Best Gifts for Retro Gamers: A Thoughtful UK Guide
A practical UK guide to thoughtful gifts for retro gamers, including handmade gaming art, collector displays, books, hardware, experiences and budget ideas.
Deltarune Chapter 3 Shadow Box: Bringing TV Time to Life
A closer look at my handmade Deltarune Chapter 3 TV Time shadow box featuring Kris, Susie, Ralsei and Tenna in layered pixel art.
Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker Shadow Box Art
The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker has one of gaming’s most distinctive visual identities. Its rolling blue sea, bold character shapes and storybook colour make it instantly recognisable, even from a single silhouette. This handmade Wind Waker shadow box brings Link and the King of Red Lions together in a layered composition inspired by […]
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs – A Pixel Art with Bite
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs is one of Capcom’s most visually distinctive arcade beat ’em ups. Released in 1993 and based on Mark Schultz’s Xenozoic Tales, it combines ruined cities, 1950s American cars, comic-book heroes and roaming dinosaurs in a world that should feel chaotic—but is held together by remarkably clear pixel art. This is not simply […]
Cadillacs and Dinosaurs Pixel Art Shadow Box
This handmade Cadillacs and Dinosaurs shadow box translates a fast-moving 1993 arcade scene into layered physical artwork. The objective is not simply to print a screenshot and place it in a frame. Each character, enemy and section of scenery has to be separated deliberately so the finished piece gains depth without losing the compact energy […]
Super Mario World Pixel Art: Why the 16-Bit Style Endures
Super Mario World pixel art still feels remarkably clear, expressive and inviting more than three decades after the game first appeared. That staying power is not simply nostalgia. Nintendo’s artists built a visual language in which colour, silhouette, animation and level tiles all help the player understand what to do next. What makes Super Mario […]
Super Mario World Shadow Box: Yoshi’s Island 2
Watch the layered Mario and Yoshi scene come to life This short video shows the real depth between the handmade cardstock layers and the finished frame from changing angles. Your browser does not support embedded video.▶ This Super Mario World shadow box recreates a scene inspired by Yoshi’s Island 2, the early Dinosaur Land level […]
Bringing the horror of Splatterhouse 2 to life in Pixel Art
Splatterhouse 2 pixel art turns the Sega Mega Drive’s technical limits into a distinctive form of horror. Its masked protagonist, bruised colour palettes and grotesque enemy silhouettes do not rely on photorealism. They create dread through suggestion, animation and the uncomfortable contrast between arcade action and haunted-house imagery. See the Splatterhouse 2 shadow box in […]
Doom Pixel Art Shadow Box: Handmade 3D Game Scene
A Doom pixel art shadow box translates the claustrophobic corridors and demon sprites of the 1993 PC classic into real physical layers. The result is not a flat screenshot in a deep frame: background architecture, enemies, the weapon view and interface-inspired details are separated to create genuine spacing and shadow. See the Doom shadow box […]
Alex Kidd Pixel Art
An Alex Kidd in Miracle World pixel art shadow box celebrates one of the Sega Master System’s most recognisable adventures. Alex, the blocky landscape and colourful enemies are separated into physical layers, giving the compact 8-bit scene depth while retaining the direct visual language of the original game. Why Alex Kidd in Miracle World is […]