Feature 2009 Babyboss

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Tiga pemuda darl Jerman benemu dan bekerja sama untuk menghasilkan sesuatu yang berbeda dl dunia desain grafis. Dan mereka bethasil!! Adalah Stelfen Saueneig, SlIend Smitnl nnd Kal Vormehr yang sudah membawa seni pixel lowat projek-projek perusahaan mereka. Borsama-sama mereka membangun sebuah perusahaan grafik pixel yang diberi nama eBey pad a tahun 1997 dan masih tetnp eksis snmpal sekarang. Keunikan gaya lIustrasl mereka telah menarik banyak perhatian dl perusahaan berke las seperti Adobe, Goog le, Honda, Microsoft, Yahoo,

Saatchi, Fortune Magazin e, Kellogs, Kidrobot, Lelli's, dll. Setain membuat projok komersia!, karya pixel mereka juga dihadirkan berupa poster, buku, malna n, I-shirt, las, puzzle, dan masih banyak lag; yang blsa kali an lihal di web mereka. Saal ini sudah lebih dari 10 tahun mereka tetah membuat terobosan baru di dunla desain graf ls, apalagi dengan karya gambar kota seperti London, New York, dan Berlin yang didesaln dengan menggunakan pixel. Kreatillitas mereka membuat gambar pixel menJadl indah membuat mereka dijulukl sebagai .. Tho Pixel Art Godfathers" dan inilah

cerita moreka. (Grace! Godol)

Three guys from Germany met and work together to create something different in tho world of graphic design. And they made it!! Steffen Sauerteig, SlIend Smital and Kal Vermehr hallo shown the world the beauty of pixel art through th eir company's projects. Together they built a g raphic pixel company named eBoy in 1997 and eller since, they halle boen ellolllin9 until now. Their unique iliustraUo ns hallo grabbed many attentions 01 top brand co mpanies such as Adobe, Goog le, Honda, Microsoft, Yahoo, Saatchi, Fortune Magazine, Kellogs, Kidrobot, Lell i 's, and so much more. Apart, from their commercia l works, their pixels arts also comes in diHerent forms too such as posters, books, toys, I-shIrts, bags, puzzles, and other goodies that you can see on their web. It has been more than ten yoars that they'lle been making a breakthrough in graphic design's world especially thoso pixel art city images ( London, New York, Berlin, etc) they'lle made. Through their amazing pieco of pixels, people credited them by gilling a ti tle as Tho Pixel Art Godfathers and here is their story. (Grace I GOOot)

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B: Apakah sumber inspirasi kalian?

E: Keg,a!an se!l,1ri)lmi dlsekllar kla selalu menjadl

insp,rasi Ulllnlfl

B: Kenapa kalian nlenlutuskan untuk mambuat

pixel art yang unik?

E Itu po ohan alan .. S()leiah lola membUal Pille! art U1Iluk

compUlflf SCf(!(!ll. KOIlMn Ilu malah Jo)dl meny€flilngkan

dan akhlrnya k,ta mcmutuskan untuk Iollus ko SItU.

B: Apa Y3n9 knlirlll lakukan supaya Ic lap krealil?

E FfffounCIi. SUp(!rnW1<et, dan !lOur.

B: What is your main source o f inspiration?

E: Everyday sluff around us is our main inspiration.

B: How d id you guys get Into unique pillel art?

E: II was a natural Choice aller we decided to work lor the computer screen. It turned out to be fun so we kept

me focus.

B: How do you guys do to keep yourself creative?

E: Ffffoundi. supermarkets, and sleep.

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B: Tools apa yang biasanya kali tln gunakan unluk 8: What 10015 do you guys usually use for making

membual p ixel art? pixel art?

E: Kebanyakan merrgg ... nakan Adobe Photoshop dan E: MoStly we use Adobe Photoshop and for our

untuk supportive aptikasi klta mengunakan Google supportive applications we used Google Sketchup.

Skotchup. Flffound!. ATM. Grnait, iChal, Tl'liller. FfffoundL ATM. Gmail. iChat. Twiller. Campfire. Googte

Campfire. Googte Docs. Adobe Inuslrator. dkk.

B: Ceritain dong tentang Projek malnan Peecol

untuk Kldrobot?

E: Kila monyukai mainan dengan modul dan Eropa.

seperti LEGO. Playmobil, dan Brio. Dan kilo juga suka

mainan karaktcr Ameri.~ dan ~ seperti BicJJim,

Barbie. GodziDa. Gundam, Transformers. dkk. Dan

ailhirnya kita ingin membual sesualu agar bisa masuk

ke negara-negara itu.

Docs. Adobe tnuslralor and many many more.

8: Could you tell us about the Projec t Peecol toys

for Kidrobot?

E: Wo 101'0 the European modular toy tradition - LEGO.

Playmobil. Brio. And also we love American/Asian

character based loyS such as BigJim. Barbie. Godzilla. Gundam. Transformers. etc. And we wanted to do

something lhal would be al home in both worlds.

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1. Orang toa mereka memporkonalkan mereka dunia saol. 1. Their parents introduced them 10 the world of arl.

2 Yang mereka suka drui negarooya. adalah orang·orMy 2. VVhaI thoy like aboul ttlelr counlry is the

Jerman yang sorius. Gorman's SCf1ousness.

3 . Mainan favont mereka adalsh LEGO. 3 . Their lavonle toy is LEGO,

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o Satoshi Matsuzawa

• Design Primiliv8

o TobyHK

e Charuca

o Niko Stumpo

• India Guerillas

. eBoy

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