Saturday, December 6, 2008

Dotter Dotter and Bill Mudron.

I don't make a habit of posting videogame-themed art. For that matter, although there is some pretty amazing CG artwork out there, I prefer to stay away from that as well; it's sort of outside the parameters of Cabinet of Curiosities. That said, every once in a while I come across something astounding enough that I have to pass it along. Such is the case with Japanese artist Dotter Dotter's rendered NES-inspired work. Click for larger versions.














Unfortunately, I don't read Japanese, so I don't know the titles of any of these.

Anyway, while we're on the topic of Nintendo art, Bill Mudron (who's Anne Frank Conquers The Moon Nazis web-comic is long-time favourite of mine) has recently redesigned his portfolio site with an NES theme and is featuring a number of his Nintendo-y illustrations.



(Dotter Dotter's blog)
(Dotter Dotter at pixiv)
(Bill Mudron)

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Soopa Coin-Up Bros.


Now this is how you do a blank figure ripe for customisation. Erick Scarecrow molded the 7" Soopa Coin-Up Bros. sculpt and offered up a limited edition vinyl run for sale for the paltry sum of $30 through Esc-Toy (sadly no longer available through official channels, but UrbanRetro is selling the white edition for £22.99 while supplies last). The blank comes packaged with a hoard of stickers for the screen, marquee and cabinet.

The Soopa Show was held in April at Concrete Jungle in NYC and the pieces on display were impressive, to say the least. Click on any of the images below to bask in the glory of full-size.



"Archadic", Andrew Scribner

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"Centipox", Brandy Anderson


"One-Armed Bandit", Bucky Lastard


"Battleship", Diego Paz


"Game Over", Doktor A


"Dug Rush", Dynomight NYC


"Toy Break", George Gaspar


"Soopa Koopa", Jared Deal


"Cock Blocker", Jude Buffum


"Chicano-Up Bros", Marka 27


"Bello Bello Beeeeh!", Massa Mas


"Soopa Boombu, The Vinyl Toy Killer", Matt Beers


"Keep Your Day Job", Steff Bomb


More photos over at Vinyl Toy Freaks and Esc-Toy's Flickr stream.