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jrgdrawing-real · 4 months

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Shadow of the Colossus

#my art #shadow of the colossus #gaming #ps2 #fumito ueda #wander #agro #mono #dormin #playstation #ico #the last guardian

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knightofleo · 8 months

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Loud Major, Fumito Ueda tribute (ico, shadow of the colossus, the last guardian)

#ico #shadow of the colossus #the last guardian #fumito ueda

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swordandsnorecery · 1 year

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Ico // Shadow of the Colossus // The Last Guardian

The trilogy of illos for Lost in Cult all together!

#team ico #shadow of the colossus #ico #the last guardian #fumito ueda

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elenacoreaesthetics · 9 months

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Ico (2001)

Artist: Fumito Ueda

#Ico #Fumito Ueda #PlayStation 2 #Video games #Icocore #PlayStation #Yorda

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makobreak · 10 months

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#myart #shadow of the colossus #sotc #wander #team ico #fumito ueda

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selene-lunette · 2 months

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ICO sketch dump. Can't wait to draw more from Fumito Ueda

#ico #team ico #fumito ueda #gendesign #yorda #sotc #shadow of the colossus #the last guardian #tlg #my art

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easternmind · 6 months

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Etched into stone

Here and there, over the last 18 years, I have written most everything I ever wished to write about Wanda To Kyozou. However, I don't believe I've discussed how influential Isao Takahata's 1968 film Taiyō no Ōji Horusu no Daibōken was to Ueda's work, this game in particular.

Before anything else, I'd like to establish a certain degree of verité. This classic animation has not only been mentioned by Ueda on a few occasions, the actual DVD can be seen in the booklet included with the Japanese limited edition of the game's re-release on the PS3.

From its size to the manner in which it moves, there are several similarities between the colossi and Mōgu, especially the first of them all, Valus. Notice the birds hovering above their heads.

Mōgu is a gentle titan afflicted by a splinter in his shoulder. Horus discovers that the splinter is in fact the magical sword of the sun. Rooted in Arthurian legend, pulling it out mirrors the necessary force which Wander needs to exert to inflict damage on a colossus.

Horus' sword of the sun also suggests an interesting link with Wander's ancient sword, in that both blades are able to magically gather light as a defining characteristic.

Horus defeats a giant pike using his axe and spears, a confrontation not without its share of parallels with Hydrus'. While this 7th colossus is more dragon than fish-like, the combat requires holding fast to the creature as it submerges. Also, early concepts showed Wander carrying a spear.

A more speculative connection, perhaps, is that of the villain Grunwald. Despite being an average-sized human, the first scenes of the film depict him as a giant on the horizon. The presence of horns alone is noteworthy, more so in combination with his shining eyes.

On a final note, the film's influence is just as discernible in Ico. Yorda (Yoruda) shares many resemblances with Hilda (Hiruda), including their inherent special abilities, their family bond with a villain representing absolute evil, as well as the resulting internal conflicts.

To conclude, I would merely like to add that this relationship between the two works operates at both a conscious and unconscious level. If Ueda watched this film as a child, the above connections become all the more relevant because they speak of a process of long-term assimilation, where the visual themes and concepts of the film acted as a formative reference for the author.

#wanda to kyozou #shadow of the colossus #fumito ueda #isao takahata #horus prince of the sun #太陽の王子ホルスの大冒険 #Taiyō no Ōji Horusu no Daibōken #ワンダと巨像 #ico

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meetmebythesea · 5 days

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I finished The Last Guardian this weekend and since I am keeping a physical sketchbook again I decided to do a few quick sketches. Actually had this game for years, but never got around to play it. But recently I dug out my old PS2 and started playing Ico, which I deeply love, and remembered that I never got to play Last Guardian even though I own it.

I am a huge fan of all Fumito Ueda games and I also love Shadow of the Colossus, but I actually enjoy the mostly calm atmosphere and the bonding of Ico and Last Guardian a bit more.

#illustrators on tumblr #artists on tumblr #artists #illustration #art #the last guardian #fumito ueda #trico #fanart #sketchbook

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landsoflightanddark · 2 months

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Me watching the baby sandworm scurrying under the sand in Dune 2 and thinking "You know doing an art piece with an effect like this could be said to be the start of Fumito Ueda's career as a creator"

#Fumito Ueda #dune #dune 2 #sandworm

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wander-bb · 4 months

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Shadow of the colossus

The Horse

#shadow of the colossus #sotc #wander #colossus #phaedra #team ico #bluepoint games #playstation #photography #gaming #video games #art #photo mode #ps4share #virtual photography #horse #fumito ueda

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harpoonn · 1 year

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Custom Shadow of the Colossus Fight Stick by @Patto_Sand (Twitter)

#shadow of the colossus #Fumito Ueda #gen designs #sony interactive entertainment #sony #playstation #ps2 #video games #games #arcade stick #fight stick

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jrgdrawing-real · 3 months

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The Last Guardian

#my art #fumito ueda #the last guardian #shadow of the colossus #ico #PlayStation #fan art #gaming

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cosmoglass · 7 months

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Fumito Ueda was inspired by… Galaxy Express 999 (1979).

Ueda has cited the Galaxy Express 999 manga series as one of his influences. Watching the film they made in the middle of its run, I could see a lot of Ico and also some Shadow of the Colossus.

It made me think of Gulliver’s Travels, Alice in Wonderland and Firefly as we follow the boy, Tetsuro, visiting different planets. On a planet called Titan, Tetsuro is given a gun by an old woman that turns out to be ‘the only cosmo gun capable of killing machine men’. Ueda's games feature special weapons that are uniquely effective against the antagonists.

Spoilers for the movie ahead!

It prefigures Ghost in the Shell. There's a character called Tochiro who, moments before his death, gets Tetsuro to activate a machine that vaporizes his body and transfers his consciousness into the supercomputer of his best friend's ship, 'Arcadia'. Maetel, one of two Yorda-like figures, explains to Tetsuro, "I am a copy of your mother in her youth. I am a shadow in the form of a human. When I grow old, I get a copy of a new body. That is how I survive through the ages and travel through time." Both Ico and Shadow of the Colossus feature characters whose bodies are vessels for other consciousnesses (Yorda for The Queen and Wander for Dormin). With the line ‘I had become a witch who controlled time’, it actually sounded more like a warning against plastic surgery.

The castle in the movie gets destroyed.

The other Yorda-like figure is Claire whose mother forced her to trade in her body for one made of glass. Her appearance is reminiscent of petrified Yorda and she has a power that makes her glow which she uses not to open Idol Gates but to save Tetsuro from Queen Promethium.

At the end, Maetel says to Tetsuro, ‘From now on, I will be a woman who lives on only in your memories. I will be nothing more than an illusion of your young boy’s heart, a phantom of your youth.’ The lyrics of 'You Were There' for me carry a similar feeling of nostalgia.

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The movie can be watched for free on YouTube.