It’s taken Ages, and I am still not happy, but I have to finish. I still want o do so much more to it, and I kind of want to redo the whole thing with line work as I think I’m better at that. But the it’s all about the journey here, I tried many new approaches, not all worked for me. But the end result was moderately satifactory, even if I can’t seem to get the colours correct. :<
I Am very aware that this is taking time, but I need to sleep for the moment, I’m starting to mess up my colours and line work because I’m sleepy. only two more and a landmass to do.
The Cel shading is working well, and although taking longer than expected, I should have everything sorted in time by tomorrow. Also added a glow to the planets which gives the over all feel a lot more atmospheric.
Today, my friend Jenny Pointed out that a cel shaded approach may work to the Character Design and using the selection tool would be a good way to achieve that. It totatlly worked, I actually love the Look it gives the characters, it keeps everything crisp and should pop nicely from the background.
Yesterday’s and before’s Gradient Fills, with some Oil painting and blending. Neither was really the look I was aiming for.
Right for the past few days my brain went into meltdown trying to think out what characters and layout to put onto the promo poster. Then My brain had a Major Epiphany, why not do one of each race as a team in one massive banner. What would sell the multiplayer aspect of the game better?
I’ve begun by getting a basic layout mapped and setting up a decent Background for the characters to pop against, not sure whether to have them on some sort of mountain, on on a ship. 🙂
Using mainly Alchemy and Painter. Still not perfected it the the way I want it.
Been Working today on a boss Sprite in Paint tool Sai, Sai is actually really good for this, as everything is there set up ready for it. Unlike photoshop I don’t have to make a new window to view it zoomed out either, epic win in my books.
The Truth behind the Sprite, is A Hylotl Princess Has accidentally devolved herself into a Giant squid creature whilst seeking perfection and ultimate beauty. The Boss mechanic would involve an Under water Fight that would involve the player weakening the Princess with parts of the environment until she slows and is able to be lured into a trap. This would allow the player to give her a serum to re-evolve her… although the serum is experimental, and says on the back of the bottle that persons should avoid contact with eyes, should any come into contact with eyes, rinse imediatly with warm soapy water… and pick a god and pray…
Some extra sketches and doodles of Hylotl below.
Not only was today a breakthrough for finding out that I can do the Vector line work I wanted to do in Painter thanks to Nigel, but Also Heading home today I had an epithany on the game mechanics for a boss too. I’m not gonna say it all without having the correct images to relate to it, but lets just say that it will include a Hylotl Princess and Acid… the burning melting kind… And will play on the whole idea of hylotl being obsessed with beauty. The Quest may be called Beauty and the…something.
Good grief what a start to the day, bad long bus journey. But on the Flip side the day in Uni has been great. Although I think I am not being Stylised enough. I’m going to Comic bookish.
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