Concept Art

== Early character designs ==
Not many images of character concept art has resurfaced. The King's early design shows him with ears on the sides of his head and with nostrils under his nose. The only mainline cousins with a possible concept designs that has been shown are for Fujio, Shikao and Mu. His beta design can be seen inside of the Katamari Wa Damacy album pamphlet. This Mu design shows him with bug-like limbs, a longer antenna, and only three eyes. Cousin from Namco High has the most concept designs that are publicly available, with a total of 12 different concept designs.
===Characters===
File:Concept art4..jpg|Action Drive King and Queen.
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File:Shikaoconcept.png|Shikao concept designGame Developer December 2004 Issue - Uncanny Valley
File:ace_concept.jpg|Ace concept design
File:maybe_kuro.jpg|A Kuro-like concept design with four arms and two faces
File:green_odeko.jpg|Odeko-shaped concept design with a green palette
File:2004fuji.gif|Fujio concept designKing's Book part 2
File:Bug mu.png|Early Mu design
===Namco High===
File:NHCousinConceptArt1.jpg|The first batch of concept designs for Namco High Cousin. There are 6 different concept designs in this image. (Art by (possibly Yuko Ota)
File:Concept Cousin and Meowkie.jpeg|Art depicting a conceptual design for Namco High Cousin alongside a conceptual design for Meowkie. (Art by Magnolia Porter) 
File:NHCousinConceptArt2.jpeg|The second batch of concept designs for Namco High Cousin. There are a total of 5 concept designs in this image, each design is shown in 5 conceptual outfits. (Art by Yuko Ota)
File:NHCousinConceptArt3.jpeg|A piece of concept art that depicts multiple conceptual color palettes for Namco High Cousin. The body shape also seems to either have not been finalized at this point but the possibility that these were slightly rough drawings is still a possibility. (Art by Yuko Ota)
== Prototypes ==
=== Action Drive ===
Like every other game, Katamari had concept art to test how the game would play, or which art style would fit the world of the game better. In an ongoing Twitter thread, Keita Takahashi shared some concept art for Katamari and explained what the original idea for the game was, as well as the origins of some concepts.
Originally, the King, Prince, and Queen were part of a project code-named Action Drive. The original story involved the Queen being kidnapped by crazy scientists. The King wishes to rescue her, but thanks to his laziness, he doesn't want to do it himself. Instead, he opts to send his son, the Prince, to do it instead. Since the Prince is so small, getting around to search is a hassle for him. To make things easier, he decides 'human jacking' would be the best option. Gameplay would have involved using his hammer head to stun humans before putting a magic controller into their head to control them, making the search for the Queen much more efficient. The project was turned down, but Keita decided to reuse the designs he made for Katamari Damacy later on.
File:Gdc kd07.gif|Step one of human-jacking.
File:ad_art1.jpg|Step two of human-jacking.
File:ad_art2.jpg|Step three of human-jacking.
File:D0WT7LtUcAAZhzu.jpg|Human-Jacking.
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File:Ad concepts.png|Action Drive concept sketch pageInside Game Design by Iain Simons
=== Katamari Damacy Prototype (2002) ===
File:Prototype art.jpg|Artwork designed for the prototype@Keitatakahacy: "Made this for Katamari Prototype Damacy. Maybe around 2001 or 2002."
File:2002 signboard.jpeg|Katamari Damacy Prototype SignboardKatamari Damacy's 10th Anniversary This Year
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==Katamari Series==
=== Katamari Damacy ===
File:Mortem.jpg|Concept designs of humans and animals featured in Game Developer December 2004 IssueGame Developer December 2004 Issue- Katamari Damacy Postmortem
File:Katamariitemsconcept.jpg|Concept art depicting various items.
File:Katamaripeopleconcept.jpg|Some concept art of the people and animals
File:Houseconcept.jpg|Concept art of a house's interior
File:Katamari-Damacy-Concept-sketch-1024x736.jpg|The Prince rolling a Katamari.
File:Popcan.jpg|The Prince rolling a can of soda.
File:Damage.jpg|A katamari falling off a ledge and causing damage.
File:Kdconceptarts.jpg|More art of the Prince rolling a Katamari.
File:Storyboard.jpg|Katamari Damacy cutscene storyboards.
===Katamari Damacy Patent===
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===Katamari Design Documents===
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File:Housekd.png|How to roll a house, Katamari style
File:Houseplan.png|Katamari floor level plan
=== We ♥ Katamari ===
File:Wlk conceptart1.jpg|The Prince along with his cousins.
File:Princeroll.jpg|Different rolling poses for the Prince.
File:Many Prince.png|The Prince in different positions.
=== Beautiful Katamari ===
File:half_cousins.png|Half Cousins
File:Princethrone.jpg|The Prince on a throne.
File:Da king.png|The King
File:Da prince.png|The Prince
File:Crazy cousins.jpg|Crazy Cousins
File:Flowers cousins.jpg|Flowers Second Cousins
File:Ball prince.jpg|The Prince and his ball
=== Katamari Damacy Online ===
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=== Katamari Forever ===
File:Katamari-forever-background.jpg|Promotional art
File:Nik-katamari-forever-artwork-2.jpg|Katamari Beans
File:Airplane.jpg|Fly with an airplane
File:Prince Spotlight.jpg|Cheerleader Prince
File:Kingcopy28custom291.jpg|The King
File:The Queen of All Cosmos.png|The Queen
=== Touch My Katamari ===
File:Old_tmk.jpg|Early cover art
File:arts_for_explanation.jpg|Player guide
File:Explanation.png|Physics
File:tmk_cousins.png|Touch My Katamari Cousin redesigns
====Near====
File:higuma.png|Bear
File:ken-en.png|Macaque and Dog
File:namakemono.png|Sloth
File:tenguzaru1.png|Proboscis Monkey
File:neko.png|Cat
== External Links ==
* An article that has the original concept art for Cousin. The original artist is not named here but it is safe to assume that the artist is Yuko Ota.
* A piece of art that was drawn by Magnolia Porter which depicts the early designs of Cousin and Meowkie, Made by Yuko and Geneva respectively.
* Two pieces of concept art of Cousin drawn by Yuko Ota. The first one shows five unused designs and the second one shows some conceptual color pallets alongside the final color pallet and designs of Cousin as well.
==References==
Category:Katamari Damacy
Category:We ♥ Katamari
Category:Beautiful Katamari
Category:Katamari Damacy Online
Category:ShiftyLook