Adam Fantome

Adam Fantome creates artworks inspired by growing up on a visual diet of 80's TV, colouring-in books, posters and stickers, a love of screen printing and a healthy disrespect for spoon fed popular culture. Here's the low-down on his Marbles Dynamic Theme for The Studio...

Describe your theme in 5 words...

I have lost my marbles.

From where do you draw your inspiration?  

The idea for this artwork was formed by a twisted combination of the expressions bored out of my skull and losing your marbles. I was neither of these things at the time though.

Why did you choose to showcase your work in partnership with a global brand like PlayStation?

I thought it was a good opportunity to do some interesting work and there are some great artists involved too.

What’s it like seeing your work fully digitised on The Studio?

Cool, its good to see things that are hand-drawn living the digital dream.

How did you adapt your work – in terms of both the feel of The Studio space and the physical parameters of PlayStation’s XrossMediaBar (XMB)?

There wasn't too much adaptation involved really. Technically speaking i shifted the artwork a little to the left and down a bit.

The worlds of gaming and art have grown closer and closer over the years – how do you think they fit together and how do you see the relationship progressing?

From the outside they seem a pretty good fit, the future may lead to ever more stylised virtual worlds, more inventive and intuitive gaming or maybe just more games where people shoot things (albeit in a slightly prettier way.)

If you could have created any video game throughout history, what would it be?

Tetris

If you could turn a PlayStation into a piece of art/design, what would you do with it?

I would take off the plastic casing so you can see all the little cogs and pistons at work.

What’s your favourite video game?

It a toss-up between Speedball 2 or Sensible Soccer on the Atari ST.