Mega Man 2 Arcade Design by Derek Deal

From Derek Deal about this piece:

Here’s my piece for the Video Game show opening tonight at Gallery 1988 Venice. It’s a tribute to my favorite platform game of all time, Mega Man 2, and is inspired by classic Nintendo arcade panel art of the 80s a la Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr & Popeye. I’ve always been hugely inspired by arcade machine art since i basically grew up in game rooms, and because Mega Man was never in the arcade I decided i wanted to take a crack at creating the panel art as if it had.
Screen prints will be available at the gallery starting tonight Sept 16th - Oct 6th. Thanks to Mama’s Sauce printing for knocking it out of the park for me once again!
18x25 4 color screen prints on 100lb French Lemon Drop paper. Edition of 50

VNM's "Copstopper" tee

This is a very interesting t-shirt. Everyone likes to bitch about the cops and what the boys at VNM did was flip a popular shooting range piece and insert a cop. If you ever get mad at a cop, this tee is proper attire. If you shot a cop, chances are you're in jail.

This tee can be yours for only $30 at the VNM online store

Design Process by Derek Deal

Derek Deal is a designer from the firm The Black Axe   Here is a video of him breaking down his design process. I feel it's important to learn from other designers and seeing how they work can help you whether it is to apply something they do or not even use what they have done at all. It's a learning experience and a chance to gather some inspiration, but remember to plagiarize. If you want to read his process you can go here: Design Process by Derek Deal


Design Process Time Lapse - by Derek Deal from The Black Axe on Vimeo.