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The new iOS puzzle game Monument Valley by Ustwo (released last week and already the top paid App) is a bit of a visual treat for gamers and MC Escher fans alike.
Influenced by the drawings of the Dutch graphic artist, the minimalist environment is sufficiently eyeball-pleasing to necessitate a feature where players can take pictures of the landscape to share.
And you play as a princess.
Finally.
Download it here (for €3.59).
Photo manipulations by Swedish photographer and retouch artist Eric Johannson.
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Photorealistic graphite pencil drawings by self-taught South African artist Jono Dry including (top) his tribute to Drawing Hands by MC Escher depicting his own hand and that of his mother.
Inspirations by Cristóbal Vila – a short animation inspired by (and filled with references to) the work of Dutch graphic artist, woodcutter and impossiblist Maurits Cornelis Escher: a ‘free vision’ of how his workspace might have looked.
The detail is exquisite. A full screener, this one.
Music: ‘Lost Song’ by Ólafur Arnalds