Not too much for me to say about this wallpaper that hasn't already been said: Dalarty has provided a descriptive walk through all the way from the concept idea, to its execution and ultimately its fruition. And you can really see how that careful planning paid off. But it just goes to show, good ideas take time---and a whole lot of patience!
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In a time when people are vectoring like mad to achieve a crispest effects, or painting like made to achieve the smoothest effects, I have decided to take a step back and wholy embrace the unloved quanta of digital art, the pixel, in all of its boxy glory. Thus I present to you a vision of what Katamari Damacy would have looked like had it been released 10 years ago -- in other words, Katamari Damacy meets SimCity 2000.
This wall began when I was browsing the Namco site looking for some refs for a simplistic "Katamari Crossing" type of wall I had in mind, but when I saw this wall with the Prince rolling a katamari through a city, the composition reminded me of isometric pixel art. Never one to pass up an opportunity to try a new style, I decided to recreate the wall as pixel art. After reading a few articles from Computer Arts Showcase and staring at the top pixel artworks from DeviantArt, I jumped right in.
There were about 30 'base' buildings. It took the better part of a month to make them all and then populate the city, building it up like Legos. Definately the most detail-intensive wall I've ever made.
I need to learn a lot more about isometric pixel art. I still can't get the hang of lighting and how the heck you're supposed to add highlights.
The name of the wall is a play on the "We Heart Katamari" name.
I realize that this image makes an utterly awful wallpaper. I mean, where the heck did my icons go?
Still, it was an extremely fun experiment. I even hid myself in the wall.
Just goes to show, you're never too old to learn a new technique.
More resolutions at DA! Desktop Anime. I highly recommend viewing the 1920x1200 version first, no matter what resolution you end up using, since that's the one where you can see all the details I put in.
As always so much detail! I love the SimCity 2000 aspect, I used to be such an addict to that game! Awesome, and my goodness that had to take A Lot of patience! Great job!
This is so insanely awesome! I love it. I really want to try doing pixel art now... but I know I do not have nearly enough patience to even attempt it.
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In a time when people are vectoring like mad to achieve a crispest effects, or painting like made to achieve the smoothest effects, I have decided to take a step back and wholy embrace the unloved quanta of digital art, the pixel, in all of its boxy glory. Thus I present to you a vision of what Katamari Damacy would have looked like had it been released 10 years ago -- in other words, Katamari Damacy meets SimCity 2000.
This wall began when I was browsing the Namco site looking for some refs for a simplistic "Katamari Crossing" type of wall I had in mind, but when I saw this wall with the Prince rolling a katamari through a city, the composition reminded me of isometric pixel art. Never one to pass up an opportunity to try a new style, I decided to recreate the wall as pixel art. After reading a few articles from Computer Arts Showcase and staring at the top pixel artworks from DeviantArt, I jumped right in.
There were about 30 'base' buildings. It took the better part of a month to make them all and then populate the city, building it up like Legos. Definately the most detail-intensive wall I've ever made.
I need to learn a lot more about isometric pixel art. I still can't get the hang of lighting and how the heck you're supposed to add highlights.
The name of the wall is a play on the "We Heart Katamari" name.
I realize that this image makes an utterly awful wallpaper. I mean, where the heck did my icons go?
Still, it was an extremely fun experiment. I even hid myself in the wall.
Just goes to show, you're never too old to learn a new technique.
More resolutions at DA! Desktop Anime. I highly recommend viewing the 1920x1200 version first, no matter what resolution you end up using, since that's the one where you can see all the details I put in.
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This wallpaper is wonderful ^^
I wonder what will happend if Katamari will go across my town...
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