Friends are usually great to have, but they’re especially great when they’re both talented and generous! What you are about to see is a Troll statue that my friend Matthew Bernard-Laurin lovingly and painstakingly painted and then gave me to decorate my work desktop.

Please, do not be alarmed, though it may appear to be life-like this is in fact an inanimate pewter statue of a fictional creature. Matthew is available for commission-based work. If you’re interested and live in the Greater Montreal area, please state so in a comment and I’ll make sure word reaches him.

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My little brother Yasser showed me some of his art and I just had to share it with the world! He’s pretty good for a 9 year old and I’m hoping that people would leave some kind comments to encourage him to keep drawing and become a world-renowned concept artist one day

Well here they are:

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No one denies that video games can inspire art or that they contain art within them, but are they art when taken as a whole? Roger Ebert has stated that video games can never be “high art”. I personally couldn’t give a damn what some high society windbags deem “High Art” and what they think is too low for them to consider.  High Art is and always has been simply art that the ruling social class prefers. Should gamers care that some old farts look down on the hobby we love from their high horse?

The answer is simply: No! Let’s not forget that Shakespeare’s plays were originally written for and performed to the poor masses and not High Society. It took those arrogant bastards quite a while to recognize Shakespeare’s genius. The same is true of Edgar Allan Poe who is considered one of the best writers of all time but who died penniless and unrecognized. How many brilliant painters only become famous years after their deaths?

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Fans of the video game Okami? Or just fans of great video-game artwork? Hell, fans of any kind of artwork at all? Either way, the news that Capcom has just put an online Okami art gallery should put a smile on your face!

Go check it out, you’ll more than likely have a new wallpaper on your desktop before the day is done