Greetings, mutants –
Here’s our entry for the bOING bOING “Back to School” De-CGI Contest:
The rules:
The competition theme is De-CGI. Take something that is characteristically computerized and render it with natural media. For example, the pixelated layout of an old-school video game represented as bottletops, or a mandelbrot fractal drawn with crayons. Be imaginative!
Here’s the CGI we picked:
And now… Look at our entry:
More pictures below the fold:
In 140 Characters, it’s tough to say too much about this piece, except that the sampler features a lovely and popular bluebird icon that’s become the lo
Shoot; ran outta characters.
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Whoa, that’s a full traditional sampler all the way. Traditional sampler, oh my god. It’s a traditional sampler, all the way. Whoa that’s so intense. Whoa man! Wow! Whoa! Whoa! Whoa ho ho oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god! Woo! Oh wow! Woo! Yeah! Oh ho ho! Oh my god! Oh my god look at that! It’s starting even to look like a traditional New England Sampler! Oh my god it’s full on! Traditional sampler all the way across the frame! Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh god. What does this mean? Oh. Oh my god. Oh. Oh. God. It’s so bright, oh my god it’s so bright and vivid! Oh. Ah! Ah! It’s so beautiful! Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god! Oh my god, it’s a traditional sampler! Oh right on my wall. Oh my god. Oh my god, what does it mean? Tell me. Too much. I don’t know what it means. Oh my god it’s so intense. Oh. Oh. Oh my god.
Full on Etsy link all the way.
Yo dawg, I herd you like internet memes rendered in beautifully embroidered cross stitch samplers so I put a beautifully embroidered cross stitch sampler in your beautifully embroidered cross stitch sampler so you can beautifully embroider cross stitch while you beautifully embroider cross stitch.
What a lovely traditional sampler. Beautifully rendered country birds, butterflies and fauna. A lovely willow tree. And bunnies! What could go wrong? Everything looks like it’s going great.