A friend and colleague of mine introduced me to the art of Niklas “Arne” Jansson a while ago, and ever since then I have visited his site occasionally for inspiration. His site, Android Arts, is filled to the brim with incredible, imaginative work – you should check it out.

One of the things Niklas created is the Famicube, a fantasy game console that is meant to fill in the gap between the NES and SNES. It’s a cool hybrid of old aesthetics and newer technology, and a really fun concept. I was playing around with some material tests in Blender the other day, and got inspired to create this console in 3D, to further challenge myself. These are the results!

I’ve had a lot of practice using Blender over the years. Compare this to my other console render, the Martendo Handheld, which I made 7 years ago.

The Famicube logo and concept were created by Niklas Jansson and used with permission. This project also uses the Super FamiFont by Lyric Type.