Get wowed by gorgeous video game inspired paintings
by Xav de Matos 
{ May 20th 2009 at 2:00AM } 
[Thanks, RobT]
[Thanks, RobT]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
xbox420king @ May 20th 2009 2:22AM
Nintendo hire this guy!
Foetoid @ May 20th 2009 2:36AM
Yeah!, Hire him to design a side-scrolling Metroid game that looks like this art!
poop @ May 20th 2009 8:43PM
SOMEONE HIRE FOETOID FOR IDEAS
WREturns @ May 20th 2009 2:36AM
Whoa.
serotoninzero @ May 20th 2009 3:28AM
Awesome. But the picture is gone now. At least thats what it tells me.
Chalky @ May 20th 2009 2:44AM
The link to the metroid wallpaper is broken... I want it!
AAAAGH! xD
Twist @ May 20th 2009 2:49AM
I so wish I could afford to hire this guy to do the sprites for the XNA game I am working on.
Michelobius @ May 20th 2009 2:58AM
His prices seem reasonable for such high quality work. You should contact him and see what he could do. Good art can go a long way and if you're serious about the game, budget for it.
bm @ May 20th 2009 3:37AM
Well, you might wanna think twice about that considering almost all the "sprites" in his wallpapers are illustrations taken from other sources. See Samus and the metroids in the above picture for example, they're official nintendo art. Same for almost all other background elements in his pictures. It's called matte painting, it's a valid technique, but for a game you want original material.
mr mobius @ May 20th 2009 3:26AM
Looks like it'd make an awesome 1000 piece puzzle.
Killimus @ May 20th 2009 2:03PM
His Mario paintings make me think of Braid.
likedonduan @ May 20th 2009 4:35AM
I personally like the DKC remake, but this picture is awwwesome too.
Eothein @ May 20th 2009 7:00AM
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=346377
Here is his full catalogue of work as well as various download links etc to make things easier.
Ghen @ May 20th 2009 8:52AM
Absolutely stunning.
skyblaze @ May 20th 2009 8:53AM
downloading EVERY.SINGLE.ONE.
Dreganfyre @ May 20th 2009 9:13AM
These are awesome... I wonder if my wife would let me buy some to put up around the house... :)
il_duce620 @ May 20th 2009 9:17AM
Damn...those are quite awesome...
CLShortFuse @ May 20th 2009 10:01AM
Nice!!! I have my Windows 7 background cycle all of Orioto's pictures for some time now. It's really nice to see new ones.
CLShortFuse @ May 20th 2009 10:04AM
Woah! Is that Lemmings 1-1...NIIIICE!
Rhamsey @ May 20th 2009 10:50AM
Wow, far more talent then I have.
Rhamsey @ May 20th 2009 11:06AM
I cant pick the a background, so many of the sonic ones are great, and i love the dk one too. oh, and mario and link ones are sweet as well.
Mr Khan @ May 20th 2009 11:41AM
I've got a new background for my desktop. Thanks again, joystiq (since i scrounged the last one from some art from the last i_am_8-bit)
galacticronin @ May 20th 2009 12:13PM
Wow way to totally steal this lifehacker ( http://lifehacker.com/5255405/absolutely-amazing-video-game-remake-wallpapers-take-two ) article Xen. My respect for joystiq just went down a couple of notches.
Shmil @ May 21st 2009 2:23AM
stealing it would be if it was a word for word copy of the other blog post. You're allowed to write on the same subject matter you idiot.