One of my favorite memories of paging
through game magazines as a kid was the envelope art. I loved all
of the original artwork and varying styles . The most exciting aspect
to me, was it being submitted by readers of the magazine. It was an
awesome exchange between reader and publisher, championing the art of
video games.
I know the long time debate of video
games as art, but you can't deny the grand artistic side the medium
brings. The games of my youth greatly affected my impression of art
and animation, I mean It was video games that taught me what graphics
were in the first place.
Most art has some sort of message or
meaning. envelope art has a direct, literal and and tangible message
and meaning in the form of a letter. A fan could scrawl renditions
of their favorite video games on the out side and write gushing love
letters to them on the inside.
I always dreamed of one day being
featured in Nintendo Power. The only problem was that I never even
drew on an envelope. I was not as much of an artist back then and
perhaps a bit intimidated.
Moving a lot in recent years, I write
more letters than I used to. I have not forgotten these childhood
fantasies of creating envelope art and have started pumping them out.
I am not sure what I will do with them all, but it is everything I
dreamed of. Except for being published in Nintendo power, of course.
But hey, you can't win em' all.
Any one actually get an envelope
featured or know someone who did? I can only imagine they were the
most popular kid on the play ground.
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