Third in my series of abstracts based on in-game screengrabs. Each piece has the title of the game it’s based on, this one is from the popular 3D platform game featuring a blue hedgehog in space.

I process the game avatar until it dissolves into abstraction, while trying to keep some impression of the original. I'm interested in exploring the visceral attraction of game technology. I spent many hours obliterating myself in games and these worlds and characters still fascinate.

The image starts as a screengrab. I ‘atomise’ it, filtering the image down to various coloured dots. I extrude the dots into a 3rd dimension using a light distribution mesh. Then layer multiple extrusions over each other. The original game shot is used as background and the ‘atoms’ in the foreground. Finally I run it through an AI, giving a painterly warp to details.

Dimensions: 4000 × 6000