Shigeru Miyamoto — Masters Of Sight

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About Masters Of Sight

Masters Of Sight is a curated sanctuary for the visually obsessed. A place where craft is worshipped, where every frame is a deliberate act, and where the boundary between art and entertainment ceases to exist. This is not a portfolio. This is a resource for those who demand better.

Why This Was Created

I built this because the world is drowning in content and forgetting what vision actually looks like. Consider this a reminder.

My name is Benny Jackson. I built this on my own time, with my own taste, because no one was going to build it for me. That's kind of the whole point.

For the ones who can't look away from great work. You know who you are.

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Have a project worth making? A collaboration worth exploring? A piece of work you think belongs here? I want to hear from you.

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The Reference

The sites we keep open in the other tab.

Eyecandy

The deepest searchable database of motion design and visual inspiration on the internet. If it moved beautifully, it's probably in here.

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Shotdeck

The definitive film still library. Searchable by color, mood, lens, and lighting. Essential for anyone who thinks in frames.

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The Art of End Cards

A curated collection of advertising end cards.

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Stay in the Frame

The archive is just the beginning. Full Frame is coming. A deeper room for the people who don't just browse. Be the first to know.

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Masters of Sight

Shigeru Miyamoto is arguably the most influential game designer who ever lived and one of the most significant creative forces in twentieth century entertainment full stop. Creator of Mario, Zelda, Donkey Kong, and Pikmin, he built entire vocabularies of interactive play from scratch and did it with a consistent philosophy: games should feel like toys, and toys should feel like discoveries. Every mechanic in a Miyamoto game exists because it is joyful to perform, not because it is technically impressive.

Signature Traits

Play as the primary value. Mechanics that feel good before they mean anything.
The garden as creative origin. His childhood exploration of rural Japan as design blueprint.
Iterative design: every element tested, discarded, rebuilt until the fun is indisputable.
Character design as pure emotion. Mario's silhouette readable at the lowest resolution.
Accessibility without condescension. Depth that reveals itself gradually.

Major Works

Donkey Kong (1981)

The game that introduced Mario. Jump as a game verb, invented here.
Super Mario Bros. (1985)

The template for platform game design. Every subsequent platformer has been in dialogue with this one.
The Legend of Zelda (1986)

Open-world exploration with a sense of genuine mystery. The direct ancestor of every open-world game ever made.