The key to fun is to be... a square! In this minimalist art, each pixel has been painstakingly placed to produce the maximum payload for your personal perplexity. For those unfamiliar with this soon-to-be legendary character, Papa Pixel Pinwheeleos can be observed here ascending upward through the 4 colorful corners of his pixelated universe in search of the finest treasures. Surely he will find such things, or cryptographically die trying.
This animation started out as a simple little drawing on the pixEOS art game online. If you are an artist, collector, or art historian, yet you don't know about pixEOS, you are missing out on some of the wildest stuff happening in the art industry--sure to expand the very boundaries of what art is, as well as how art is made. Shortly after I started drawing it, I quickly had in mind that this surreal creature would be a perfect character to animate as crypto-art. And the rest is pixel history.
At least it is history for this particular finished piece. Since I often like to make variations on a theme when creating my artwork, the character depicted in this animation will be getting some more exposure in at least one other piece of art. I have plans to create and release a new image of this little creature, but with some significant modifications to the pinwheel blades on his hat as well as a complete overhaul of the color scheme and an entirely new background. Perhaps when I have completed the new version, we can view them side by side and see which one is most preferred. Or perhaps I won't compare the two versions. My hope is that they will each be completely unique and able to stand on their own, or at least float on their own through pleasant pixel pastures.
Joe Chiappetta