How Um Jammer Lammy Preserves Art Through Paper

link to rodney greenblat's art blog ▶whimsyload.com
welcome back to aesthetic analysis in the year 2018: to kick it off, I take a look at an artstyle that has always appealed to me - the paper aesthetic from Um Jammer Lammy - and why I think it works.
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[@altlor]

She definitely needs a sequel.

[@TuxerTuxar]

Yeah

[@miko3306]

*It's been... 22... years...* *I.... I.... ;(*

[@legomann3985]

Or a remastered game

[@andershayes8498]

Pro tip: you can watch series on Kaldrostream. I've been using them for watching loads of movies these days.

[@bishopjared1078]

@Anders Hayes yea, have been watching on kaldrostream for since december myself :)

[@NewWaveEnthusiast]

Someone actually appreciating Rodney's artwork makes me happy. His art is very charming and underrated.

[@YoMothar]

Fun fact: Rodney Greenblat also made the album cover for the band They Might Be Giants' first album.

[@umjammereddy]

i love tmbg

[@scr0ngle108]

HEY who's that playing The Guitar

[@ZarbtheBard]

This was a good analysis, the paper style is really unique, and I'm honestly surprised more games didn't try to utilize it or something like that.

[@Squiddyyy]

Thank you for the Rodney Greenbalt link! For some reason he's rarely mentioned when looking up the games. This was a really good analysis how Um Jammer Lammy mixed 2D and 3D together into a wacky, surreal cartoon! Definitely needs more attention!

[@Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer]

The cutscenes look great if you watch them on a high-quality CRT television like a Bang & Olufsen or a Sony Trinitron.

[@PCIeTeam]

You know Bang & Olufsen makes speakers, right?

[@Eddies_Bra-att-ha-grejer]

@@PCIeTeam Yes, but they also make and did make TVs. They even made cell phones at one point.

[@spacecashier3915]

I just beat the game the other day on my friends trinitron and the game looked amazing

[@damnedtosuffer666]

Um Jammer Lammy, animation wise, is always better than Parappa the Rappa ^^ Will you be doing some gameplays of said game? I wanna see more Lammy action >w

[@gamesternator6134]

I really don't want to say it but I actually have a crush on Lammy (used to when I was little)

[@xandermartn4244]

@@FiveCellarsBelow I want Maggie Pesky to lay flesh-eating maggots in my brain myself: www.wattpad.com/709778239-the-buzz-on-how-maggie-pesky-got-fondled-by-flecko

[@SoPap]

now you have a crush on jotaro kujo

[@PlagueCure]

@@FiveCellarsBelow lammy is... 14

[@FiveCellarsBelow]

@@PlagueCure I am also 14

[@PlagueCure]

@@FiveCellarsBelow ok

[@therealseanw.stewart2071]

This game was beautiful. ~ And the cut scenes were VERY MUCH ahead of their time for PlayStation 1!

[@legoluigitime6635]

She definetely needs an anime series

[@sandystudios223]

She’s so cut!!! It makes me wonder… are those weebs like me gonna create dojinshi of her?

[@mageyplss]

When I was little my music class had an Um Jammer Lammy poster, & the more I think about it the stranger it feels, because they had no Parappa posters as if they had no idea Parappa existed, & also because where I lived, our version of the game featured a stage that literally takes place in Hell, thus it has a Teen rating, as opposed to Parappa 1 & 2, which are more popular & child-friendly.

[@TheBLBShow]

I always felt UJL's Cutscenes are very underappriciated. They are so crazy and over the top and the frequent lammy reaction shots of whatever is going on really sell it. I wish there was an animated series that captures this weird charme. I image something along the lines of xavier renegade angel which took the weirdness and awkwardness of PS2 era cutscenes as an inspiration

[@whiskerlickens7317]

1:22 T pose

[@matiasolivares5749]

2:31 Dummy *t h i c c*

[@AlesMsay]

Parappa 2 has the best animation

[@deatlilies7927]

Maybe so but that's because it was made on the PS2. Um Jammer Lammy came out on the PS1 and he seemed to be focused on the PS1 era for comparisons.

[@slickgamesinc.9002]

❌ 🧢

[@Kinzsters172]

Wow, another Um jammer Lammy video? Great vid Matt!

[@sunettas9738]

This was a really good analysis! It was nice to hear you talk in-depth about such a cool looking game

[@Gyrokun]

Immediately liked for the Sonic After the Sequel music

[@twelviebunnie]

GOD DAMNIT ITS OOM ITS OOM SAY IT LIKE OOM JAMMER LAMMY STRANGLES YOU

[@teewowa]

HELP

[@joesmith457]

Uhh jammy lammer

[@aagh8714]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM JAMMER LAMMY

[@goopyhead]

OOOOOOOM JAMMER LAMMY

[@Vermy617]

OOM JAMMER LAMMY or UHM JAMMER LAMMY

[@smashbros379ful]

Hey man, it's been 6 months, wheres your 1 million subscriber special?

[@thepotatowithhat]

Parappa is underrated

[@mario-mario822]

Definitely my fav🕹️ in the Parappa Universe and most fun. I'm glad these games exist. Someday the Parappa Toaster that burns his face on toast will be mine😂 I'm happy you pointed out the 3d in places 👟I never noticed because it all was put together so well.

[@cantrip7]

I really like this short overview format.

[@rjnuzzi1648]

Greenblatt reigns supreme

[@chillykomasan7971]

Jesus Lammy is fucking everywhere

[@miken5261]

O u o

[@Nikku4211]

Nice, though you can say that games that rely excessively on sprites like Star Ocean 2 and Final Fantasy Tactics also preserve art this way.

[@Imirui]

The fact about parappa translating to "Paper thin" isn't true. You can put "パラッパ" (parappa's japanese name" into google translate and it will turn up nothing. I do not know where this came from, but it isn't true. It's just his name.

[@coupballsstuff]

1:20 *h i s i s t e r*