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In the image above, a field of pulsating blue spheres rearranges itself into geometric patterns. If that looks familiar, that means you probably watched Sony’s PlayStation 5 reveal<\/a> last week. The ultra-modern vibe of the graphics and their white, black, and blue color scheme set the stage perfectly for the reveal of the actual PS5 console<\/a>.<\/p>\n But the image above actually isn’t<\/em> Sony’s. It’s the work of Maxim Zhestkov<\/a>, a Russian media artist — and the similarities between his work and the graphics in Sony’s PS5 video make us think his studio was commissioned to make those graphics. Let’s take a look at some of what was shown in the PS5 video and compare it to his work.<\/p>\n Check out the below GIF from the PS5 video, for example. Here, a column of thousands of tiny spheres lit by a stark overhead light forms the shape of the classic PlayStation circle with cool blue illumination shifting through the column:<\/p>\n Now, check out this GIF from a work of Zhestkov’s called “Computations<\/a>.” A column of thousands of tiny spheres lit by a stark overhead light fades into different shapes with cool blue illumination shifting through the column — look familiar?<\/p>\n Check out these side-by-side of spheres creating canyons against a black wall taken from the PS5 video and “Computations.” Can you tell which is originally from Sony’s video? (I’ll say which is in the caption.)<\/p>\n PS5 reveal (left) vs. “Computations” (right)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n Let’s look at something slightly different. Here’s a GIF from the PS5 reveal of a cubical monolith in an empty, ceiling-lit room that opens up to reveal a colorful, layered inside:<\/p>\n That looks awfully similar to a scene from a work of Zhestkov’s called “Layers<\/a>” featuring a rectangular monolith in an empty, ceiling-lit room that opens up to reveal a colorful, layered inside:<\/p>\n Sony hasn’t replied to a request for comment about Zhestkov’s participation — but Zhestkov does<\/em> list Sony as a client on his studio’s About page<\/a>. And when we reached out to the studio to see if they could confirm their participation, a producer said “we can’t yet confirm or deny our participation in Sony’s reveal.”<\/p>\n So we can’t be completely certain that Zhestkov made the motion graphics. But I’d have to say it seems pretty likely.<\/p>\n Tags:<\/b> Jay Peters<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/thumbor\/9OmCKUUB2ffNWtRIQbnxUyQXQuo=\/800x0\/filters:no_upscale()\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/20040530\/computations_ps5.gif\")
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Maxim Zhestkov’s work sure looks familiar In the image above, a field of pulsating blue spheres rearranges itself into geometric patterns. If that looks familiar, that means you probably watched Sony’s PlayStation 5 reveal last week. The ultra-modern vibe of the graphics and their white, black, and blue color scheme set the stage perfectly for the reveal … Continue reading Sony’s slick PS5 reveal graphics are almost certainly from this Russian media artist<\/span><\/a> Continue Reading