Video game quilts from Carolina Patchworks
Etsy seller CarolinaPatchworks makes beautiful 8-bit video game quilts. I'm still partial to Punzie's works in this genre, but why choose when you can have both, I always say. Be sure to see the Carolina Patchworks Quilt blog for a really lovely selection of non-game-related quilts, too. Carolina Patchworks Quilts on Etsy, Carolina Patchworks blog (via Wonderland)
See also: Zelda, Invaders and Resident Evil quilts
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That 8-bit quilt rocks, I just love the pixel detail!
What about some 8-bit wallpaper for the house - now that would be good... For a little more on video game quilts:
http://www.fisssh.com/video-game-quilts
$350 for copyright violations?
No thanks, I'd rather report them.
#2, Shakespear... copyright violations... what
I'm hearing the music in my head:
/doot-oot-doot, doot-doot, doot, doot/.
You're thinking of trademark violations, not copyright violations, and since there's no "naive consumer" who would be "materially misled as to the origin of goods or services" in this case, it isn't one.
what do you mean there's no "naive consumer" who would be "materially misled"?
There using Mario.... it would easily confuse anyone to think that's it's a Nintendo product or a Ninetendo licensed product.
They're using the trademark they do not own and they're profiting from it... seems a clear violation to me.
I'm no lawyer... so here's wikipedia:
"The test is always whether a consumer of the goods or services will be confused as to the identity of the source or origin. An example maybe a very large multinational brand such as "Sony" where a non-electronic product such as a pair of sunglasses might be assumed to have come from Sony Corporation of Japan despite not being a class of goods that Sony has rights in."
Here's the company that makes the nintendo wall graphics:
http://www.whatisblik.com/nintendo/
note the "officially licensed product"....why would they pay for a license if by your interpretation of trademark law they could get it for free?
I'm feeling rather ambivalent about this particular piece.
I can't see the details of construction very well, but it looks like it is well done (near as I can tell the points match very well). But given that it's a basic squares design, the quilter isn't scoring very many points for that.
I can't see the quilted pattern, so I presume it's a simple stitch-in-the-ditch, so no points there.
The fabrics seem to be chosen to reproduce the original colors rather than to add any texture or interest (there may be subtleties that don't come across the computer though).
Overall I'd give it a score of zero for creativity. I'd have been much more impressed if it was a crazy-quilt with random fabrics that reproduced the image with non-rectilinear pieces, or even if they'd run the source image through a photoshop stained-glass filter and then reproduced that.
The quilting could have used Super Mario motifs, with little Koopa Troopa's and Bomb'ombs and stars and whatnot.
So, neat idea, and thumbs up for the technical precision needed to execute the design, but there just isn't much artistry here.
My opinion of course, computer geeks do tend to prefer highly literal interpretations though, so the reader may hold a different opinion of the merit of the work. If so, I might recommend investigating fabric printing, where instead of piecing together many different pieces of fabric, the design is simply painted on to a single piece of uncut fabric with dyes. This allows for very precise, intricate works without the necessity of piecing. You'll find many examples of these in today's quilt shows, often taking top honors in the same categories as traditional pieced works.