Robert Haverly

Kirby! (Kirbi! Kirbé!)

That’s right. I just made a Tony! Toni! Toné! reference.

There are times (from no fault of my own, mind you), where I come across extremely strange and mystical things. And some times they turn out to be awesomely inspiring. Today contained one of those times.

Thanks to my friend Nate, my eyes befell upon a real gem of unexpected inspiration: Kirby. Yes, Kirby; that weird-ass pink blob of a Nintendo game from the early 90’s. Apparently they have continued the obviously unstoppable legacy of Kirby in the form of a new Wii game, called Epic Yarn. Now the Wii game itself is not what I’m actually talking about. What I am talking about though, is the freakin’ awesome execution of the Kirby characters, as well as the overall good example it sets of how to use layers of texture on the web.

Here are some highlights

While you’re checking out kirbykirbykirby.com to see it’s textured awesomeness, make sure you watch the acid inspired storyline video. You’ll have nightmares of turning into yarn for nights to come.

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