8-Bit Prime Ministers of Canada! Buy this as a t-shirt or a poster!
October 12th: 8-Bit Rasputin!
8-Bit Ragnar Lothbrok (Vikings)!
8-Bit Jimi Hendrix! (I know the guitar isn’t the right one, but it contrasts better)
8-Bit Thomas Jefferson! Happy Independence Day, American friends!
King Tut’s 8-Bit Funerary Mask, one of the most famous objects in the world!
8-Bit Lagertha The Shieldmaiden (Vikings)
Louis RIEL: Canadian Icon Here is something you may not know about me: I am a lover of history. I know it may not come across in my 8-Bit drawings of late-20th Century pop culture icons and pro wrestlers, but I am madly passionate about the subject. I hold an honours degree in History (specializing in Canadian History and US Foreign Relations, post-WWII). I love this stuff. A long, long time ago, I made a t-shirt that commemorated and venerated Louis Riel, leader of the Red River Resistance and North West Rebellion in Canada, in the style reminiscent of those Che Guevara t-shirts you used to see (ask your parents). It was one of the first things I made and put on the Internet that I have never been ashamed of. Last night, I was browsing some of my old Facebook pictures when I stumbled upon the original image I used for the t-shirt. So, I came up with the brilliant idea of resurrecting this design for a brand new audience. And so, I give you Louis RIEL: Canadian Icon. Available as a T-shirt, or a print!
100 8-Bit Authors
This past week, I gave myself a project. I accumulated a list of 100 influential writers, both historically and personally, and I set about drawing each of them in my 8-Bit style. My list had an amalgamation of many different mediums and messages; fiction and non-fiction, poetry and prose, classical and contemporary. I even have a few comic writers, because I believe that Bill Watterson and Alan Moore are just as much authors as Charles Dickens and James Joyce. This project took me five days to complete, and it was very much a labour of love. I really hope you like it; if you DO really like it, feel free to share this, or even BUY A POSTER of this very chart. SPECIAL THANKS to my wife, and my good buddies Dave and Nicole for helping me compile my list, as they gave me plenty of suggestions for this piece.
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(Reposting because I accidentally deleted the original. OOPS.)
A small taste of a fun project I'm working on.
It's Louis Riel Day! Well, at least it is in Manitoba. I've adopted it, because Ontario's 'Family Day' just sounds lame.
On this day, 50 years ago, John F. Kennedy was assassinated while in Dallas, Texas. It is a defining moment in the history of the 20th Century and a crime that launched an entire industry of conspiracy theory. Lyndon Baines Johnson, Kennedy's Vice President, would assume the office while aboard Air Force One and carve a curious legacy of his own: a cantankerous, war-mongering bastard to some, and a domineering champion for civil rights and social reform to others.
For Remembrance Day, Lest you forget.
8-Bit Edgar Allan Poe. Inventer of detective fiction. Founding father of science fiction. Master of the macabre. Suffered for his art. Worshipped by moody teens everywhere.