Jason and I met Victor Dandridge at AwesomeCon DC. That massive backdrop of characters behind him is part of his 8-bit challenge. A virtuoso in creating 8-bit images of geek and pop-culture characters, which he often does in sets, (all the better for collecting!) Victor offers a challenge to see if you can guess 10 of them; if successful, you win a prize. The evil of the challenge is that while we were talking, I was pretty sure I had 30 of them figured out easy. Once the challenge began, I was lucky to get 10. But I did, and I got an Old Man Wolverine 8-bit image in exchange for my scrambled brain. Fair trade.
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| This, like much of his art, leaves me longing for a Nintendo game that was never made ... |
Victor is more than just a creator of clever 8-bit images. The Columbus, Ohio artist writes, vlogs and provides support and recognition for fellow creators in the geek community. He is the face behind
Vantage:Inhouse Productions, where he creates properties for readers
of all ages and tastes and is an innovate voice within the self-publishing market writing for
titles such as Origins Unknown and The Samaritan - and most recently is working on the already amazing-looking Jim Henson-inspired
Kinder Guardians.
Head
here to take a look at some of his 8-bit style T-shirts. Also, check out his Etsy page
here.
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