Art With Salt - Al Pacino

Pixelated Mario World Icon Metaphors

Concept by Christina Connelly.

Cook in 8-bit (NCSX syndicated content)

   Ever wonder what kind of meal Koopa is? Yoshi’s tongue is probably a delicacy after it’s been sliced to paper width and flecked with truffle oil. How about Chocobo? Probably tastes like chicken. Right? Right?!

If these questions have ever crossed your mind, take a gander at Jude Buffum’s limited edition giclee prints which depict video game characters as… meat. The characters that are drawn and quartered into chops and filets include Yoshi, Blooper, Cheep Cheep, and Chocobo.

Pac-Man Grapefruit Photo

   When I was younger and learning about trading, money management, writing, and gaming from mentors, friends, and investors, I was also an artist. No, really, I was. I took a few art courses and convinced a few models to sit still for me for over 2 hours while I doodled their likenesses onto parchment.

   I was good but I never enjoyed 2D art. It was too one-dimensional. I tried sculpting figures in college but was never good at it so I gave that up. I do have appreciation for artists who are able to create works out of clay, stone, and in the case of today's Pac-Man photo, grapefruit.

   Pac-Man Grapefruit looks good and even has a weird tongue that protrudes outwards. Yes, I'm aware that Pac-Man in the original game didn't have a tongue but with all that fleshy pink grapefruit, the artist probably couldn't resist giving Pac a thick tongue.