Seventh 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 a 3D game featuring the blue hedgehog with the bonus feature of adding a custom avatar. I'm interested in the visceral attraction of game technology. I spent many hours losing 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 all through an AI, giving a painterly warp to details. Dimensions: 4000 × 6000