From the artist: “I started making it about 6 months ago for an art class. After much thought, (and hours of Flower played) I made the decision to base it upon Flower. The landscape was created using Papier-mâché, and the Flowers were animated Origami which was added later on Adobe After Effects. The petals were also added on After Effects. I unfortunately was unable to use the official soundtrack due to the ‘bugs’ in the EU release.”

Love the origami!

We’ve teamed up with the folks at Playstation Blog to run a contest that’s all about you. Your stories about Flower!

Here’s what you do: type up your essay about your Flower experience in 2000 words or less, and email it to myflowerstory@thatgamecompany.com before 9 AM (PST) on April 28. You just have to be 13 years old or older, and a legal resident of the United States or District of Columbia. In your email, be sure to include your name and date of birth.

The top 5 stories (judged on content and style of storytelling) will be featured in future Playstation Blog posts. The writers will receive $20 PSN Cards, and be ranked as incredibly awesome by us!

Click here for all of the rules & details.

Looking forward to hearing from you!

This was seen at PAX East. So awesome! If you are one of these two people, email us – you completely rock!!

Gianluca, aka “The Huge,” contacted us all the way from Milan, Italy to share a beautiful piece he completed after playing “Flower.” He writes:

“Anyway the clouds, the wind and the whole atmosphere belong to me so much. One year before your releasedthe game I wrote an instrumental song called La nebbia, after flowr was released I wrote some lyrics inspired by the sense of freedom I felt in the game that, on the other hand, reminded of my teenage years.”

Listen to his song, “Flower,” here.

Stephen, aka The Game Locker, sent us this video, which is part review, part fandome. Either way, it’s a very thoughtful and personal look at “Flower.” Enjoy!