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  • Assassin’s Creed IV Fans to Appear in French Painting

    Ubisoft today announced an unusual offer for fans of the Assassin’s Creed series. The game publisher has commissioned an oil painting from the Beaux-Arts school in Paris, France to commemorate the release of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, and some fans’ faces will be put into the painting.

    137 Assassin’s Creed fans in the U.K and Europe will have their faces put into the painting as pirates in the midst of a sea battle. Fans can use an interactive online version of the painting to pick a spot in the painting, then upload images of themselves via social media. Images can then be voted on while updates on the painting’s progress are provided. Members of “The Watch” will get early access to the contest, which is not open to Assassin’s Creed fans in the U.S. “The Watch” is an online VIP program for Assassin’s Creed that Ubisoft launched back in April.

    After being completed, the 2.3 x 4.5 meter (7.5 x 14.8 feet) paintingwill be hung in France’s National Navy Museum gallery from November 4 to December 3. A video demonstrating how Ubisoft envisions fans interacting with the competition has also been released:

  • Star Wars Geometry Is Not A L7 Weenie

    Star Wars fans get the trophy for the second most dedicated fans there are (Trekkies win….nerds, LOL). They have fantastic art to show that is inspired by the vast expanded universe. The art that I have seen seems to have no bounds and really has seemed to infect all parts of society.

    Ashraf Omar from Behance, Malaysia has created his own Star Wars interpretation using lines and angles instead of the traditional methods of making them life like. He used Adobe Illustrator on his Macbook to create these drawings.

    Check out the drawings below and check out his page to see all of the other great paintings he has created. He has some great astronaut pieces.

    Darth Vader

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    Darth Maul

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    Storm Trooper

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    General Grievous

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  • Video Game Characters And Their Realistic Portraits

    What if your favorite video game character was real? I know this sounds weird, but when you put video game sensibility into real life, the majority of time it is an epic fail. The best example is the Super Mario Bros movie, not only was it a terribly written movie, but it is a perfect example of what i’m talking about.

    Well, Tom Rhodes from Calgary, Canada has been able to do just that thing. He created portraits of what some of the most popular video game characters of all time would look like in real life. Check out the portraits below with a brief description from Mark aboout some of them and make sure to check out his page because he has a bunch more:

    Mega Man

    “Or is it “Megaman”, or maybe Rock Man?”

    Ken and Ryu

    Lara Croft

    “So you wanted to play a game as a brilliant, female archaeologist, huh? Well… Knock yourself out”

    Mario

    Yoshi

    “When I saw the Mario movie when I was a kid, I thought it was brilliant how they made Yoshi a realistic dinosaur. I’m still glad they did that”

    Donkey Kong

    “Just a gorilla with a tie. Stressed the KONG part of his name here”

    Earthworm Jim

    “I loved these games. Jim’s creator is really cool, too”

    Gordon Freeman

    “Here’s a drawing of how I pictured Gordon Freeman when he’s walking around between trained soldiers and inter-dimensional aliens.”

    Duke Nukem

    “Good old Duke”