What a troubling delight
Animal Crossing: New Leafwas a lot of people’s game of the year for 2013, but that doesn’t mean that passion for the title has cooled now that we’re well into 2014. Oh heck no.Kiseki Kokorohas challenged theAnimal Crossingcommunity to create 30 days of fan art, and the response has been tremendous.
The plan was foreach of those 30 daysto follow a particular theme from “draw a human version of your favorite villager” to “draw your town tree in its current state”, though some themes have gotten a lot more play than others. The art above is fromBidoofshock InfinitecreatorSarah “Astrobats” Thomas, who never ceases to amaze me. Her depiction of aninteraction with Gulliversums up so much about what makes the series special.
Animal Crossingcontains a lot of unnerving moments, though they’re often taken as sweet due to the game’s sugary style. Tweak that style ever so slightly towards the literal side and its easier to see how creepy and great the series can be.
