I'am Still alive!

Hello, everyone.

So havnt posted anything in a while and to be honest its because i havnt done much creative things for a while.

Incase anyone was wondering I didnt manage to get a job at 4J studios,

Now, been trying to get my head back into doing stuff and get me out of this slump i have managed to get myself in.

so been working on a pixel art animation thingy for fun really..

It is not finished yet but this is a little WIP for you...

As much as i hate it, valentines day is around the corner so i though should do some sort of themed explosion (i like explosions)

Minecraft me and stufffor a 4j studios interview...

Hello,

Yesterday I was lucky to be contacted by 4J studios to ask me if I would like to come up for an interview..

my answer was a rather resounding, yes!

So, I decided to prepare myself quickly for 3D pixel art by going over what I had done in 4th year...

3D pixel art

But, since I havent played around in maya I decided it would be fun doing a quick texture for steve and making him me...

(modelling/rigging wasn't by me)

me

texture

Also, a little tiny card game update for you...

this is the new item picture for the consumable, "tidal wave" still not 100% but think its a great deal better than the old one.

Game art assets day 12 : rarity design

Hello everyone,

So what have I been doing over the passed couple of days?

Well lets start of with the items, I have been writing out what could be considered as a design document along side it like I said I would so i know roughly how many unique items there are (the stats an abillities of these items are more than likely change over time but for now I have got them to do what i want them to do.

mushroom : changed the glowing effect behind it a wee bit...
freeze: new
tornado : changed to fit the style of the other items

I havnt really decided what i am going to do with tidal wave yet, i have an image in my head of how it should look but cant seem to get it down on paper yet.

Anyways after that I decided to do some alterations to the design of each card so players know how rare they are...

so red are rare, meaning at max in the entire item deck will have 2 duplicates but more likely it will be the only one in the deck.

orange are uncommon, each item can have anything from 3 - 4 duplicates

and green are common and can have 5+ duplicates of the item...

I am toying with the idea that the common cards although are duplicates hold the same stats but can have additional stats such as a rusty handgun same damage but the player has to roll a dice if its a 1 the gun jams or brakes.

Game art assets day 11 : more items!

Hello, just to clear things up straight away, I know i said i would be doing more on the pig today...

However I ended up doing some more items just to get myself back into it since i took a wee break...

However whilst i was doing these I was thinking maybe i should have down on paper somewhere what items there are going to be so thats probably what I will be doing tomorrow.

anyways hope you like this wee update :)

Game art assets day 10 : meat card and hearthstone

Hello guys,

Well I have a confession to make, I havnt been doing much arty shizz for the past 2 days all thanks to blizzard letting me into the hearthstone beta.

Which is awfully good fun...so get it checked out if you havnt done so already.

anyways what i have done ever is the design for meat decks and fixed somethings with the item decks..

So yeah the layouts changed a wee bit, basically the card now displays how many turns/rounds you can use the weapon , this rpg for example can be used once.

I also have added under the RPG title a subtitle so people know what item it is, from weapons, consumables and constructions.

i also started designing the meat cards..

The reason why the numbers arnt in the corner as I am working from a template which needs a border for catting.

Game art assets day 9 : new layout | design of cards

Hello,

So as you may have seen in the title i have edited the layout of the card a bit more...



from this:

 I spent some time clearing some of the rules up in the design document to make things easier for me to decide what needs to be shown on the card,

but yeah, think tomorrow i should start the work on the pig again had a rather long time out from working on him now.

quick little edit: just finished doing the back of the items cards, nice and simple : 

Pixel Joint - Competition #1

Hello everyone,

Well today I was going to do some more items and such when i came across this challenge on pixel joint...

CHALLENGE: Radiant Orchid

The colour gods at Pantone have ordained that the colour of the year is Radiant Orchid. So, this week, the task is to use that colour within the orchid shaped canvas shown below.

You can pixel anything you want, you can even just pixel an orchid if you want to be really boring.

Canvas Size - Use the template above.
Colours - Max 18. Must use the colour above (#b163a2).
Transparency - Required (only outside the template shape though).
Animation - Optional.

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CHALLENGE RULES

• Participants have until this upcoming Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) to submit their entry (strict). Don't forget to check the 'Submit to weekly challenge' checkbox.
• Only new pixels allowed.
• Open to all members.
• Posting WIPs in this thread or in new threads in the WIP section is highly encouraged, but ONLY SUBMIT YOUR FINAL ART.

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CHALLENGE JUDGING

• Every Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) the previous week's entries are judged.
• Every week a new voting poll will be posted for previous week's entries.
• Winner announced the following week.

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CHALLENGE PRIZES/GOODIES

• Top three finishers will receive an award displayed in your PJ gallery profile for all to see and envy.
• Top finisher gets to call the following week's challenge...sweet.
• 'Participation' ribbons will be given for all who enter.
• No matter what happens you get challenged :)

Now during my time at uni i kinda wanted to do one of these but didnt feel i had the time, but now that i do i felt i would give it a bash despite the competition finishing today at 5 and me deciding to do at 3 this is what i came up with...