Painstakingly painted Megaman 2 bedroom walls
John sez, "I painted the bedroom of my old apartment to look like a scale replica of Bubble Man's stage from MegaMan 2. The project took me three months to complete and was 'unveiled' to my roommates for a Christmas party in 2006. I measured, stenciled, painted, and touched up every detail entirely by hand." Link (Thanks, John!)
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This is gorgeous — and one of my fave Mega Man 2 levels. One of the things I dreaded the most in this particular stage was the almost-constant line of spiked balls atop, because a single careless jump into them would mean... you die instantly with the signature "DOOOOM-DOOM-DOM!" sound. I also was afraid of the giant red fish that spewed out crustacean-things.
*has sudden flashback of throwing metal blades at Bubble Man himself, that fiend!*
Congrats on such a visual accomplishment, John! I need wonder, now: who's going to do the other 7 Robot Masters from that game? :)
Beautiful..but an apartment? Please tell me he didn't have to paint over it when he moved out.
It probably depends on where you live. I did a lot of paintwork (think Pompeiio-Celtic aquari-planetarium) in rental units in San Francisco and never had any problem with my landlords. They liked it and kept it when I move out.
Another reason I painted over it was that I didn't really want anyone else to have that room when I left =)
Thank you all for your compliments and huge bear hugs to Cory for putting these pics up on the site!
~ John
Nice work—although I hasten to say I have NO knowledge of the inspiring subject—and like Antoinus I 'muraled' a few S.F. apartments myself, with only one irate landlord threatening to shoot me. Usually they just rented to another hippie or painted over. Ah, lease-free days of love and leisure, never to come again. But nice work, definitely.
MegaMan 2 is one of the best platformers ever.
Only Castlevania: Symphony of the night and your Mario game are better.
I wish I had the patience to do something like that. Awesome work. :D
I'd love to have a room of my house done with a level from a favourite video game. That's some nice work!
Wonderful.
And of course, everything we do is temporary. There is NO permanent. The idea of making something on/in property that we "own" is going to ensure that it will always be there just sets us up for a fall.
Better to think of your life and your accomplishments as a series of sandcastles. You know the tide will erase your work, but it is there for the moment. It's worth the doing for the moment.
... and that's why John is still a virgin.
Art,
because he plays bass?
And I just thought I'd point out, I don't know about California, but in many places landlords are legally required to repaint before a new tenant moves in, so check first if he or she whines about the walls--the landlord may just be trying to scare you out of your deposit.
PIPENTA,
Quite a Buddhist way of looking at the situation!
That's exactly what was going through my mind while painting it...I knew I was probably only going to love there one or two years, but I decided what the hell.
And to ART,
You'd be surprised at how my ladies are impressed by something as geeky as this =)
only going to love there one or two years....
Obsessive or compulsive?
BoingBoing readers, you decide. Vote here.
Good lord, I made hamburger of that last post. Of course "love" was meant to be "live", but "my ladies" should have been "many ladies"...I'm not a polygamist.
...yet
I like the first version
Also, not to keep posting, but I'd love for everyone to check out my Mega Man cover album over at www.myspace.com/kidoverdrive
...as if this wasn't nerdy enough, right?
~ John
Whoa damn, are the potential mates going to be impressed when they see that painted all over Your walls.
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Answer One: You really think someone who would paint that on their walls has potential mates?
Answer Two: If the potential mate is worth it, they'll like it.
http://www.wam.umd.edu/~borgia/bowerbirds/birdbowerout.gif
The guitar in the shot adds a level of cool that cannot be denied.
very cool mural.... extremely lame you painted over it so someone else couldn't enjoy it.
Great, more people trying to turn video games into reality:
http://www.corrupt.org/articles/satire/dáibhí_ó_conghaile/gamers_say_take_that_reality
This room is a helluva' lot of fun.
Great job, John!