ULTRANIMBOY (2013)

Ultranimboy is a collaborative zine curated by Ultranimbus, revolving around the Gameboy.

The ULTRANIMBOY zine brings with it a selection of original pieces from an eclectic collection of chiptune musicians,  artists, and writers to ruminate on their favorite themes related to their hand-held childhoods.

The zine was sold at GDC’s POW POW event, various cons, & by Fangamer, & Attract Mode.

I did the cart/music art for Slime Girls’ entry to the zine titled “Shrebet Lake (Take me Back to)”.

Listen here! along w/ the other entries♥

Also, I did two personal illustrations for the zine: 

LSDJ - LSDJ isn’t something that was around when I was a kid, but it’s something I always think about when gameboys come to mind.  I fell in love with chiptune culture because it used things that are, for the most part, obsolete to most people now, such as the gameboy.  I found that rather beautiful it could be used for more than what it was intended for, & appreciated these people who were experimenting with something others see as a mere toy of the past.  Originally, the sounds reminded me of a simpler time when we were kids and were carefree, and I found comfort in them.  My feelings are more than that now, & there is a disconnect to the sounds being strictly being used for videogames, but for something bigger in music, and I think that’s a wonderful thing.

Dreaming -  This goes into being an adult, but reminiscing about things that you enjoyed in the past, wishing to be carefree again.  As a kid, I’d often play games till bedtime, & when i started to doze off I knew it was time to to go sleep, as much as I wanted to continue a game.  Sometimes, I’d dream about whatever I played right before bed, so it almost was like i was still enjoying the adventures.  I still do this as an adult, & there’s comfort in knowing somethings don’t change, even though many things around you do.