SPLINTER CELL

Eighth in a series of abstracts based on in-game screengrabs. Each piece has the title of the game it’s based on. This artwork began life as a night vision stealth attack scene in an observation room.

I'm interested in the visceral attraction of game technology. I spent many hours obliterating myself in games and these virtual 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