Art Post: The World Ends With You

Sorry for my absence the past week. TT_TT I miss being able to blog and comment on other people's blogs but somehow I can't even find the time for that. The funny thing is that despite that fact, I still managed to squeeze in a little bit of video game time. I know, I am such a video game geek.

This month I've actually found myself replaying one of my favorite DS games by Square Enix - The World Ends With You (TWEWY).

Because it's from Square Enix it has a very Kingdom Hearts feel to it and I'm a real fan of the art. It's just so edgy and comic-booky. And to make it even better, the character design and development is pretty awesome i my book. The story follows the protagonist, Neku Sakuraba and his journey of self discovery in a parallel universe set in modern-day Shibuya. The fact that it's set in Shibuya is pretty awesome, because aside from Harajuku, Shibuya's probably one of the places in Tokyo Japan that you'll find awesome fashion and all kinds of eccentric people.

My personal favorite characters are Rhyme and Joshua but their fashion in the story leaves more to be desired.

In terms of fashion, my faves would have to be Neku and Shiki though I probably wouldn't be caught dead dressing that way now. In high school maybe, but now? No haha.

So instead I chose to draw, Shiki and Neku in my own style haha. 

I actually posted a preview of this on my Facebook Page a few weeks ago haha. I didn't think it'd take me so long to actually get it colored.

So as you can see, my style of drawing is monumentally different from the actual video game art, but I still think I was able to capture the characters well enough haha.

I really really really want to do some art of all the Reapers + Beat and Rhyme, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to find the time.

Meanwhile, why don't you guys give the game a try? It's pretty addictive, the food art'll probably make you drool and the fashion is awesome - an awesome testimony to what actual Shibuya is like. And you might just pick up some life lessons along the way.

Ada, signing out.