Fish Bones - As Seen on Tv made using Art Alive!

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Leftover Culture Review

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Published on October 3, 2023 11:38:50 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHS4ByNwDJQ

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Art Alive! (1991)

Duration: 19:19

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I wanted to create a tribute to something that stuck with me as a kid, something that felt gross and
radical. Fish Bones is an attempt to design a piece with considerable detail using strong shadows to draw focus and separate the objects in the trash. Art Alive! requires you to use the Sega Control Pad. With the available tools, drawing small details is challenging. I wanted to see how I could make an image feel more gritty and cluttered. To achieve the look I was inconsistent with my outlines and used a large portion of the available palette in designing this piece.

I called this collection of images As Seen on TV because once you turn the console off, the original is lost forever. There’s no way to save the originals of these pieces. There’s no storage on the cartridge and there’s no export options in the software.

By using screencapture software I was able to save copies of the artwork and record how it was created. I also took photos of each piece once they were done to capture how they appeared in their original form on an old CRT television.

Sega's Art Alive! has a lot of limitations. 16 colours, a control pad for input and no way to save your work, but I wanted to create something beautiful. 'As Seen on TV' is a collection of art made using a Sega Mega Drive, a control pad and a copy of Art Alive!. I recorded the screen to capture the process knowing the original drawing would be lost as I turned the system off.

Catch the online exhibition here: http://www.leftoverculturereview.com/as-seen-on-tv-sega-art-alive-digital-exhibition/

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