Posts Tagged ‘8 bit’

It seems that each time I post now, I vow to post more frequently, due to being fed up with the algorithm controlled hoo-haa of things like Instagram, etc. Well, this time I mean it. Heh heh heh

So I'll be going back to 2025 and slowly bring things up to date.
At the start of 2025 (summer here) I was painting some old oil barrels. Not the first I'd painted, but I reckon they got a bit better each time.

Barrels were then delivered to the Incubator Gallery at the Historic Village in Tauranga (New Zealand). The Incubator is kickass – as is the rest of the Historic Village. You really should visit.

The first triptych that I started (have finished several since) around 9 years ago. Used some fairly cheap canvases as couldn’t really afford much much else at the time. Because of this, the frame of one of them warped a bit pretty quickly, so I gave up on them and started on some new work. Had worked on them a little over the years, then decided to get ’em done after finishing the Matua School toilets job. And as such it’s quite a cool collection of different elements that I’ve been painting at different times. Anpanman and Baikinman for example – we’d not long returned from living in Japan and my wee boy was a big fan!

“Ahiru ga inainode, koko ni Mario ga imasu!” This is the first piece that I’ve managed to complete this year. Am in the midst of a couple of other projects, which unfortunately aren’t bringing in much $$ at the moment, so this is definitely available for purchase. It would look fantastic in your home. Or office. Or workplace.

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As of this piece, my new naming convention will be to come up with a vaguely appropriate title, Google translate it in Japanese, then post it on my facebook page @misutasupakuru, then use the fb translate function to finalise the English moniker. In this case: “Bruce worked hard for her kimono and wig.”

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It’s an older one (almost a year even), but I stumbled across the photo today and figured that it needed to come out of the shadows…

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It’s quite some time since I drew these us, but this is the last one. Closure bro! and onward and upward!! and pash the antelope!!!

Started off as an experiment with masking tape. Discovered that I didn’t really like using masking tape. Added Bullet Bill as the stripes didn’t seem right by themselves.

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3 bits of 8 bit

Drew this up 2 years ago. Took way too long to finish. Trying to figure out a way to paint more while being a dad and working a day job…