2 little gouache paintings for the Game Over III show at Giant Robot SF.
from ICO:
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I'm liking this loose way of using pencils, inks, and gouache together - lots of happy accidents. When I look at these paintings close up, I see some "oh shit no" moments that actually turned out pretty nice-looking.
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Can we talk about Grim Fandango for a second? The above painting is a mashed-perspective version of that scene where Glottis (right, big orange) is tooling around on the piano in Manny's (left, skeleton) hotel lounge. Manny has been scouring the Land of the Dead for a woman he wronged, and he settles in this port city to wait for her. He gets a job there as a hotel janitor but is so restless that he can't help but work his way towards owning the hotel. Here Manny takes a break from running things and hangs out with his friend Glottis, whose fingers pluck out some half-melodies from the keys. On the game's soundtrack, Glottis's music is looped. But by the way the scene is staged, the music feels continuous and improvised. If Manny stands idle for too long he pulls out a cigarette and just listens. You could leave the game on this scene for an indefinite time and it persists like a fishtank screensaver, except ten billion times more amazing. This game be art at its finest, maign.
The show:
