the place with other images, this one looks evil. Surely, there is an image out there that someone could just grab. The top of the lip seems a lot flatter and puckered. In other words, I think this is a coincidence. Though, wish you had done something else with it years earlier. It's cool.
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robotoil wrote:Would anyone have thought to appropriate Marilyn if Warhol hadn't? "8 bit", Mario is an 8 bit character, Obey stickers all over the place with other images, this one looks evil. Surely, there is an image out there that someone could just grab. The top of the lip seems a lot flatter and puckered. In other words, I think this is a coincidence. Though, wish you had done something else with it years earlier. It's cool.

:D thank you kind sir!

the artist himself told me it was indeed a coincidence, and that he feels like a dovche now! i told him i'm not at all worried about it and good luck with the show. if i didn't have it out there anywhere than online forums, someone else was sure to come up with the same idea!

this does motivate me though to do something now! i've had a table top screenprinter and this image as one layer burned into a screen for about a year now! sticker robot will be hearing from me this year for sure (regular andrio and fireball andrio stickers!), we'll see if i can get my a$s making a run of prints too!
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I'm down for a print and five stickers
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Phởgg wrote:I'm down for a print and five stickers
+1
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see now you guys are giving me a kick in the a$s! MOTIVATE!!!

holy crepe i just came up with 3 solid ideas - what do you guys think about 12 x 12 black paper?

and then of course kiss cut stickers in the shape of the head!
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Lenticular printing would probably cost a fortune to capture the winking eye.. but maybe not, worth some research
Are there significant cost differences between kiss and die cut?
!BLACK PAPER!
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Phởgg wrote:Lenticular printing would probably cost a fortune to capture the winking eye.. but maybe not, worth some research
Are there significant cost differences between kiss and die cut?
!BLACK PAPER!

holy sh!t dude i didn't even think of lenticular paper... oh man
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An iconic print for sure... Changing my order to two prints five stickers
one for flipping ;)
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My order is also 1 print with a bunch of stickers..
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Got my Andrios, friggin sweet! Glad it finally came to be.

Reggies and a variant!

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Love the overspray too!

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those are rad!!
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Sweet!
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out of the park
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