Kawaii Kon 2013

Every year, I participate in Kawaii Kon's art auction. I rarely sell my work during the rest of the year because, honestly, I don't like to. I'm too attached sometimes and other times, I think no one will like it. This year I had three pieces for sale, and all three have found happy (I hope) owners. The piece above, "Wheel in the Sky," sold for the most. It was my favorite of the three and is based on the video game, "Journey." (I hope you get the 80's music pun.)

"Adventure Time" is a show I got into because of my nieces. And guess what. They grew out of it. I didn't. I still love the strange, adult (sometimes dark) humor. No other show can pull off their main character liking faux meat meant to taste like humans. Kids are lost to it. Eccentric adults love it, like the one that bought this. It was the smallest of the bunch, but the one I had the most fun making.

I reviewed "Portal 2" for my newspaper's video game blog when it came out in 2011. Next to "Uncharted 3" it was my favorite game of that year. This one had two pieces to it that played off the game's concepts. The main character, Chell, was porting from one picture frame to another. This is the piece that got the creative train going on the rest of the other pieces. It was sold at silent auction and the last time I checked, it was going for more than I thought it would go for. In total, I made enough to renew my car's registration. One last thing to worry about.

I'm glad other people were so excited about these pieces that they went for what they did. I suppose I will never know what others will like until I put it out there.

Fallen Shadow

Last year at Kawaii Kon 2011, I sold at auction a tribute art piece of the video game classic, "Shadow of the Colossus," which I mention here and here. Proceeds went to relief efforts for the Japan tsunami. A year later, I saw it fitting to create a thematic follow-up entitled "Fallen Shadow."

I think it's fitting to create the aftermath—a hollow victory—of the battle depicted in the first.

Here's a detail:

UPDATE:
This is Daniel. He was the lucky bidder to win this and last year's auction piece. I'm glad that the owner of the first was able to get the follow-up. Congrats Daniel and thank you! Proceeds go to the Red Cross for the Japan tsunami relief.

All Hail the Moss

Did I inspire Olly Moss with my tribute to Japan: "In It's Shadow"? No! Very hell no! He inspired me. I'm a big fan of his art. And that piece was a shout out to Moss' style and of course Saul Bass (who Moss is inspired by). It was auctioned off for $200, 100% of the proceeds donated to the relief efforts in Japan.

So it wasn't a surprise to see that the first few seconds of this video of "Resistance 3" looked like my tribute art.

It wasn't a surprise at all because Moss designed the "Resistance 3" cover art. All hail the Moss.

Check out the full video below.


Resistance 3 - Follow Capelli from Spov Design + Moving Image on Vimeo.