Scroll Test for Nes Game

Holy cow! I can't believe I can move my own little Nintendo game character around already. :D Thanks again to the peeps who made the tutorials I mentioned yesterday! This is a real learning experience, and without the tutorials I'd be nowhere.

This originally had music and sound effects, but embedding the file in html makes it all lag and I don't know why. So maybe tomorrow I can show you some of the totally weak totally awesome level music I've been messing around with! omgnowai!

Basic Movement Test for NES Game

How exciting!

Firstly, a big thanks to the tile-based tutorials from Tonypa and OutsideofSociety, which I'm using here! I edited the code and programmed my own stuff into the basic platform tutorial to get the animations and directions right, and also probably made everything more complicated than it should be.

In the coming weeks, I hope to work out the bugs and greatly improve functionality, while creating a Nintendo-like platform game that's all my own! How exciting! Wait I already said that.

And a Bonus Movie too! How exciting! :D

Making Logos is Fun, by Mitch Ansara (Spacesick Books, 1972)

I just whipped up this silly nod to classic graphic design books (most notably this one and this reissue) because I realized I actually have money to spend on useless frivolous fun stuff like this!

I'm on a buying spree. Can any of you guys recommend some good vintage design, logo, and art books to check out? Or do you know of a good place to pick up some used copies? The older and more thumbed-through, the better! That's what she said.

I drew these on an index card

I will only charge you $500 for the set.

Thanks for the 3.21 score at Threadless and Tee of the Day at Emptees! :D

Thanks to everyone who supported "Baron VonFunburger’s® Haunted Castle Cavalcade!" at Threadless, because it finished scoring with an awesome 3.21! And another thank you to all 102 folks who helped it get Tee of the Day at Emptees. :D I never saw THAT one coming. Now let's just hope Threadless likes it enough to print it! Woohoo!

Thanks again, guys. You are simply the best!

Baron VonFunburger® at Emptees!

Hey guys! Just promoting my hi-larious new monster of a fast food design. You can vote for it here at Emptees (for promotion) and here at Threadless to get it printed as a tee!



Thanks, fellow Baron VonFunburger® Kids Club members! :D

It's alright, cuz I got something in the mail today!

How I've lived without this for so long is a wonder!

Full size, full color, 63 pages, and all for 3 bucks! Nice score, Preppy!

Baron VonFunburger's® Haunted Castle Cavalcade!

Hey guys! This sucker has been a long time in the making, but it's finally up for voting at Threadless.com! If you vote and leave a comment for it there, maybe I'll invite you to my next birthday party in the Baron VonFunburger® Party Zone!™ :D

Spacesick NES Game Idea

Hey kids! I always thought it would be fun to make up my own NES game, and I'm finally getting around to it. I figure by doing just a little bit of the music, box art, instruction manual, and sprites every day for the MSCED project, something might actually come of it! Maybe even a little playable level, or whatever my limited programming skills will allow.

I whipped up this temporary title screen just to get the idea OUT there. It's not exactly NES-like, though. Back in a few days, nerds!

A public service of the 8-bit Wildlife Council

"Balanced Breakfast" Directed by Chris Eliopoulos

You guys have GOT to check out this new animated short by my friend Chris Elio, with animation by Gene Goldstein and music by Michael DeForge! :D Every time I see something new from him, he's always kicking it up a notch.

Check it out in delicious Hi-Def here! And don't fill up on marshmallows.

Lily's Adidas (New Mash-Up)

I don't know why I can't leave mash-ups alone. I mean I'm not particularly GOOD at it, but it's just so much fun! It took me like 2 hours to get to this point, so if anyone actually likes it, I could try to polish it up.

You can download it here, if you're fresh enough.

PIZZA PARTY!!! at Threadless

Woohoo! The Pizza Party!!! collaboration that 50 artists chipped in toppings for got printed today at Threadless! A big thank you goes out to my homie Alex, who volunteered to helm the vast undertaking. He put so much work and heart into the design, layout, and promotion of this monster, and it paid off like I never could have imagined. A big thanks to Threadless too, because this brings my print count up to a gentleman's 1.52! :D

It went up for sale SUPER early, and you can check it out here! (that's my referral link) Lucky for you there's a Spring Cleaning sale going on too.

Evil Movie Megacorporation Rebranding

I'm working together with some of film's biggest fictional corporations to create a newer, friendlier, identity for evil conglomerates everywhere. *twinkly promotional cue* Any tips or crits would be VERY welcome! I'm trying to brush up on my web 2.0 skills.

Death of a Tablet (2005-2009)

Sad times. :( My beloved tablet, my first, my always, my everything- passed on just now when I was forced to bash it violently against my desk. Just once, though! Quick and painless, while I told it about the rabbits. Otherwise I know I'd keep drawing* out the inevitable. We'd been playing this fun game lately where it would hide from the computer while I was drawing something important, and I'd unplug it and plug it back in until I'd almost be in tears from frustration. Then it would pop back up, as if to say "surprise!" :D But when it got caught in an unbreakable USB recognition loop, I knew it was time to say goodbye.

The good news is that within minutes, I had already whipped out my credit card and ordered a new one. I know it can't replace my first tablet, but I bet we'll have fun together! And who knows... Perhaps in time, it will come to be just as special to me.

fin.