Twitter user Jenihara created these Final Fantasy inspired mosaics using his home’s screen door as a canvas. The artist and avid gamer fused unlikely mediums for his latest masterpiece and created the composition using colored ink, a toothpick paint brush and his netted door canvas.
“At the height of Nintendo’s NES popularity, video game hardware could not handle any polygon-based visuals and instead relied on bitmap images to create popular characters.”
Modeled after Final Fantasy’s iconic characters, these screen door caricatures are made with the process of bitmapping. The process “involves laying down squares of color, called pixels, to form an image and is referred to as a digital mosaic” seen here on the young artist’s screen door.
What's Driving This Trend
- Bitmapped Art
- The trend of creating art with bitmapping is disrupting traditional art forms.
- Unconventional Mediums
- The trend of using unconventional mediums, like screen doors, to create art is disrupting the traditional art world.
- Nostalgia-based Art
- The trend of creating art based on nostalgic video game characters is disrupting contemporary art scenes.
Who This Affects Most
- Visual Art
- The visual art industry may benefit from incorporating bitmapping techniques into traditional forms.
- Home Decor
- The home decor industry may benefit from marketing unconventional screen door artworks for homeowners.
- Video Game Merchandise
- The video game merchandise industry may benefit from capitalizing on fandoms and nostalgia by creating more products tailored towards retro gaming aesthetics.
