Friday, February 01, 2008

I ♥ Katamari

Some homework sketches for a videogame re-design. All pretty rough, but a lot of love, because it involves the wonderful K♥A♥T♥A♥M♥A♥R♥I!!!








A poopy Painter space thingy- with crappy late night Photoshop cut out. Wha-la.


We ♥ Katamari pretty much rules balls.


Now back to more work on a million different things.

18 comments:

Luke C. said...

I love Katamari! (but I'm not familiar with it..) I grew to love it through pictures and artwork I found online.

Is the heart girl a character you made up, or is she from the game? Fun drawings!

Booo Tooons Ltd. said...

I wish MY head was shaped with that. Then I could call in sick whenever I wanted, AND rule the balls.

- trevor.

Pat McMicheal said...

Kali, Did you see what I wrote in your LAST post about this game?
I wonder what they were smokin? And the music is just as "F"'d Up. It sure is fun though!

Jorge Garrido said...

Kali, I think because of this post Shigeru Miyamoto just came.

Nice drawings, but when are you gonna draw some REAl video games?

Hector G.M. said...

That's awesome.
Never played that game but it always looked like it would be fun.
Hey what class is this?
You seem to be doing a lot of drawing at your school. What are you studying?

Katie said...

LICK LICK!

Awesome redesigns! I want to play this game so bad...I want to wear that outfit, too!

Sean Worsham said...

HHAHAHAHAHAHA I was right!!! Although I didn't design the game, the company I work for "Namco" did. Oh my gosh I love your designs, how priceless and colorful :). Very Kawaii (cute).

Kali Fontecchio said...

"Is the heart girl a character you made up, or is she from the game?"

I made her up- but she pretty much follows the rules of that world, haha.

"Kali, Did you see what I wrote in your LAST post about this game?"

I sure did- and had you in mind when I posted these! You should encourage your kids to play this game everyday, and maybe you should play it too, if you're so inclined to.

"Hey what class is this? "

It's for my Concept Art class!

You work for Namco, Sean? Cool! I'm sure this game was probably made over seas, and then just translated here.

Sean Worsham said...

Not all games from NamcoBandai are made overseas. Games are made in the US or Japan depending on the tastes of the audience targeted. That game Hellgate : London is definitely not a Japanese production although all the Katamari series are made overseas. Other than that I can't say much more.

Eshniner Forest said...

These are really nice!! :)

Frank Macchia said...

nice designs kali
i know nothing about katamari...come to think of it...i know nothing about video games in general(hangs head in shame)...but it looks pretty trippy...seems like an intersing assignment/ class...i feel like an idiot asking...but what EXACTLY are you studying? animation? illustration?...just curious
have a good one

Monica Grue said...

these are so cool.... i <3 the ones with the star and heart shaped heads

Barbara said...

DUDE! This is so badass. That heart cousin would have been perfect for the gingerbread level or the romance level. The other one seems a little too organic and nymphy for Katamari world, I dunno where it would fit...maybe in some freaky fantasy level. whoa...how sweet would it be to have a Brian Froud labyrinth- like level? AHH THE POSSIBILITIES.

Eshniner Forest said...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyGvGMa2RFg

ZSL said...

doo doo dodoo doo doo
da doo doo
doo doo dodoo doo doo
da doo doo
doo da doo dooo doo da da doo doo
BAH BAH
KATAMARI DAMACYYYYYY
bum bum bum
bumbumbumbumbum
BUM BUM BUM
BUMBUMBUMBUMBUM

spacemanaxdahl.com said...

And cue a flashback to my undergrad.

scartoonist said...

I drifted from John to Eddie to you and have been lurking for ages. Or have I posted some comment or other? Anyway, would you like to trade blog links?

blog: http://floatinglightbulb.blogspot.com/

strip: http://scratchinpost.synthasite.com/

Keep up the great work.

Rafi animates said...

OMG! I love Katamari, it's one of my all-time fave games on the Playstation.

what a cool idea to draw inspiration from this for alternate designs, which, by the way are great.

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