An Impish Place

recently i'd been getting back into katamari since one of my coworkers is a fan of the series and i forgot just how awesome this entire franchise is. the obsession came back in full swing right as i got accepted into the telemarketing channel spamtenna zine

these were my first concept sketches, where i was trying to figure out how i wanted to design tenna. i wanted to keep his original outfit as much as i could, but the colors came out way too superhero-like. so that was scrapped and i went back and forth with my homies to figure out his outfit and colors

this was the final ref ! i wanted to keep things simple while also giving the katamari vibe but not losing the characters in the process. i didnt want it to feel like he was just the king with a reskin. same with spamton as the prince.

i definitely want to expand on this au, especially with spamton and tenna's relationship since i didnt want to get too caught up in the yaoi department before i even got past the world building..... but heres the sketches that didnt make it into the comic