This has fallen just a little under the radar, but there's still time to take part! Students in the San Jose State University Animation/Illustration program are holding Press Start: Nintendo Charity Gallery until May 16 where you can view and bid on one-of-a-kind pieces created by the students. 100% of the funds raised by the auction will benefit the Morgan Autism Center. You can learn more about the gallery, Umpqa Bank, and other details here.
That's the important stuff, now let's talk about the fun stuff! The students were give free reign to create whatever they wanted out of whatever they wanted. While most of the students did drawings (and don't get me wrong, it's all quite good), some took to the 3D rout and created various figures, dioramas, and shadow boxes for their favorite Nintendo games. My personal favorite is the Duck Hunt shadow box (genius!), but that Minda figure from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess is very good (and at this point quite expensive) as well. The current highest bid item is the super cute felted Toad from Super Mario Bros. sitting at an envious US$300. That's a lot of coins!.
As mentioned before the online auction and the live gallery run until May 16 so you've got about a week to take part if you're interested.
[via Anime News Network]
