Part of a series of abstracts based on in-game screengrabs. Each piece has the title of the game it’s based on. This one was a first person high altitude parkour game. I'm interested in the visceral attraction and addictiveness of game technology. Also the metaphysics of virtual worlds. The image starts as a screengrab. I ‘atomise’ it, filtering the image down to various coloured dots. I extrude the dots into a 3rd dimension using a light distribution mesh. Then layer multiple extrusions over each other. The original game shot is used as background and the ‘atoms’ in the foreground. Finally I run it all through an AI, giving a painterly warp to details. Dimensions: 4000 × 6000

James Bloom

MIRROR'S EDGE

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SCREENGRABS

Description

A series of abstracts based on in-game screengrabs. Each piece has the title of the game it’s based on. A lot of anti-NFT sentiment has been coming from gamers, so I wanted to use games as raw material for my cryptoart. I was also interested in exploring the visceral attraction of game technology. I spent many hours obliterating myself in games and these worlds still fascinate.

Artist
James Bloom
Artist royalty
Blockchain
Ethereum
Token standard
ERC-721
Contract address
0x00...cc86
Token
21
DIFFICULTY
55
ENERGY
55
FEATURES
High altitude parkour
GENRE
Action adventure 3D platform
LIVES
5
POWER UPS
55
SCENARIO
Surveillance evasion
SCREENGRABS by James Bloom | Verse